theres one thing that i havn't seen metioned now i'm not a machinest but i do have 3 lathes and i have ran them cw when needed but when running them cw if you were able to jam the cutting bit theres is the possablity of unscrewing the chuck off the head stock i did hear of some one doing it with one of those china 7x12 lathes the had got it at a tool sale and i guess the chuck wasn't tight and they turned it on in cw and it flew off and hit him not shore of how or why i just got the info from my buddy who is tsr for the company that sold it
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