Almost a catastrophe!

[Phil Hamel]

Went down into the shop to package up a cigar holder and get it out to the mail. Decided I should throw on another coat of wax before boxing.

I wasn't wearing proper clothing. I was tired and sore from shoveling! I wasn't paying attention as I was still looking for a proper size box! I was in a rush!

These chuck jaws are super sharp where the screws go in. Before I could even blink they grabbed my loose sweat shirt sleeve and sucked me into the machine!! Thank god I was only spinning at 4 or 5 hundred RPM. At least I followed one rule of safety and had the on/off box right at my finger tips.
Tore the shirt all to hell! Twisted my arm around pretty good but no serious damage.

Moral to the story:
Be careful out there! Always follow the safety rules!
Chuck jaws will no longer be used. I ordered replacements.

 

[Webb Willmott]

Hope you were wearing brown pants. Glad you weren’t seriously injured.

 

[Gabriel Hoff]

Wow Phil! Glad you are ok. The holes around the screws on the jaws look really sharp, almost like teeth, did it come like that or did you modify it?

 

[R Henrickson]

Glad you escaped. The jaw design is terrible. Which brand? And loose sleeves are never a good idea.

 

[Kirk Amidon]

Glad you are ok! Sounds super scary!

 

[robo hippy]

Yup, glad you are okay. Some days you should only clean up the shop.....

robo hippy

 

[Aaron Harris]

Glad you escaped without serious damage, Phil! I have learned to NEVER turn when I am tired, stressed, frustrated or some other negative feeling. Better to just leave it for another day. I too got to learn a hard lesson at the lathe recently without too much damage.

 

[Phil Hamel]

These were cheap jaws I got on Ebay or Amazon. Should have kept my money!
Sucks that they would work with a 5/8 hole. Can't find any others to fit my Nova chucks.
Might try to grind them smooth. If not they will go in the recycle bin!