Making An Outboard Spider
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I like to think that keeps the reflexes fine tuned as I age. The old adage "Use it or lose it" takes on a whole new meaning when a wad of chips, a few loose tools and possibly a chip pan are heading for your face at seemingly light speed.

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(10-09-2012, 11:57 AM)TomG Wrote: I like to think that keeps the reflexes fine tuned as I age. The old adage "Use it or lose it" takes on a whole new meaning when a wad of chips, a few loose tools and possibly a chip pan are heading for your face at seemingly light speed.

Tom

I think I'd lose that battle. Sweat

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(10-09-2012, 11:37 AM)stevec Wrote: The chuck swinging a little swarf that grabs the stuff underneath is part of the fun of machining. Real fun is when the chip pan feeds the frenzie. I guess that's why bigger lathes have that switch lever on the lower right of the carriage.Sweat

I've emptied the chip tray that way a couple times Smiley-dancenanaSmiley-dancenana
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(10-08-2012, 07:08 PM)f350ca Wrote: Ed my chip tray's look worse AFTER I clean them. If there's less than a 45 gallon barrel of swarf in there it isn't time to clean.

So that's the secret huh? Chin

I guess I need to get a bigger barrel then. Rotfl

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(10-09-2012, 05:50 AM)EdK Wrote: ...I just kept cleaning up the mess directly below the chuck because of concerns of it getting grabbed by the spinning chuck...

Can't say I've had that problem myself.

   
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