Thread: New old lathe

That's how you learnt, I was in John Hendersons class a Wairarapa College, take you hand off the chuck key while it was in the chuck, no excuses, arse whacked. We learnt fast!!pity it doesn't happen these days!
We used to break down aluminium sourced from WW2 aircraft , heat it up with the gas and smash it with a sledge hammer, that was stopped when one of the guys got hit in the eye with a piece of alloy that left the eye on his cheek, he didn't learn he later died when a car he had jacked up but not put stands on, fell and crushed his chest! There also was a bullet hole in the match lining between the metal work and wood work room, old Fosil the wood work teacher must of shit himself when the ball bearing from the cannon next door flew
through his class room! Cannon making banned! Good days hahahahah