I made this micrometer stop body on my Atlas 618. My best looking FAIL yet (IMO)

[Round in circles]

As promised , some pictures showing what I was on about with the magnet in a bag & where I've placed it . Obviously you just use WD40 for nonferrous metallic materials .




The magnet


This one shows the magnet in the bag , tucked in at the back of the tool post
Collected chippings but no long turnings.







Here the magnet is laid on some plastic sheet that is laid in the bed above the webs . it’s turned down at the end away from the head stock so you can use a paint brush to clear it down through the web onto a dustpan .





How it collects



Shake the magnet out the bag and the steel chips fall into the dust pan.




Final shot after a quick WD 40 spray and judicious use of a paint brush then another wash off with a spray of WD 40 and a wipe with one of the old cloths , it’s as clean as a whistle , chipping free.





Yes the lathe is stopped when you use the cloth to give the final clean up before removing the part from the lathee.

 

[jster1963]

chevydyl: Thank you very much! I'm still just a "hack", but I hope to gain some skill from these mistakes I seem to keep making. Please let me know when you go public on your stop. I would love to see it and I hope you can make some money on your design! Thanks again......

silence dogood: What a great idea! I will try that. Maybe I can try it on the aluminum I made on JTJ5. I'm scared to try wood. I may try plastic too. Thank you very much!

Trc687: I like the way you think! I will take it as a learning piece and not a fail;-) But you are right about the learning aspect. I learned SO much from this. And you're right again that I will be able to do the next one a LOT faster. Thank you so much......

Round in circles: I now GET it! Thank you so much! I couldn't picture it, but now it makes total sense. Thanks again and I hope to leave the splinters in the bag, LOL;-)