[Fredo]

On the USS Midaway, bellow decks. I'm guessing thats about a 18 inch chuck, notice the over head crane.

 

[greasystain]

YEAH! now thats a MANS lathe!

 

[yard man]

My biggest fear about those big lathes has always been a chuck coming out at speed.

 

[Voneville]

I look at that and all my mind tells me is PMS. Planned Maintenance Schedule for you non-military types. You do it enough and you no longer laugh when someone tells you that you've got PMS.

 

[greasystain]

oh yeah, gotta love scrubbing the shit down..... "im gonna need you to put all the stainless shavings in the stainless can, all the regular steel in the steel can, and all the brass in the brass can, as well as aluminium. then after your done with that you need to brush it down, vacume it off, then take the cooling liquid and scrub the shit off. then i want you to oil everything."

fuck..... i dont miss that at all....

 

[HD48FL]

It's not the chuck I'd be worried about, but the workpiece. As long as the machine has been maintained it aint going anywhere. As with any machine, respect it and know your abilities.

 

[greasystain]

PS dont let people talk to you while yer tightening down a chuck..... you almost loose fingers. hah

 

[fatass]

That's about the cleanest manual machines I've ever seen.

 

[TurboRoadster]

On the USS Midaway, bellow decks. I'm guessing thats about a 18 inch chuck, notice the over head crane.

It is indeed a big un....I've got a 36" Poreba

 

[Gas House Gorilla]

I've seen what one of these things can do to a sailor...I'll see if I can find some old pics.

 

[Voneville]

I've seen what one of these things can do to a sailor...I'll see if I can find some old pics.

Do we really need to see those? I'm still scarred from the picture of the chiefs brains on the flight deck of the thatch, the picture of the guy that got his legs chopped off on the boxer, oh, and the guy at my work that chopped off 2 fingers on the flex house coupling machine.

 

[Gas House Gorilla]

Ok, ok...nevermind. You can get hurt or dead doing anything. I guess I don't need to show any visuals. That was your 666 post ya Mary! LOL