Your Graces,
Whenever I turn aluminium, I get long strings of swarf that becomes a real safety hazard as it spins and spins and spins... For example, see in the following short video time interval from 00:01:30 to 00:01:37... Although it has been sped up, you can still see that the swarf gets entangled in the chuck jaws and spins around like crazy... I have to stop the machine, take the swarf out using a set of pliers, and then on to the next pass...
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57OGbXMAjA[/ame]
Apart from being a health hazard, it is not efficient... Stopping and starting all the time is annoying...
I understand that I have to grind a chipbreaker groove, but for the life of me, I do not know how to do this... Do people grind chipbreakers on the bench grinder (I have a 6" el cheapo one -- but with good new, trued wheels)... Or with a rotary tool?
I should take a closeup of the ground tool... tomorrow... Any pointers, or closeups of tools with chipbreakers, comments, or advice welcome...
take care,
tom in MA.
PS. The periodic squeal you here 00:00:30 onwards is the serpentine auto belt I have spliced... Thanks to the guys from Good News Garage (yes, Click and Clack's shop) for donating the belt to the cause...
Whenever I turn aluminium, I get long strings of swarf that becomes a real safety hazard as it spins and spins and spins... For example, see in the following short video time interval from 00:01:30 to 00:01:37... Although it has been sped up, you can still see that the swarf gets entangled in the chuck jaws and spins around like crazy... I have to stop the machine, take the swarf out using a set of pliers, and then on to the next pass...
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R57OGbXMAjA[/ame]
Apart from being a health hazard, it is not efficient... Stopping and starting all the time is annoying...
I understand that I have to grind a chipbreaker groove, but for the life of me, I do not know how to do this... Do people grind chipbreakers on the bench grinder (I have a 6" el cheapo one -- but with good new, trued wheels)... Or with a rotary tool?
I should take a closeup of the ground tool... tomorrow... Any pointers, or closeups of tools with chipbreakers, comments, or advice welcome...
take care,
tom in MA.
PS. The periodic squeal you here 00:00:30 onwards is the serpentine auto belt I have spliced... Thanks to the guys from Good News Garage (yes, Click and Clack's shop) for donating the belt to the cause...