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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Lathes are serious machines. They require serious caution!

At my previous job, there was a very lucky apprentice; he was working on "the small lathe"; the sleeve on his overalls caught on the work piece. His arm was pulled into the machine the overall sleeve tore as it was being pulled in. He got very nasty friction burns all up the under side of his arm; if the sleeve didn't tear, at minimum he would have lost the arm.....the lathe didn't stop spinning during the event. He panicked (understandably) and didn't think to hit the e-stop.

Table saws and lathes....don't fuck around with them. Powerful tools require serious caution; but they are also very useful when used correctly.