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jcs0001:
Although it's very nice weatherwise now I know that in a couple of months it will be cold and not very inviting in my shop.  I do have a radiant heater in part of it but it's on the same circuit as my lathe and small mill so it's a bit of a "chinese firedrill" to use it very much.

I have a recently purchased a taig lathe set up for wood and metal.  It was purchased so that I could turn pens and smaller metal projects.  I had/have the hope that I can figure a way to use it in the finished basement without speading metal and wood shavings all over the carpet.

If anyone has any ideas or thoughts about how to do this I'd really appreciate some ideas.  Currently the lathe and motor are on a plywood, portable base and I have an older desk that I'd likely use as a stand.  Noise isn't a big concern as I doubt most things would create much and I can always schedule such work to not interfere with SWHBO.


Thanks,  John.

gerritv:
I was using my Taig lathe in a condo. And prior to that a Unimat set up with CNC.

You can see my swarf containment approach at http://hobbies.psgv.ca/chips-contain-yourself/. Also don't have carpet directly under the desk :-)

In my new basement workshop I will still want to use some sort of containment.

General lathe work is fine, fly cutting is another story altogether. Chips everywhere, shielding or not.

DMIOM:
Gerrit, sorry this is very OT, but on following your link

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I spotted the reference to AES.  The office equipment arm of a company I used to work for were one of the main AES dealers, and I still have a "Heart of the Office" mug (but only you & I would recognise it as the red print has all but vanished!); and by complete co-incidence at a local airport last week I bumped into a former colleague who used to be our SPIV trainer, and she still has her XIOS folder!  I also recall AES-badged NCR Tower unix boxes....

Dave

gerritv:
Lots of fond memories of AES. I wrote the sw for CLink interface on the NCR Tower. Also provided some training in Zurich and Shepperton-on-Thames in 1986 at the end of the original AES company (they shrank and moved back to Montreal). Still close friends with one of the hw designers.

vtsteam:
I'm sure you will have many idea/suggestions for swarf containment at the lathe. But I'd also suggest in addition a true heavy cotton duck (or better) painter's cloth on the rug. After all it protects from paint.

But plastic tarps are to be avoided at all costs. They are designed to keep paint from drying, and put it all back on your shoes when you walk, unlike cloth.  :bang:  Likewise oil and swarf. Cloth is heavy and stays put. Plastic tarps love to bunch up and are slippery.

A false floor (a panel of plywood) over the carpet might also serve well -- or over the cloth tarp, for good measure.

A change of slip-on shoes in your work area will help keep swarf from tracking through the house, too.

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