Tool crashes, I have seen some good ones. Spindle into table, £30,000 damage to ceramic spindle bearings.
I never did this, the odd minor problem, I broke a drill on my first day programing but I only had the manual to show me what to do.
I did blow up a £10,000 4th axis once and took out both x and y axis boards on a week old interact 800 macining centre.
It was a new 4th axis and the chuck key was too long to fit in the front of the chuck. So as it was new, I put the chuck key in the back rather than cutting it down, tightened up the chuck, someone asked me something and I turned around and answered him, turned back, closed the doors and pressed go. Bloody great bang. Luckily the boss claimed back on the company insurance policy. Oh well, **** happens but very rarely it happened to me.
Edited By JasonB on 28/09/2023 09:57:37