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Default Das Lathe Bench

Hi Charlie

Yes have your grinder close by, I was lucky in that I got a 3/4" thick,
7' x 30" piece of lexan from the engineering department at UWO
university when they were doing some remodeling, an use that as a wall
between my lathe and grinder, it stops the shavings and the grit, but
not the light.
Maybe a piece of plexiglas could be used on the end of your bench, for
keeping the shavings close by, I also have 2 shower curtains to stop
the airborne chips, slide them out of the way when not needed.
hope you have a dry grinder beside the tormek, turning tools are murder
on the tormek when shaping them, apparently, I don't have one, just
hearsay.
Goose neck lights are ok if they have enough reach, most I see have too
short a flex neck.
Halogen is what I use in the bench light, they are hot, but a regular
100w bulb is hot too, and gives less light than the 50w halogen bulb
with the build in reflector, the halogen bulb is deep enough in the
lamp shade, so I don,t brush up against it.
No more ideas right now, waiting for the finished bench,
.................what's the holdup anyway GG ???

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Leo Van Der Loo