• Troy@lemmy.ca
    13·
    10 days ago

    On a lathe? Doesn’t make sense. Maybe on a crucible or dewar or something…

      • GluWu@lemm.eeEnglish
        12·
        10 days ago

        Sometimes I throw the chuck just to feel something.

        I’ve had several thousand deducted from my pay to fix the ceiling.

        • explodicleEnglish
          31·
          8 days ago

          Employee breaks something: loses money equal to the damage

          Employee makes something: gains money far below profits

          It’s amazing how easily capitalists understand the value you bring to the company… only when it’s negative.

      • Troy@lemmy.ca
        1·
        10 days ago

        Oh definitely. However the warning joke appears to imply that even attempting to use it will alter you in some comic supervillain sense or something.

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 days ago

        I doubt the part of the statement before the “but,” not the part after it.

    • jawa21@lemmy.sdf.org
      31·
      10 days ago

      I am a career machinist. I have witnessed a lathe accident so bad that everyone was sent home for a month. Don’t wear gloves when operating a lathe.

      • Troy@lemmy.ca
        9·
        10 days ago

        I am not a career machinist – but I have a tiny manual 10" lathe and I’m terrified of it.

        • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
          6·
          10 days ago

          I got a 5 inch cordless bandsaw recently. It’s fucking gnarly. Yes I’m scared of it and I should be. By the way if you ever need a body disassembled…

          Seriously though even little stuff can fuck you up. My friend was using my 20v hammer drill to put a hole in a wall in a tight spot and it caught something and spun. He got knocked in the chin by the belt clip. He couldn’t eat normally for a month.