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Fuck me that's some cool shite
Don't leave the tightening tool in the spindle when you turn it on or you will DIE
Smooth af
Jesus Mary roasted jack smith that's a good finish
Jake tax
copingcabana
ifuckinghategifs
Sigh.... *unzips*
sleighted
I liked the part where it cuts
thatsuzychick
Lathes can be fun. Getting metal splinters is not though.
DocGigglez
imgoingtoforgetthisusername
why does jack smith have to be roasted?
HippDeutschMan
I hope you marked your post mature! This is pornographic!
Imonimgurmainlyforcats
#2 done that before wasn't standing in the way nearly killed the second machine next to me
Imageurgh
The microscopic view of a chip forming was really cool. Have an upvote!
BlastedtheBurro
Most of these require moderate bravery.
whitevfute
I used to love using the lathes in high school. They're actually kinda fun, turn this that moves
corbynDallas
All I see are dildos
garfieldstwin
I saw the preview, I saw the title, and I was concerned about how Jake and the lathe were related!
itsabitchilly
Hahahaha
Galeanthropist
I came to see how the hell he used a late to make a pug...
morningxafter
#3 and here we see how buttplugs are made!
SchoolOfHardKnockers
I'm 35 and I've never been lathed.
BlackwitchWizard
I CNC what you did there.
chefjohn2006
dogsqueeze
Google lathe accidents. It may change your outlook on being lathed.
gamlingcs
The term is degloved, and it really helps get you in touch with your inner self.
TheSongofRiver
This was my favorite thing during metal class. I'd always find projects to do on that thing.
thraxcres
CNC's look amazing but I couldn't work on one. It has to be manual
snotrocketscience
Lathes are fun.
thereverseapachemaster
All I see is a soon to be cracked shield.
snotrocketscience
It was enough to get the face cleaned up and the tailstock in before doing the heavy roughing.
dekket
#3 that's a butt plug.
StarscreamAndHutch
Just don't wear loose clothing or long hair around it...
itsabitchilly
Definitely won't
JustABonelessAlien
Ohhhhh boy. Imagine getting long hair caught in one of them...
StarscreamAndHutch
There are pics of such accidents out there my machine boss shows his new kids. Not at all exciting.
JustABonelessAlien
I'm good I don't wanna see that
PeePeeFrictionPleasure
How does one get into these kinds of jobs/trades? It really looks neato & fun to do
Nightshift603
I think this is being a machinist. They make fighter planes where I live, and those guys are true artists. Hope this helps
itsabitchilly
I'm studying engineering, it's a course we have to do. You could become a tradesman and make parts if you just wanted to use the machines?
PeePeeFrictionPleasure
I have a degree in computer engineering graduate but also considering learning the machines above so I think tradesman sounds good too!
Buzzkillington54
Trade schools. Tool and die makers are the most rewarding want to stay aeay from production shops were you just hit the green button 1/?
Buzzkillington54
And load machine you can always apprentice the machinist trade is really lacking in new workers at 29 i've been the youngest machinist 2/3
Buzzkillington54
Everywhere ive worked.
Spinbot11
Feel like some of these could save a lot of work by just buying skinnier cylinders to begin with.
Buzzkillington54
1. It's cheaper to order stock and standard sizes. 2. Use what you have sitting in the rack. 3. Unless your ordering polished and ground 1/?
Buzzkillington54
Stock you want extra to make sure the part runs true and parallel for when you flip and turn the other side. 4. Turning tools leave 2/3
Buzzkillington54
Better finish if you have more stock to remove because it lets the insert bite better and reduce chatter.
temotodochi
That microscope image is from an informercial. That blade is quite expensive compared to "normal" cutting blades.
LittleDragon
So much heavy breathing. Bit lightheaded now
jsnforce
That first image looked like that Hockey Trophy with all the different rings.
dangerrat
Don't leave the tightening tool in the spindle when you turn it on or you will DIE
dangerrat
Signed up to say that i did this once.. didn't die but F*CKING HELL was i lucky
dangerrat
Bonus idiot points: had hand on it when I slipped the clutch.. was lucky it was on low RPM's or else it'd have been my arm i'm sure.
dangerrat
I still shiver at the thought..
WhenIGrowUpIWannaBeAnAardvark
Remember feeds and speeds! Idiot parted off a piece once and threw it. Had I not been wearing safety glasses I would be called patch.
itsabitchilly
Holy crap!
WhenIGrowUpIWannaBeAnAardvark
By "threw it" I mean it came off at a high rpm in a random direction, which happened to be where I was walking. WEAR YOUR SAFETY GLASSES!!
nikon662
What tool is #3 ? Never seen one in the shop
nikon662
It looks like it's just holding an insert, but can't really tell from the picture
snotrocketscience
It's a boring bar, they're just using it for outside turning. There's another you can see in the background.
Munchkin97
There CNC lathes not lathes
itsabitchilly
There aren't as many gifs of people getting to so precise haha
Munchkin97
I no haha that's my job running CNC
itsabitchilly
That's cool, I dot have any experience in that but next year we'll have a project with writing some code for it
itsabitchilly
Don't
Munchkin97
Don't worry if you don't pick up coding in the first year. Sometimes it take people years to do.
THEfreshestbrew
As a machinist, i love machine porn! But seriously? You left the wrench in the spindle!? *facepalm*
Senguie
We had a screen protecting our face EU safety norms otherwise I would be dead.
itsabitchilly
I didn't leave it in dude, I'm just repeating what the supervisor said
PhantomGinge
We had chuck keys that were spring loaded so they couldn't be left in. Got you in the habit of keeping control of it when you use real lathe
Nchalada
I did it. Once. At school. Got winded, and NEVER forgot to leave it in ever again
SleepyWalrus
A mistake done once and only once, I'm just glad it spun clockwise so the key was shot down into the catch-tray rather than into the air
itsabitchilly
He scared the lot of us by telling us about what would happen if we did haha
Strothy2
Don't we all once...
nibcabcabnib311
You are a machinist and you don't call it a Chuck key? Odd
THEfreshestbrew
My chucks are 6 ft in diameter. We use giant ratchets.
itsabitchilly
I'm very new to it haha
Buzzkillington54
People have been fired on the spot for leaving the key in the chuck.
THEfreshestbrew
Yup! It's dangerous! And every rookie does it lol
SandiRavage
What am I missing?
dogsqueeze
A tool that tightens the work piece to be machined. If the machine stars spinning, it becomes a projectile.
SandiRavage
But where? I kind of put 2&2 together. I just don't see it
dogsqueeze
Second to the last gif, the big round thing with the jaws that hold the aluminum rod. In the first picture you can just see the hole on top.
drflopicus
We've all done it. Best one i've seen was a chuck flying out at 2000rpm at tafe. Mech eng uni kids first time
h73o1012
That is also happen in asia.no big deal.now have safe cover to block out that danger things
Benhorn7
What a site.
railgap
No, we haven't all done it. I hope I never do.
drflopicus
high five for you buddy!
railgap
I have come close - and berated myself when I saw it sitting there in the chuck.
Millsslslsls
I've never even seen someone do it, but we use spring loaded wrenches that pop out on their own.
gamlingcs
Foreman at my job bought a bunch of those, the guys didn't like em so they cut the springs inside the housings.
Millsslslsls
ya they're a pain to use compared to regular ones, but i'm absent minded so i prefer it.