Machinist-Style Haircut???

Just another note--- I recommended placing the switch (or a redundant one)
where you can reach it with your left hand while your ears are between centers
My original note is some where in "Safety" long ago. Giant Red button ?
.........BLJHB
 
Just another note--- I recommended placing the switch (or a redundant one)
where you can reach it with your left hand while your ears are between centers
My original note is some where in "Safety" long ago. Giant Red button ?
.........BLJHB

Kick bar? Far easier to find when you're wrestling something that wants to eat you ;-)
 
Glad you only lost some hair; reminds me of my younger years and telling the barber "just a little off the top, please." Lesson learned. Your pic reminds me of an incident in the mid 70's when I was enrolled in a machine shop course at the local trade school. Young girl working at the Standard-Modern lathe next to me had her long red hair hanging over her shoulder. My attention was drawn to her when I heard her cry out and turned just in time to see a long tress with a patch of bloody scalp winding around the feed screw just as her head hit the ways on her way to the concrete floor. I almost lost my lunch, the instructor lost his job. "Lesson learned" again. I tightened my act up a lot after that.
 
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Thanks for the timely reminder of how fast it all goes south. I normally take a moment to visualize how a machine is going to maim or kill me and focus before I hit the power switch, but this thread has made me take stock and realize that I need to dial up the humility a couple of notches myself. Good cautionary tale. I'm glad you're only a little worse for wear.
 
I remember being in a machine shop for the first time. The machinist leading me around showed me a milling machine and told me you could cut a finger off quickly and easily. Then he showed me a lathe, and said this machine will kill you.

He was probably simplifying things a bit, but the lesson stuck with me, respect lathes and be careful.
 
Thanks for the post!!

It's a good thing to have a heavy dose of respect and a good portion of fear for what could go wrong.

I know there are many reasons I don't rush into things with the lathe. Now it may take me even longer, all this really gives me the hebejibis.

It was the wood jointer in my shop class from high school, teacher left the blood stains on the ceiling and said it will take your fingers, its happened.

Then someone crossed left hand to hold something for the "radical arm saw" and used right hand to pull the cut, ouch!!

I pray everyone has a safe time in the shop.
 
Yes, an excellent reminder periodically is something I need. The tip to file left-handed is one I will adopt.
 
As previously stated... don't apologize for using humor to deal with the mistake... AFTER it happens, all you can do is laugh about it... and learn from the mistake. BEFORE it happens is the only time to prevent it.

And thanks for posting this... we all need reminders from time to time.

-Bear
 
My friend was killed down at Beth Steel years back . Chuck jaws on a very large lathe grabbed him . From what I heard , it wasn't pretty . Consider yourself very lucky that hair pulled out !

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-08-22/news/1991234019_1_bethlehem-steel-lathe-steel-employees

Just read this article. Talk about an unsafe workplace! That many workplace deaths in such a short period of time seems impossible. Terrible that people lose their lives working for others. I would think the management there would do something about that.


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