electrosteam
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The job was several height adjusters for Dickson tool holders destined for a Harrison M250.
25 mm bright bar on a Colchester Bantam with HSS producing a long curl of swarf.
I was watching the build-up of swarf below the bed and slowly filling the bed between the ways.
I thought "must stop and clear all that after this cut".
Too late: in a split second all the swarf I could see was dragged up by the trailing swarf curl and wrapped around the bar.
There was a spray of small loose bits, some into my face.
No damage to me (safety glasses), the lathe, the shop or the job.
Just embarrassed that I could be so lax.
John
25 mm bright bar on a Colchester Bantam with HSS producing a long curl of swarf.
I was watching the build-up of swarf below the bed and slowly filling the bed between the ways.
I thought "must stop and clear all that after this cut".
Too late: in a split second all the swarf I could see was dragged up by the trailing swarf curl and wrapped around the bar.
There was a spray of small loose bits, some into my face.
No damage to me (safety glasses), the lathe, the shop or the job.
Just embarrassed that I could be so lax.
John