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Default How NOT to remove a lathe chuck

On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 11:45:41 +0100, Robert Roland
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On Fri, 3 Dec 2010 12:18:19 -0800, "anorton"
wrote:

How many things did they do wrong?


What on earth were they trying to achieve anyway? Was it just a game
of "I am stronger than that two-ton machine"?


I think they were trying to remove the chuck. Unfortunately, it
threads off the OPPOSITE way.

The kid's lucky that RPM was set to spin at 5, not 2,000, eh?

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