Thread: Lathe chuck guard? Useful or PITA?

[QUOTE=Grahame Collins;1292245]
The same student having the concentration span of a knat,who could see ,hear and experience all of your your training input can ,not hear, ignore the lot, and still manage to crush his hand against between key and bedway./QUOTE]

I bet he will remember next time though.
I know what you are saying about not listening. We have a lot of NDT (Non Destructive Testing) students who are remote to our location. (Most of our material is online) Its surprising how many of them can't seem to read and understand basic written instructions. Bit of a worry when you consider that they could potentially be doing ND Testing on passenger aircraft at some point in the future.
bollie7

...they could potentially be doing ND Testing on passenger aircraft at some point in the future.
bollie7

Oh phuque

I'd consider it in the PIA category. I don't have a splash guard on the back of my lathe, and as much as I'm quite certain some of my Jackson Pollock inspired creations on the wall behind my lathe will one day make me a millionaire, I wish I had one. Having said that, I don't use coolant, so typically the only times a chuck guard would keep things cleaner are the times when, in a flash of brilliance, or otherwise, I decided to ignore all good reasons not to do so and have lubricated the scroll of my chuck, thereby ensuring a thin spray of oil covered everything inside the 80 km exclusion zone of my lathe!!!

In contrast I can see how it would be a PIA, as if the jaws were opened wide they'd hit the 150 buck plastic guard upon powering up. Causing 1) much foul language and 2) questioning as to just how much alcohol was involved in that purchase decision. Alternatively the nice big 4 jaw you just purchased won't fit under it, thereby requiring its removal. Causing point 2) followed by point 1)

As far as the chuck key; if the key is in the chuck, the key is in my hand. No exceptions! The first thing I did when I got a new chuck key the other day was remove that stupid spring. Now THAT was a PIA!

Pete