ENCO has a chip guard that is intended for mills - it was on sale for some
really cheap price a few months back - it has a magnetic base and an
articulated arm, and a polycarobonate window with a rubber wiper on the
base - I removed the magnet and attached the whole thing to a piece of steel
bolted to the headstock of my lahte and it worked pretty well - I now have
one of those semicircular things the "real" lathes have (pulled it out of
the trash at a machine dealer) which is nice - looks like you could make one
of those out of an old 5 gal water bottle, or heat/bend some Lexan - the
lexan will be more durable

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Maybe some has already worked this out - I have my lathe and mill in
the same shop I do my electronic stuff, and, strangely enough, metal
chips are not a good thing re equipment. Running the lathe at its
slowest speed keeps them controllable, ie they don't fly across the
room, but slow speed has its limitations. (And even with slow speed
and meticulous cleanup, its only a matter of time before Mr Murphy
visits)

So, has anyone devised a simple, cheap, drop down chipguard that will
prevent this - its a 9 by 20 lathe, possibly hingeing something off
the back chip guard would do it. Home made preferably...

Andrew VK3BFA.


(My apologies to the group - no OT political rants this time...)


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