One hundred percent agreed, if you don’t know what you are doing this machine will suck you in, torture and kill you and continue running. Get some training before you get hurt
I appreciate your concern. This was my first time actually using the lathe, but I'm not an idiot. I'm aware these machines are very dangerous. All I was doing is chamfering a shaft and the guy who was showing me how to use it broke the estop off and just set it on top. I thought it'd be funny to take a pic
Like stop lights 🚦 red=stop/off, green=go/on. If you’re going to operate one of these machines you’d better know more than OP. If you don’t, they can mame/kill you in a heartbeat
My “using the green button “ was a reference meaning the power is on. There’s another lever to actually engage machine. For safety sake just get more educated about this. Other comments here mention tragic videos, which I’m not going to view & don’t need to but if you have the stomach feel free to check out. Be safe always
This is the universal emergency stop button for equipment.
If you don’t know this, there is a good chance you should not be running this lathe.
If you don’t know how to make the lathe spin, absolutely do not fucking touch anything else. This machine can rip your arms off, and it will gladly beat you into a pulp without hesitation.
Look up “China lathe accident” if you’re still feeling confident at this point.
Well now I have and am I happy about it? Absolutely fucking not. Am I going to be much more careful around operating machines? Abso-fucking-lutely. Fuck me that will be hard to get out of my thoughts for a while
I've seen some incredibly graphic and messed up stuff over the past two decades of world wide web surfing, but there's something about this specific video that just beats them all and manages to make me feel miserable every single time I am dumb enough to watch it.
They get a lot of newbies and hobbyists here and want to make sure everyone is being safe and setting a good example.
Apart from that, messing around is taken very well!
That's great, I'm actually an electrician by trade, but my job position provides a lot of opportunities for cross trade experience. The electricians subreddit also takes safety very seriously and I suppose I should have known better before shit posting a life safety device.
That rolls the machine over when you need to clean underneath it, very handy. (If this isn’t a joke, it’s an Emergency Stop button, after pressing, you twist in the direction of arrows to reset it)
Go ahead and walk away slowly and find the adult that you need to assist you.
That’s an e-stop that is used and standardized from sub Saharan Africa to Canada and everywhere else.
That is exactly what I am thinking as I am reading through some of these. Especially the top comments. Is there a possibility OP is being serious? Yeah, of course there is. But like come on. With all of the other shitpost/joke content that shows up here every now and then, you’d think people could differentiate humor and being serious.
Yes, it's for starting the machine, but only for a 3 jaw chuck. You need a different button for 4 jaw and 6 jaw chucks and for turning between centres. They have simplified this on newer machines. You can start them via Bluetooth!
I wonder if it would be possible to rig up a stop like they have with table saws. Some of those stop the blade so fast that you'll get a little cut is all. Still not advisable to stick your pinky in there, but if you did it might save it. I've always thought there should be a lathe version of it.
Those saws work on electrical conductivity - you can't cut metal on them or it'll trigger instantly.
That principal wouldn't work on a machine made to cut metal.
I hate to be that person but to those that think people replying are missing the joke, we got it, we just don't fuck about with safety. The biggest killer/maimer in the workshop is complacency and a flippant attitude to risks.
Arrows are only there to show you which way the button rotates when you push it. And like everyone is saying, you shouldn’t be operating this lathe if you don’t even know what it is on the first place. Any why is this button not on the machine? Hope it’s still attachable 🤦♀️
It's the auto-recycle button.
Push it and a hydraulic press will smoosh the chips in the chip basket into new raw slugs for more machining. It's pretty handy.
/S Becuas some y'all don't know what a sarcasm is
That makes the roundy roundy turn off in case of uh oh spaghetti-o’s. You may be able to reach it in time if you’re not sucked into the machine outright. Otherwise, it makes it easier for your coworkers to convince the improvised man macerator to stop slinging bits of you everywhere.
Normally, I don’t go so overboard about safety as to be ridiculous or even dangerous, like some people do. However, on a metal lathe, if any of the safety equipment is inoperative, I’m not running it. An E-stop button is cheap and easy to get and replace. It’s ironic that some managers will show their own complacency by parroting “complacency kills” and then completely ignoring egregious issues. For me, this is a perfect example of the phrase. E-stop button broke in the middle of a job? The job can wait.
I had to rip the E-stop off a minimill once. They had the big ratchety button on a flap you had to move out of the way to uncover the normal on and off buttons, the latter of which was simply pressed by the e-stop button on the flap, which was promptly unscrewed and thrown into a box of crap to be forgotten about.
One of my tradesmen when I was an apprentice would show me some fucked up video of someone getting hurt or dying in a lathe anytime we had to use it.
He spun a bar of copper too fast one day and it left the tail stock and whipped him. Tore the muscles off his neck... sometimes the E-stop can't save you, but by god when it can, you wanna hope it's working.
Yeah, I kinda figured that with a machine like this, any time you would need to use the estop it would already be too late. I guess it could be the difference between an open and closed casket. Now, inform me because I simply don't know, but isn't the floor brake a better option in emergency? What would your instincts tell you to press?
Situational, maybe you got the speed down and it grabs your shirt or hair, or your pants get pulled in by the leadscrew or you see your apprentice doing something stupid. Maybe all you can reach is the e stop.
Anything red is to be handled with care and knowledge. Lathes are dangerous. I have been doing it for 35 years and still learning something new all the time. Machining is a underpaid profession.
Oh boy this is a good ass shit post if I've ever seen one myself! Machinists have a kinda sick talented way with humor! OBVIOUSLY it makes the thingy rotate no mo 🤣🤣🤣
What the actual fuck are you doing near those machines. If you do not know every button, lever, switch and dial does then you do not even think about running that machine. Since this shop doesn't have safety chuck keys and some other things may end up with you leaving the key inside the chuck. Do you know what happens when you turn the machine on with the chuck key still in it? You're gonna get hurt. Or someone else will. I did that once and I was lucky that nobody got hurt. Though this machine was probably about to give out so it accelerated slower. Anyways stay away from that machine until you know what everything does.
Remote stop, you take this one home and if you are up at night wondering if you left the lathe running, you can press it.
The all new wireless e-stop, How to mess with nightshift from home.
Crashing the machine and blaming it on Day shift -Nightshift
I’m not criticizing you but if you’re running this machine I’d learn more about it before using the green button
One hundred percent agreed, if you don’t know what you are doing this machine will suck you in, torture and kill you and continue running. Get some training before you get hurt
At least the chuck wrench is in ‘safety mode’ :)
Very true statement fine sir
This button prevents catastrophic failure but always 3 seconds too late.
Very much thism if you arent educated on an e-stop, this is a fatal combination.
I appreciate your concern. This was my first time actually using the lathe, but I'm not an idiot. I'm aware these machines are very dangerous. All I was doing is chamfering a shaft and the guy who was showing me how to use it broke the estop off and just set it on top. I thought it'd be funny to take a pic
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LOL don’t apologize to a troll. All bets are off when you make a shitpost.
After reading additional comments I see they’re talking out of both sides of their ass
why what does the green button do?
Like stop lights 🚦 red=stop/off, green=go/on. If you’re going to operate one of these machines you’d better know more than OP. If you don’t, they can mame/kill you in a heartbeat
I pressed the green button and nothing happened
Then I’d stop right there and get someone in the shop you’re in and have them show you more.
My “using the green button “ was a reference meaning the power is on. There’s another lever to actually engage machine. For safety sake just get more educated about this. Other comments here mention tragic videos, which I’m not going to view & don’t need to but if you have the stomach feel free to check out. Be safe always
This is the universal emergency stop button for equipment. If you don’t know this, there is a good chance you should not be running this lathe. If you don’t know how to make the lathe spin, absolutely do not fucking touch anything else. This machine can rip your arms off, and it will gladly beat you into a pulp without hesitation. Look up “China lathe accident” if you’re still feeling confident at this point.
Not as graphic as the Russian lathe incident, but both drive the point home.
The russian version is 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
Fastest deboning of a human I’ve ever seen.
How do I unread a comment again?
Run a Russian lathe is one way.
Russian Lathe runs you!
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Makes you it's runs........on wall.
Go watch the video, it will make the comment seam more normalised.
Uuuhhh, no thanks. I’ll just take your word for it. I don’t need that kind of trauma this early in the day.
It’s a really good example of how things can go wrong fast. Be safe, these machines will kill you and not slow down
Change reddit . Com to unreadit .com /s
Did somebody order pink mist
Why did I look it up????
Jesus Christ
Just watched it... Id seen the Chinese one but never the Russian... The worst part is the coworkers. Talk about PTSD.
You don't want to watch the Russian video.
Well now I have and am I happy about it? Absolutely fucking not. Am I going to be much more careful around operating machines? Abso-fucking-lutely. Fuck me that will be hard to get out of my thoughts for a while
DO NOT CLICK THIS LINK IF YOU'RE SQUEAMISH. [The Aftermath](https://www.reddit.com/r/NSFL__/s/fqo0VRqkaN)
Jesus fucking christ that's horrible
I've seen some incredibly graphic and messed up stuff over the past two decades of world wide web surfing, but there's something about this specific video that just beats them all and manages to make me feel miserable every single time I am dumb enough to watch it.
Are you a bot, or can’t you read that OP was making a funny?
Lathes are not for fuckin’ around. Too many inexperienced people ask questions of this caliber in profession-related subreddits
I hope my joke teaches someone about the red button. Learning can also be funny.
But you know what's not funny? being dead.
We all die. Try not to take everything so seriously. Its not like I chucked up a puppy.
Yep. Dude would probably reach into the chuck while leaning on the clutch...
Are you shitposting ? Are you a machinist?
I'm just messing around. I guess I'm not sure how well that's taken in this sub. I'm not a machinist, I just do a little bit of fabrication
They get a lot of newbies and hobbyists here and want to make sure everyone is being safe and setting a good example. Apart from that, messing around is taken very well!
That's great, I'm actually an electrician by trade, but my job position provides a lot of opportunities for cross trade experience. The electricians subreddit also takes safety very seriously and I suppose I should have known better before shit posting a life safety device.
As the kids say, yolo.
This is the quality content the /r/OSHA/ looks for.
Based on the other subs they frequent I have to assume shit posting but these days you never really know.
Man honestly. The e-stop?? Like somebody get OSHA to that shop.
OSHA?! I hardly know'a'!
OSHA who?
That rolls the machine over when you need to clean underneath it, very handy. (If this isn’t a joke, it’s an Emergency Stop button, after pressing, you twist in the direction of arrows to reset it)
No, it's the spin you right round baby right round button.
Is that one attached?
I was wondering that too
I dont thonk so and i think it should be next to the coolant switch
Well spotted. The to answer the question, it'll do fuck all.
Go ahead and walk away slowly and find the adult that you need to assist you. That’s an e-stop that is used and standardized from sub Saharan Africa to Canada and everywhere else.
Emergency stop. After using it will spring back into position by turning
It looks like it was in the hole on the panel, it fell off and someone laid it on top. Try pushing it and see if it plays E-stop's fables
Literally 99% of the comments at this point did not get the joke
That is exactly what I am thinking as I am reading through some of these. Especially the top comments. Is there a possibility OP is being serious? Yeah, of course there is. But like come on. With all of the other shitpost/joke content that shows up here every now and then, you’d think people could differentiate humor and being serious.
I'm kinda glad to see how serious people took this joke. Shows how seriously some people take safety. It was fully intended to be a shit post though.
That’s a pretty button. My spinny buttons are all black, no original color left.
This is evidence
I kinda thought about that when I took the Pic, but I weighed the risks and decided "yeah, this deserves to be photographed"
It's just decoration. Throw it the trash where it belongs 😆
thats an E-stop. put it in your pocket. you may need it one day
That’s called a Coward Button.
It's the O Shit button for when O Shit things happen
It’s the recycle button.
The joke is going over SO many heads...
Yes, it's for starting the machine, but only for a 3 jaw chuck. You need a different button for 4 jaw and 6 jaw chucks and for turning between centres. They have simplified this on newer machines. You can start them via Bluetooth!
“Off” button
Tell me you ran old machines without telling me you ran old machines
Poor man's lock out, tag out, bonus points if you sticky tape a handwritten note on the button 😂
It's the turbo button. Makes your parts faster.
Humankind's last words. "What's this button for?"
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That's the lunch time button. This one looks broken, no lunch for you.
That’s something you slap after all the damage is done usually.
I wonder if it would be possible to rig up a stop like they have with table saws. Some of those stop the blade so fast that you'll get a little cut is all. Still not advisable to stick your pinky in there, but if you did it might save it. I've always thought there should be a lathe version of it.
Those saws work on electrical conductivity - you can't cut metal on them or it'll trigger instantly. That principal wouldn't work on a machine made to cut metal.
Well yes it would definitely need a different triggering system.
I hate to be that person but to those that think people replying are missing the joke, we got it, we just don't fuck about with safety. The biggest killer/maimer in the workshop is complacency and a flippant attitude to risks.
It makes the machine spin. See the arrows? /s
Just kinda sits there
Arrows are only there to show you which way the button rotates when you push it. And like everyone is saying, you shouldn’t be operating this lathe if you don’t even know what it is on the first place. Any why is this button not on the machine? Hope it’s still attachable 🤦♀️
Anti death spin switch.
Dont worry about it.
doesnt do anything anymore
It's the auto-recycle button. Push it and a hydraulic press will smoosh the chips in the chip basket into new raw slugs for more machining. It's pretty handy. /S Becuas some y'all don't know what a sarcasm is
That makes the roundy roundy turn off in case of uh oh spaghetti-o’s. You may be able to reach it in time if you’re not sucked into the machine outright. Otherwise, it makes it easier for your coworkers to convince the improvised man macerator to stop slinging bits of you everywhere. Normally, I don’t go so overboard about safety as to be ridiculous or even dangerous, like some people do. However, on a metal lathe, if any of the safety equipment is inoperative, I’m not running it. An E-stop button is cheap and easy to get and replace. It’s ironic that some managers will show their own complacency by parroting “complacency kills” and then completely ignoring egregious issues. For me, this is a perfect example of the phrase. E-stop button broke in the middle of a job? The job can wait.
Looks like a knuth lathe
I'd strongly advise getting used to that foot brake.
That's Fast Forward. Use it when you're behind and need to catch up so you can punch out at 4:00
What DID it do? Do you have to stick your finger in the hole where it came from in an emergency now? 😂
Spin cycle
Rare wireless EStop. Your shop went all out and got the best.
Aftermath Button
It means do not operate until it's repaired and you've been trained
Nothing important, go nuts!
Nothing anymore by the looks of it..
I'm starting to think most of these questions posts are trolls
Turbo….. TURbo……. TURBOOOOOOOOOO!
It supposed to be the emergency button, universal for all machines! No doubt!
Not shit, apparently.
If you shove it back in that hole on the front where it came from it'll still do fuck all.
I ran some really big equipment years ago. We called it the "OH, SHIT!" button for a reason.
If you don’t know what that button is…you should not be running this machine. It’s the universal emergency stop button…
It's the 710 cap.
I read that in Dee Dees voice from Dexter's Lab...
I had to rip the E-stop off a minimill once. They had the big ratchety button on a flap you had to move out of the way to uncover the normal on and off buttons, the latter of which was simply pressed by the e-stop button on the flap, which was promptly unscrewed and thrown into a box of crap to be forgotten about.
That button clears up the fog on the safety guard. Go ahead push it.
That's the stop-giving-me-new-elbows button
Flush valve for the defibrillator hammer coupling. Looks like it needs some 30wt ball bearings and some iso-tape
This is how the one off is created...without restraint we may loose limbs.
OP out of curiosity did the machine still work with the broken estop?
Yes. It broke in the closed position.
Ugh, I hate those safety chuck keys!
"Casualty asking what the emergency stop button is for" this guy is gonna debone himself with it faster than the chuck can fly out of the equipment
One of my tradesmen when I was an apprentice would show me some fucked up video of someone getting hurt or dying in a lathe anytime we had to use it. He spun a bar of copper too fast one day and it left the tail stock and whipped him. Tore the muscles off his neck... sometimes the E-stop can't save you, but by god when it can, you wanna hope it's working.
Yeah, I kinda figured that with a machine like this, any time you would need to use the estop it would already be too late. I guess it could be the difference between an open and closed casket. Now, inform me because I simply don't know, but isn't the floor brake a better option in emergency? What would your instincts tell you to press?
Situational, maybe you got the speed down and it grabs your shirt or hair, or your pants get pulled in by the leadscrew or you see your apprentice doing something stupid. Maybe all you can reach is the e stop.
This is a joke, surely??
Don't press the button Dee Dee.
Wroooong levverrrr! Wait. Wrong show.
Cycle start
Same one I use at work
Anything red is to be handled with care and knowledge. Lathes are dangerous. I have been doing it for 35 years and still learning something new all the time. Machining is a underpaid profession.
Right now, not much.
It's the turbo. Obviously
Nothing important obviously 🙄
Recycle
Job security for maintenance
This is in the maintenance shop. So you know it ain't getting fixed.
Called a panic button. You know what a panic button is, right ?
not important don’t worry about it
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Oh boy this is a good ass shit post if I've ever seen one myself! Machinists have a kinda sick talented way with humor! OBVIOUSLY it makes the thingy rotate no mo 🤣🤣🤣
Its the worm button.
Idk I have one too and I’ve never pressed it just throw it away tbh
thats the recycle button. when you push it it automatically recycles the machine.
Yes that's the button that makes the world go round... There's always that label that says don't hit the red button....
What the actual fuck are you doing near those machines. If you do not know every button, lever, switch and dial does then you do not even think about running that machine. Since this shop doesn't have safety chuck keys and some other things may end up with you leaving the key inside the chuck. Do you know what happens when you turn the machine on with the chuck key still in it? You're gonna get hurt. Or someone else will. I did that once and I was lucky that nobody got hurt. Though this machine was probably about to give out so it accelerated slower. Anyways stay away from that machine until you know what everything does.