Anyone whoever has run a lathe has probably had to hit the stop button when the cutter fails. I had a chip breaker fail once while I was taking a deep cut when the chip turned into a pretty good wire that finally got wrapped around the chuck. I went for the breaker as going for the emergency stop would have been hazardous. but when the metal wire chip wrapped the chuck the stop button was clear and used. The machine even bucked on the floor. It was pretty scary.
Besides that, I have seen many times where people would had been injured if the emergency stop button wasn't mounted in the handle of a powered hand truck.
Anyone whoever has run a lathe has probably had to hit the stop button when the cutter fails. I had a chip breaker fail once while I was taking a deep cut when the chip turned into a pretty good wire that finally got wrapped around the chuck. I went for the breaker as going for the emergency stop would have been hazardous. but when the metal wire chip wrapped the chuck the stop button was clear and used. The machine even bucked on the floor. It was pretty scary.
Besides that, I have seen many times where people would had been injured if the emergency stop button wasn't mounted in the handle of a powered hand truck.
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