leadscrew protectors ( was Re: telescoping leadscrew protectors

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Jon Elson <elson@p...> wrote:
> dave_ace_me wrote:
>
> > I agree, some parts of this business is just womens work. :" )
> >
> > I looked at using a self winding roll to be uded to keep the chips
> > away but that was a flat top and would actually hold the small
chips
> > until it would pass some sort of angle to let them fall.
> >
> > My chips are cold, so plastic or rubber would work but I did not
like
> > the cost of the rubber bellows. I tried to find some from a TV
Dish
> > style linear actuator, nice length, but they seem to range around
> > $20.00 a foot for the stuff.
>
> This sounds much better than Goretite, about $100 a foot.
>
> Jon