Thread: New old lathe

Two rules using a lathe
1- don't leave the chuck key in the chuck. EVER
2- take you tie off!
I'd mention long hair..... But that's an age thing

Originally Posted by Maca49

Two rules using a lathe
1- don't leave the chuck key in the chuck. EVER
2- take you tie off!
I'd mention long hair..... But that's an age thing

I recal many years ago at homo hill (Westlake boys HS) being a turd former a fella by the name of piglet turned his lathe on in reverse (fortunately I think??) with the chuck key in, sending it out through the top window pane.
Farkn hilarious

Even more to our amusement he was promptly marched out back for 3 licks of the cane for being stupid.

Was a good lesson for the rest of us not to leave the lathe key in the chuck.

Poor old piglet was a bit accident prone, I also recal the same lad at home economics class or sewing as it happened to be on this occasion, sewing up his shoulder bad, ripping along, feeding it in to the machine with the foot up! Chunks chunka chunka three stitches through the hand. Piglet went pale that day.

Originally Posted by deadidick

I recal many years ago at homo hill (Westlake boys HS) being a turd former a fella by the name of piglet turned his lathe on in reverse (fortunately I think??) with the chuck key in, sending it out through the top window pane.
Farkn hilarious

Even more to our amusement he was promptly marched out back for 3 licks of the cane for being stupid.

Was a good lesson for the rest of us not to leave the lathe key in the chuck.

Poor old piglet was a bit accident prone, I also recal the same lad at home economics class or sewing as it happened to be on this occasion, sewing up his shoulder bad, ripping along, feeding it in to the machine with the foot up! Chunks chunka chunka three stitches through the hand. Piglet went pale that day.

I think everyone knows that guy from every school.

Quite enjoying this thread. Got to love old lathes - not much on them that can't be fixed or rebuilt.

Originally Posted by deadidick

I recal many years ago at homo hill (Westlake boys HS) being a turd former a fella by the name of piglet turned his lathe on in reverse (fortunately I think??) with the chuck key in, sending it out through the top window pane.
Farkn hilarious

Even more to our amusement he was promptly marched out back for 3 licks of the cane for being stupid.

Was a good lesson for the rest of us not to leave the lathe key in the chuck.

Poor old piglet was a bit accident prone, I also recal the same lad at home economics class or sewing as it happened to be on this occasion, sewing up his shoulder bad, ripping along, feeding it in to the machine with the foot up! Chunks chunka chunka three stitches through the hand. Piglet went pale that day.

We had a guy like that who was ultimately banned from all our shops - he managed to get his tie pulled into a big hand held belt sander that he was inexplicably trying to sand a very small loose piece of wood with; he almost killed himself by poorly mounting a very large and unbalanced piece of wood in the wood lathe, starting it at a high rpm and then diving at it with a gouge, which ultimately ended up in the ceiling, and finally, spent a good minute trying to cut through a piece of wood that had a large bolt in it with a chop saw, and wasn't noticed until the industrial vac system burst into flames and blew smoke and burning sawdust back through the vents into the shop. The fire department put the vac system out and he was never allowed inside any rooms with moving equipment again.

I'm fairly certain he runs a couple McDonald's franchises now. Nice guy, just not situationally aware.