Thread: The lathe is a silly zone!

Originally Posted by Farnk

Or the 2nd degree burns on your right elbow from that smoking hot forstner bit that you just used to remove all the centre material from the hollow peice you were working on.

I'll do that once..
Just like the time I filled up the bike and forgot to turn the fuel tap back to ON from Reserve! That was a long walk..

Was sanding a undercut rim of spaulted mango bowl with some course sandpaper - well the paper "gripped' and whipped the finger around - dislocated finger. had a look at the odd angle -then pulled it back "straight", after-all you see footballers do this quite often (they are twentyish not fifty plus), didn't hurt untill about 10 minutes later. I finished it as a matter of principal, pain wasn't going to win.


Peter

Was in a turning group one night when the chap to my right was turning a largish platter.

Shock of my life as it wizzed pass at miles per hour, out the door next to me, across a meeting room and into the wall on the other side.

Kept away from him after that.

Originally Posted by Little Festo

Was sanding a undercut rim of spaulted mango bowl with some course sandpaper - well the paper "gripped' and whipped the finger around - dislocated finger. had a look at the odd angle -then pulled it back "straight", after-all you see footballers do this quite often (they are twentyish not fifty plus), didn't hurt untill about 10 minutes later. I finished it as a matter of principal, pain wasn't going to win.

I did the almost same thing a couple of years ago. Sanding the underside of an overhanging lip on a bowl when the paper, finger and hand were suddenly spinning nicely. The finger was broken, the tendon was pulled away from the bone. I am now a lot more cautious when sanding. I had months of specialist care to get the finger working again. Probably the worst of it all was that the bowl was truly ugly so I decided to re-turn it and as per usual I said "Just one more cut here" No more bowl.
See ya
Wayne