You don't get it! Heavy duty lathes don't give you a FRACTION of a SECOND to fight back a powerful 10+ horse power motor.
Quote Originally Posted by hemmjo View Post
Nope, he was fighting the shirt. Does not matter how powerful the machine was, the weak link IN THIS CASE was the shirt!!!!

In some other situation, the size of the machine may have made a difference, but even a "weak" lathe could have pulled someone in if the shirt did not tear away.