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Re: machine shop horror stories
A professional machinist at a local shop left a chuck key in a high speed lathe and when it flew out it killed the guy it hit 
When my team worked in this shop we never had any accidents save one: a friend of mine was turning down an aluminum sprocket when the lathe chuck fell off. At 1000+RPM. Turning towards him. Thank god the part shield was down, no doubt it saved serious injury. One of the mentors who worked in the shop said "I've never seen so much damage done to a lathe" and fortunately the incident was deemed not his fault.
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