How about a pull-across "shower curtain" that divides the shop, floor to
ceiling when you are doing metal work?

Pete Stanaitis
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wrote:
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...)