Hi Andrew & Michelle. Very nice lathe. That i'm sure is much newer than my 1975 model. Great video. 2 points. Not a good idea putting your hand into the swarf to drag out. Just a gentle comment. The other is I could hear music in the background. Music definately off when filming. I have had 2 video's deleted by TH-cam because of music copywrite restrictions. Great to finally see a face on the vids. Take care. Steve.
@@modelengineeringadventuresI'm about 7 months late, and Steve already mentioned it, but to expand a bit on what he's said. It takes just once when the work or chuck catches that string of swarf and pulls it and your hand in far faster than anyone can react when your trying to clear it by hand. And if your very very lucky, only a few stitches will be needed. A situation like that can easily remove fingers, break bones or worse. That swarf is in reality a flexable and very long razor blade. My most used tools on a lathe or mill are a cheap 2" wide paint brush for clearing the smaller chips, and a long pair of needle nose pliers for the strings of swarf. Industry does everything they can using chip breakers on the tools or various techniques to prevent swarf like that just due to the danger. Some experimentation with your tangential tool and grinding a chip breaker groove on it's cutting face may help.
Hi Andrew & Michelle. Very nice lathe. That i'm sure is much newer than my 1975 model. Great video. 2 points. Not a good idea putting your hand into the swarf to drag out. Just a gentle comment. The other is I could hear music in the background. Music definately off when filming. I have had 2 video's deleted by TH-cam because of music copywrite restrictions. Great to finally see a face on the vids.
Take care.
Steve.
Thank you so much Steve for your kind tips. Definitely learning on the job. Look forward to watching your next video 😊
cheers steve all good points.
@@modelengineeringadventuresI'm about 7 months late, and Steve already mentioned it, but to expand a bit on what he's said. It takes just once when the work or chuck catches that string of swarf and pulls it and your hand in far faster than anyone can react when your trying to clear it by hand. And if your very very lucky, only a few stitches will be needed. A situation like that can easily remove fingers, break bones or worse. That swarf is in reality a flexable and very long razor blade. My most used tools on a lathe or mill are a cheap 2" wide paint brush for clearing the smaller chips, and a long pair of needle nose pliers for the strings of swarf. Industry does everything they can using chip breakers on the tools or various techniques to prevent swarf like that just due to the danger. Some experimentation with your tangential tool and grinding a chip breaker groove on it's cutting face may help.