Useless tips thread

[rsser]

Chips? Gotta be kidding.

Would pick up some sanding dust from some timber species at best.

Over to you. Post poor tips here.

[tea lady]

Not exactly a big gulp is it!

[Manuka Jock]

Chips? Gotta be kidding.

Would pick up some sanding dust from some timber species at best.

Over to you. Post poor tips here.

Ern , you missed the fine print mate .

(For hand sanding on stationary lathe only)

[Sawdust Maker]

The nozzle from my dusty is 4"
how do I fit it between the bed

[Manuka Jock]

The nozzle from my dusty is 4"
how do I fit it between the bed

Get a king sized bed

[wm460]

The nozzle from my dusty is 4"
how do I fit it between the bed

Angle grinder.

[RETIRED]

Angle grinder.

Ummm, that would make it a gap bed.

[Sawdust Maker]

Ummm, that would make it a gap bed.

Bonus

[rsser]

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 ?

[Ozkaban]

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

[Manuka Jock]

........ since that's where they mostly go. I've yet to send chips straight to the back of the lathe

Cheers,
Dave

[rsser]

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.

[Sawdust Maker]

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 ago

[Paul39]

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.

[rsser]

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.