A PowerPro advantage
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:51 pm
One "BIG" side benefit I can see to the PP headstocks is not having to quickly yell across the shop "DON"T TURN THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" to some visitor who you have just scared the bee-jeebers out of by yelling. 
For some reason a lot of guys see a crank and just "have" to turn it. Once in a great while I tick somebody off a little by ordering them to leave something alone. It isn't too often since I rarely let people in the shop. A BIL has a couple of young grandsons that have no idea what proper behavior is. Thankfully they are seldom here. Even less is better. I would never let them in either shop.
Somewhere in the old Hands-on SS showed a little strap iron lock that you could make and use to stop such turning of the handle but it was a little unhandy. I once considered making a simple cover hinged from the top to just completely cover the dial and crank handle. "Out of sight, out of mind".
The old Mark VII is different but still breakable.
For some reason a lot of guys see a crank and just "have" to turn it. Once in a great while I tick somebody off a little by ordering them to leave something alone. It isn't too often since I rarely let people in the shop. A BIL has a couple of young grandsons that have no idea what proper behavior is. Thankfully they are seldom here. Even less is better. I would never let them in either shop.
Somewhere in the old Hands-on SS showed a little strap iron lock that you could make and use to stop such turning of the handle but it was a little unhandy. I once considered making a simple cover hinged from the top to just completely cover the dial and crank handle. "Out of sight, out of mind".
The old Mark VII is different but still breakable.