Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Source for Way Cover material

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From: "Jon Elson" <elson@...>
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Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Source for Way Cover material

I have found some window shades that are made in an accordion style of
pleat. They can be cut down and many
can be made from one blind. The material is vinyl.




> studleylee wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > Can neoprene withstand hot chips?
> > -Lee
> >
> > --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "allan_reinhard" <allan_r9@h...> wrote:
> > > Alan,
> > >
> > > I have found 0.042" neoprene in the garden section of Home Base
> > (like
> > > Home Depot), sold as pond liner. Not cloth impregnated, but very
> > > flexible. The price was ~$15CDN for 1 lineal foot, 15 feet wide.
> > > I'm using this for my GEM500 mill.
>
> .042 and .060" rubbery materials like neoprene can handle the kind of hot
> chips that are produced by light machining operations on Bridgeport-style
> mills and modest lathes. The really heavy chips produced more commonly
> on 5+ HP machines with carbide tooling may have enough heat capacity to
> damage neoprene and other similar way cover materials. I have some way
> covers sold as such, and they definitely have not been damaged in 10+
years
> of light use in my home shop. I do a lot of aluminum, and use coolant on
> much of that work, but I have also made a number of tooling parts out of
> steel, and some even in tool steel, with no damage to the way covers.
>
> Jon
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