When I was an apprentice the shop I was working in occasionally did some casting work. A senior machinist had to drill and tap some NPT holes at 45 degrees, his setup had the head kicked over and the mass of the casting slightly off center on the machine table, as he wheeled it to right in "x" to check clearances the machine tipped over and fell on its face. Wish I had a picture of that one! Thankfully nobody was hurt, it happened in the blink of an eye. While it was an extreme for the machine and by all rights outside of the capacity I've always thought it is good insurance and have been pro-anchor bolts from that point on!
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CC Tractors: 1650, 1200, 800, 149, 86, 782D, 2072
Gone but not forgotten: 1450, 1250, 1000, 125, 1572, 782D, Original
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