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- Thread starter Batmanacw
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Are you protecting the ways from abrasive dust?
Not for 10 seconds of grinding. I just wiped them down.
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IMHO the ways should have been covered, look for scratches in your future.
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The carriage never moved. A rag doesn't stop grinding dust as much as you think it does. Removing the oil and recoating is actually effective. A rag has holes bigger than the dust....
Tell me you've never cut dirty rusty steel......it's 100 times worse.
Tell me you've never cut dirty rusty steel......it's 100 times worse.
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I had a rag get caught and wrap around my leadscrew a while back. It isn't visibly bent but it rubs when the carriage is close to the chuck. I don't do that anymore. Too many folks get hurt when loose rags get into the wrong place.
Wiping down the ways is perfectly effective.
Wiping down the ways is perfectly effective.
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I had a 13" Clausing moved into the shop a few years back . It is mostly used for polishing aluminum rollers . I'm the only one that covers the ways . One good Clausing lathe , now a worn out POS . If I'm grinding or polishing , I cover them . Period .
Foil works great!