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When I cleaned the lathe in prep for the DRO install all the chips and muck down in that area where the bed gap is bolted down was a pain in my ass to clean out, I picked up some stainless sheet at my local hardware store to cover this area. I have attached for now with industrial double sided tape, we'll see how this works. The carriage slides right over this no problemo.
Next...chips hitting me in the face, embedding in my shirt, and flinging out into the shop got on my last nerve so I decided to order a lathe guard...(googles lathe guards) seriously $200 to $500 for a plastic lathe guard? :think1:I hit the hardware store for supplies, first up part off the top of this ground 3/8 shoulder bolt.
That's better, I need some more room left of the threads...done!
Stainless fender washers check, rubber washers check, 8x10 Lexan check
And there she is a chip guard for $9 I rewarded myself with a tall cold one.
Since I do a fair bit of wood working I also picked up a lathe cover to keep the saw dust off, green lathe it had to be a cammo cover!
Finally all this lathe stuff my tool boxes were jammed full so I picked up this nice unit at Costo the other day, perfect. No more jamming all manner of oil cans and crap in the chip tray. That's all for this one.
Next...chips hitting me in the face, embedding in my shirt, and flinging out into the shop got on my last nerve so I decided to order a lathe guard...(googles lathe guards) seriously $200 to $500 for a plastic lathe guard? :think1:I hit the hardware store for supplies, first up part off the top of this ground 3/8 shoulder bolt.
That's better, I need some more room left of the threads...done!
Stainless fender washers check, rubber washers check, 8x10 Lexan check
And there she is a chip guard for $9 I rewarded myself with a tall cold one.
Since I do a fair bit of wood working I also picked up a lathe cover to keep the saw dust off, green lathe it had to be a cammo cover!
Finally all this lathe stuff my tool boxes were jammed full so I picked up this nice unit at Costo the other day, perfect. No more jamming all manner of oil cans and crap in the chip tray. That's all for this one.