Can we talk about that artist at Anime Expo who barely lived through their own CNC mishap?

I was at Anime Expo in LA last summer, booth 314. Some digital artist had a CNC router hooked up to carve their designs into wood panels. Machine caught a loose cable, dragged the router head across their forearm. 6 stitches and a lot of blood. They were a big name too, had a line of 40 people waiting. After that I unplugged my rig whenever I swapped bits. Do you guys run emergency stops on your CNC setups or just wing it?

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bettywilson1d ago

Were you there when they finally got the thing shut down, or did you see it happen from a distance? I've always wondered if the machine had a proper e-stop or if someone had to just physically yank the cord. Seems like the kind of thing conventions should be checking before they let anyone set up.

gavinp441d ago

Nah, I wasn't there myself but a buddy of mine was working the event and told me the whole thing. He said there was no e-stop at all, the guy running the booth just reached behind the thing and ripped the power cord out of the wall, sparks flying everywhere. @bettywilson I think the convention organizers definitely learned that one the hard way.