Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

Are you cleaning your machinery down with compressed air Bruce? I watch a lot of machining videos on YT and everyone's mills & lathes always look so pristine......not mine....mine look like they have been rode hard and put away wet

My copper swarf catcher I couldn't be without, does keep 99% of swarf off the lathe bed and I can just sweep it off to the back swarf catcher and then into an oil drip tray (from an auto parts shop) for removal.

" Are you cleaning your machinery down with compressed air Bruce?" never Jim, (per Tubal Cains instructions) although my Kurt vise is a pita to get into the nooks & cranny's. I do clean it after each use (mostly) now that I'm retired. I saw your swarf catcher & may have to fabricate one of those, i like the concept.