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22nd January 2011, 03:39 PM #1Hewer of wood
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Useless tips thread
Chips? Gotta be kidding.
Would pick up some sanding dust from some timber species at best.
Over to you. Post poor tips here.Cheers, Ern
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22nd January 2011, 04:57 PM #2
Not exactly a big gulp is it!
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22nd January 2011, 05:24 PM #3Banned
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23rd January 2011, 08:55 AM #4
The nozzle from my dusty is 4"
how do I fit it between the bedregards
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23rd January 2011, 09:22 AM #5Banned
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23rd January 2011, 12:18 PM #7Retired
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23rd January 2011, 04:32 PM #9Hewer of wood
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LOL.
Chip and dust collection is of course a sod.
If you browse through Raffan's books you'll see some weird and wonderful cowlings and hoppers.
Shannon got some mileage out of a cowling fitted to the tool rest.
Another member way back thought he could patent a pipe style roughing gouge with vac connector at the bottom.
Vicmarc's inertia sander has a vac connector at the handle bottom but IME it only picks up a bit of the sanding dust.
My unique suggestion is to grow a beard and then draw it up over your mouth and nose and plaster it down with Vaseline.
Wanna give it a go ?Cheers, Ern
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24th January 2011, 09:42 AM #10
When I installed a dusty, my wife asked if this would mean the end to the bed of wood shavings on the floor. My response of umm, no... didn't impress )
I've always thought having a shoulder harness that holds the end of the dusty pipe would do the trick, since that's where they mostly go. I've yet to send chips straight to the back of the lathe
Cheers,
Dave
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24th January 2011, 10:03 AM #11Banned
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24th January 2011, 10:25 AM #12Hewer of wood
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With faceplate turning I seem to get a spray of chips through an arc of about 180 degrees, away from the headstock.
Some folk advocate running a shower curtain around the lathe.Cheers, Ern
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24th January 2011, 12:15 PM #13
I'm thinking of the shower curtin idea - for at least some of my area
Problem is we gave the surplus shower curtains to Vinnies some time agoregards
Nick
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24th January 2011, 01:12 PM #14GOLD MEMBER
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A lump of timber can be held in place against a face plate with the pressure from the live center on the tailstock while you cut a spigot or recess to hold in the chuck.
I got away with it for quite a while.
Two florescent tubes over the lathe replaced, glass cleaned up. Found the piece of timber on the other side of the shop two days later. Glass cuts on hand healed, Area on wrist where timber hit is almost healed.So much timber, so little time.
Paul
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24th January 2011, 01:13 PM #15Hewer of wood
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Shower curtain:
I reckon a clear plakky job might be worth a go. Won't feel so claustrophobic.
Put on the swimming goggles, a latex cap, bathers, and give your mates their laugh for the day.Cheers, Ern
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