Lathe Safety

[stevec]

(11-14-2013, 07:01 PM)TomG Wrote: He did bump it with his face and it looked like it may have taken a few teeth, but it could have been a lot worse. I don't know what the deal was with that chuck, unless it needed to be opened farther because of the angle of the shaft.

Tom

Exactly the way I saw it Tom, he had to open the jaws as far as the spindle bore (or farther) because of the weight of the victims body, even then it took help to lift him and extract the rod.
I'm still shivering with the thought.
Steve