Reply To: Snapping a crutch.

[arutha]

That made perfect sense William,
I couldnt mount the arbor as it was in the lathe and the crutch would have hit the bed, it is quite a long one, I should have just removed it instead of being lazy and just trying to bend it.
An important lesson learned, dont take shortcuts, it will come back to bite you in the backside and you will end up spending twice as much time on the job than if you had done the job properly in the first place.