On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:24:37 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, Wes
quickly quoth:

Jim Wilkins wrote:

The
problem with a toolpost grinder is keeping *all* grit off the very
exposed lathe ways, dovetails and lead screw.

I saw a thread somewhere where aluminum foil was pressed into use to create
over lapping way covers.

That'd work, and most of us have a box of it lying around already.
Y'know, for making our beanies.

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Plan more than you can do, then do it.
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