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My father showed me how to use a lathe when I was around 14. He warned me to never use it unless he was present. Of course I ignored him. The very first time I
by Daub 2y ago
My father showed me how to use a lathe when I was around 14. He warned me to never use it unless he was present. Of course I ignored him. The very first time I used it, my shirt sleeves caught in it and my shirt was ripped from my body in a second. I Never touched it again.
Moral of the story: respect lathes.
- yboris 2y agoI wonder if he'd be more persuasive if he explained the reasons for not using it without supervision with graphic examples of danger.
- Daub 2y agoNow the internet is full of examples of such accidents. One glance of those would have been enough.
- ehnto 2y agoRotating assemblies in general, the amount of energy at play is often very deceptive. Ask anyone who has caught a finger in a spinning bicycle wheel.