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Originally Posted by Unglued
this is true as we weren't machining anything at the time
i don't believe a flying 7" foam ball will cause too much damage, not at that speed anyways.
being a technical school the first thing we learn is safety.
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While this might be true and you might never get hurt doing what you did, there
is a slight chance that you may get hurt from using a lathe in a way that it wasn't designed to. Use it to spin a wheel to shoot a ball across the room full of machinary and tools? I highly doubt that's the real purpose of a lathe.
But that's not the issue. You guys have obviously concluded it is ok to do it, otherwise you would've have done what you've done. There's no arguing if your mentors and school administrators think that's an ok thing to do.
The issue is, don't post in this forum and show this video to the FIRST community without expecting the rest of us flooding you with messages saying "this isn't safe!!!" In a competition where safety glasses is mandatory on the playing field as well as the pit area, and when safety is an award itself, do not expect people to say nice thing about dangerous acts. Don't expect anything less from us.
So, you can learn to listen to good advice, or risk getting hurt in the future. Just don't say we never warned you
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