I keep a five gallon bucket under the front edge of the lathe bench
and when I need to clear the bench, I scoop the shavings into my
roughing gouge and pour them into the bucket.
Also, when I plumbed in my dust collector, I put in a floor sweep at
the edge of the lathe. This works for me, because I have a chip
seperator in my dust collector.
You can see the floor sweep on the "workshop/dust-collector" page of
my web site.
hope this helps,
Brad
HardingPens.com


Ian Malcolm wrote:
Hi!

Does anyone out there have any neat ideas for collecting shavings from under
and around a lathe which might make the end-of-day tidy-up a bit less of a
chore?

I have a shelf (well, actually a wooden box full of concrete) under the bed
and don't want / can't afford a vacuum chip collector.

TIA.

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Ian M