Clever turning trick

[mklotz]

Something to do if you clean your 3jaw and mess up reinserting the jaws...

[Toolmaker51]

Less steps (made wider) and perhaps larger diameter, that might produce a cipher-free but intricate lock cylinder.

[Frank S]

Is something you do if you don't have anything else to do

[Toolmaker51]

Nothing else to do disappears cleaning up 2nd worst variety of chips. Cast or wrought, doesn't matter, miserable.

[oddjob_jobs]

Ahh Brass, the splinter's that keep on giving. Either way ,it's looks pretty cool. In Oztralia our dollar coins look like a brass slug with a course knurl. I might try this so I can have a "stack 'o' dollars' as a sculpture, then again as Toolmaker 51 said....

[oddjob_jobs]

What material do you consider the 1st?
For me ,probably fiberglass.

[Frank S]

I normally don't concern myself with chips as I am turning on my lathes. but when it comes to cast iron and brass the first thing I grab is my 20-gallon shop vac hose and position it as best I can to suck up the majority while turning or milling

[Toolmaker51]

What material do you consider the 1st?
For me ,probably fiberglass.

Haven't turned much true fiberglass, certainly drilled and milled.
Yes other forms like the linen-phenolics, all three operations, including tapping/ threading. No chips, only dust.
Same for Transite, asbestos reinforced cement. At same place, Maranite, both with a vacuum nozzle nearby.
Cast brass, silicon bronze, they are meant for bearing surfaces but sure don't act like it.

2 things help, lots. Don't drape cloth over ways, cross slide, or mill table; use plastic sheeting, paper is even better. Spray or spread a little oil on it; sticks in place, catches part of the dust. Vacuums work, best to add a sheet metal deflector where inlet enters receptacle, reduce clogging the filter. I've tried pouring a little water in, with mixed results. Afterward a squirt of dish detergent makes it rinse out easy, if somewhat clean beforehand.
Adding soap before? Not unless you want enough suds to stage a Vegas floor show. . .
DAMHIKT