Buckshot
06-24-2005, 12:47 AM
.............Not too long after getting my lathe I realized I needed a splash or spray shield pretty badly. I had dis-assembled, cleaned and oiled :oops: the chucks that came with it. When first running the 6 jaw Buck Adjust-tru in the photo below, I managed to give myself an oil racing strip up my left pant leg, shirt, wall, and the dryer against the opposite wall!
http://www.fototime.com/B42999491991D09/standard.jpg
And since the chipwell is huge I also decided to make the shield as a sub-chipwell kinda thing. It's easily removeable and I can carry it out to the trash and dump it.
However a real need was felt for shelving close to the lathe in order to hold commonly used stuff so it would be close to hand.
http://www.fototime.com/0E0BCC832ABA9CC/standard.jpg
I used 1x1 sq steel tube to form a section to sit on each end of the cabinet. I welded on short legs to the uprioghts and then tech screwed them to the cabinet. Along the top to tie them together I used a piece of 1" electrical conduit. I made a clamp for the lamp in the photo which fits around the conduit. You can slide and lock the lamp along it's length where you need it.
On the front of the 4 uprights I attached regular old shelving track. I thought wood for the shelves might be limiting so I used the vinyl coated wire racks sold for closets and such. It's cheap and bolt cutters made quick work of shortening them. The 5C collet closer is now kept handy on a couple shelf standards, along with way, spindle, and cutting oil and a few pre-indexed tool holders.
http://www.fototime.com/B7AFE17A64272BD/standard.jpg
The tailstock shelves basicly hold setup stuff and some tooling for the turret. I hadn't even thought of it at the time the photo was taken, but the top shelf now holds Jacobs chucks and live centers to the front, with their Morse Tapers hanging down through the bars of the shelves.
Sure makes things a lot handier then having commonly used stuff hiding in drawers or on shelves at the other end of the garage:cool:
...............Buckshot
http://www.fototime.com/B42999491991D09/standard.jpg
And since the chipwell is huge I also decided to make the shield as a sub-chipwell kinda thing. It's easily removeable and I can carry it out to the trash and dump it.
However a real need was felt for shelving close to the lathe in order to hold commonly used stuff so it would be close to hand.
http://www.fototime.com/0E0BCC832ABA9CC/standard.jpg
I used 1x1 sq steel tube to form a section to sit on each end of the cabinet. I welded on short legs to the uprioghts and then tech screwed them to the cabinet. Along the top to tie them together I used a piece of 1" electrical conduit. I made a clamp for the lamp in the photo which fits around the conduit. You can slide and lock the lamp along it's length where you need it.
On the front of the 4 uprights I attached regular old shelving track. I thought wood for the shelves might be limiting so I used the vinyl coated wire racks sold for closets and such. It's cheap and bolt cutters made quick work of shortening them. The 5C collet closer is now kept handy on a couple shelf standards, along with way, spindle, and cutting oil and a few pre-indexed tool holders.
http://www.fototime.com/B7AFE17A64272BD/standard.jpg
The tailstock shelves basicly hold setup stuff and some tooling for the turret. I hadn't even thought of it at the time the photo was taken, but the top shelf now holds Jacobs chucks and live centers to the front, with their Morse Tapers hanging down through the bars of the shelves.
Sure makes things a lot handier then having commonly used stuff hiding in drawers or on shelves at the other end of the garage:cool:
...............Buckshot