The cage that came with my PM went in the trash after storing it for a few years. Still storing the tablesaw guard…it doesn’t take up as much space 
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- Thread starter Webb Willmott
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I don't have a cage at home. Our PM lathes at work have a cage. When turning anything questionable a cage is required for the safety of everyone else around. Not the safety of the turner. 
Had one on my old Jet. More of a hinderance than a help.
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That's not a lathe accessory; it is just a bonus deep-fat fryer basket. It is great for frying carp, buffalo, alligator gar, opelousas catfish, choupique (pronounced "shoe-pick"), a Cajun name for bowfin —a prehistoric predatory fish that lives in swamps and bayous — as well as gator tail.