Re: Re: RE:Re: re:hand jive

> From: Jon Anderson <janders@...>
> Subject:
>
> ballendo@... wrote:
>
> > And use some type of wheels that
> > don't present a safety hazard when they're NOT used).
>
> YES! I defeated the safety handles on a machine once because I got tired
> of prying them out from the handwheel. Promptly got whacked in the side
> of my thigh by the Y handle and wrenched my back. Went home early with a
> large bruise and sore back.

The old HES lathes that had GE controls had little flip covers over the
ends of the ballscrews and a crank that you could insert. We patched the
outside of the block wall where the crank left the building but left the
inside hole and a gash in the concrete floor as a reminder.

Ray