Ideas needed for SeriesII Bib,chip, pan (was Re: Src fr Wy Cvr mtrl)

Thanks Jon,
Thats a good thing to know. My seriesII is stripped of the old
way covers, and I'd like to make a "bib" or similar to keep chips
off the ways and steppers. Then maybe fabricate a pan underneath to
catch the runoff. My goal is minimal cleanup so I can run out there
make stuff and cleanup fast.

Also was thinking about a 'hardened' shop vacuum system that could
handle and seperate out coolant and chips. I think it would fail for
flood coolant use.

I'll post a picture of the seriesII. The hardest part is that the
table can travel back almost up to the Z axis way if needed.

Ideas from the masters of machining?:-)?????

-Lee

>.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