Alex Elias
11-13-2007, 6:40 AM
This is a good reminder to pay attention when working with power tools. Also turnig at 2 in the monirng is not the best idea either.
For those of you who own a lathe with forward and reverse feature and use the reverse to sand the items you turn, make sure you put it back on the forward possition before you attenpt to continue hollowing the inside of a box. The tool will have a tendency to pull upwards into the rim of the item being turn and a nasty mule quick most likely will occur. Not that I did such a stupidity, this was a guy I used to know, after he did this I stoped talking to him.:D Needless to say the box is not polished or finished due to frustration. But it is a good schooling and a reminder of how a few hours went to the trash. Leave and learn.:)
Regards,
Alex
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q185/alxe24/Broken-box.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q185/alxe24/Broken-box-01.jpg
For those of you who own a lathe with forward and reverse feature and use the reverse to sand the items you turn, make sure you put it back on the forward possition before you attenpt to continue hollowing the inside of a box. The tool will have a tendency to pull upwards into the rim of the item being turn and a nasty mule quick most likely will occur. Not that I did such a stupidity, this was a guy I used to know, after he did this I stoped talking to him.:D Needless to say the box is not polished or finished due to frustration. But it is a good schooling and a reminder of how a few hours went to the trash. Leave and learn.:)
Regards,
Alex
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q185/alxe24/Broken-box.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q185/alxe24/Broken-box-01.jpg