Something to do if you clean your 3jaw and mess up reinserting the jaws...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH5gkQGTNfw&t=233s
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Something to do if you clean your 3jaw and mess up reinserting the jaws...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH5gkQGTNfw&t=233s
Less steps (made wider) and perhaps larger diameter, that might produce a cipher-free but intricate lock cylinder.
Is something you do if you don't have anything else to do
Nothing else to do disappears cleaning up 2nd worst variety of chips. Cast or wrought, doesn't matter, miserable.
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....
What material do you consider the 1st?
For me ,probably fiberglass.
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
Haven't turned much true fiberglass, certainly drilled and milled.Quote:
Originally Posted by oddjob_jobs
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. . .
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