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taig lathe indoors (ie finished basement)

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jcs0001:
Gentlemen:

Thanks for the ideas.  I must admit I thought about using plastic around and under the desk - vtsteam - thanks for pointing out the drawbacks of that idea.  A tarp won't be hard to locate and I can always vacuum up regularly.

John.

patuca:
Before I had an actual workshop I used my small lathe in a finished part of the basement.  The lathe was mounted on a tool-box work-center from the hardware store.  My system was to spread a painters plastic drop-cloth over the floor and then roll the lathe onto the plastic.

When the project was done I brushed the lathe off and then rolled it off the sheet, and then rolled up the sheet (shoes and all) to clean up outside.   It worked pretty good except oil on the sheet can make for slippery footing.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3149/3029807633_c343f2f7c8_z.jpg

patuca

David Morrow:
John, here is a system that I built for my little Sherline CNC mill. I have since moved it to a larger CNC router ( almost all work is in wood now ). What you don't see is the vacuum. I bought a shop vac at Home Depot and some adapters as well. If you don't / can't make your own manifold like I did, I believe that LocLine has them available in various sizes. For a Taig / Sherline size lathe ( I have a Sherline lathe as well ), I would go with one of the two smaller sizes. I'm also thinking about building a similar system for my larger Myford lathe for when I cut messy stuff like wood and graphite. I use the largest Locline on my drill press. On the CNC router, it capture 95% or more of the sawdust and the shop is amazingly clean considering all the sawdust that's created.

http://www.ldrider.ca/cnc/vacuum/vacuum.htm

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