bantam_lathe_training
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Hazards
- Entanglement with the spindle, chuck, workpiece or feed mechanism.
- Unsecured spinning things flying off - chuck key, loose work, things falling from the headstock onto the chuck.
- Sharp/hot metal chips.
- Entanglement in the belts/gearing behind the cover.
- Collisions between chuck/workpiece & toolholder/cross-slide/tool.
- Taking overly-heavy cuts and stalling the machine or breaking something.
- Collisions due to power-feed/threading.
- Damage to VFD from E-Stop overuse.
- Damage to lathe gearing from starting the lathe out of gear, or adjusting gears during running.
- Loose tool/toolholder/slides being pulled into workpiece.
- Unintended use of power-feed/threading at startup.
- Obstruction of brake lever.
- Misconfiguration of VFD.
- Oil or items on the floor causing slipping/tripping.
- Burns - Hot tools / workpiece
- Fire - hot oil / work / use of solvents (e.g. for marking) / machining plastics
- Fumes - melting plastic workpieces
- Oil spray - e.g. getting in eyes
- Electric shock (if cables are damaged)
- Lone working / how to get help
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