I'm gonna have to do it more often,,,,,,,,

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 NAW,,,I ain't talkin bout "That",,,,,
  Actually ,,,talkin bout my Pride and Joy,,lathe,,,,  The last 3-4 weeks ,I started noticing where the carriage had started to be stiff when crankin as it don't have power cross. I kept puttin it off and it just got worst and worst till it just flat refused to move this morning. Dismantled the whole thing and glad I did. there were so many gookies in every nook and cranny ,,it's a wonder anything even moved. The half nuts were almost totally gummed up. Took bout 2 1/2 hours of degreasing and cleaning scarf . Found a lot of cast iron "powder" in the half nuts as I did do some machining  on cast iron last week. 
 The 35 year machinist that I worked with would always use compressed air to blow all the scarf off the lathes and I remember asking him if a good idea as a lot of it would surely get blown into those places you don't want it in, but he told me I was full of chit,,and keep blowing it off!!
 What I'm going to do henceforth is use an old vacuum to vacuum the scarf off the machine instead of blowing it into the machine,,,,
 Just curious what others do,,,,

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desertjoe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 23 Sep 2013 Location: New mexico Points: 13696	Post Options Post Reply Quote desertjoe Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: I'm gonna have to do it more often,,,,,,,, Posted: 25 Feb 2020 at 8:07pm
	NAW,,,I ain't talkin bout "That",,,,, Actually ,,,talkin bout my Pride and Joy,,lathe,,,, The last 3-4 weeks ,I started noticing where the carriage had started to be stiff when crankin as it don't have power cross. I kept puttin it off and it just got worst and worst till it just flat refused to move this morning. Dismantled the whole thing and glad I did. there were so many gookies in every nook and cranny ,,it's a wonder anything even moved. The half nuts were almost totally gummed up. Took bout 2 1/2 hours of degreasing and cleaning scarf . Found a lot of cast iron "powder" in the half nuts as I did do some machining on cast iron last week. The 35 year machinist that I worked with would always use compressed air to blow all the scarf off the lathes and I remember asking him if a good idea as a lot of it would surely get blown into those places you don't want it in, but he told me I was full of chit,,and keep blowing it off!! What I'm going to do henceforth is use an old vacuum to vacuum the scarf off the machine instead of blowing it into the machine,,,, Just curious what others do,,,,

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FloydKS Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: S E Kansas Points: 8398	Post Options Post Reply Quote FloydKS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 Feb 2020 at 8:25pm
	I took welding in High School but everyone also got a chance to try the other parts of the shop... so had an opportunity to do some lathe work too, don't remember much...grinding tools for cutting, adjusting the machine... memories... that was 50+ years ago... Sorry no help on the cleaning thing.
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Alberta Phil Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Alberta, Canada Points: 3927	Post Options Post Reply Quote Alberta Phil Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 Feb 2020 at 8:37pm
	I have a small older Atlas lathe and I'm the third generation to use it! I clean it with a vacuum and a small paintbrush to get loose particles out that the vac nozzle won't quite get into.

johnkc Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Location: KCMO Points: 728	Post Options Post Reply Quote johnkc Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 Feb 2020 at 9:37pm
	It’s best being a job that sucks!
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steve(ill) Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: illinois Points: 87874	Post Options Post Reply Quote steve(ill) Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 Feb 2020 at 9:41pm
	YEP.......... vacuum, then a few drops of 30wt in the critical areas..
	Like them all, but love the "B"s.

GeneD14 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Silver Level Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Location: TN Points: 248	Post Options Post Reply Quote GeneD14 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 Feb 2020 at 9:59pm
	Back in the early 80's I worked with 2 Journeyman Machinists. One trained in Germany and one from Sweden. They were both very adamant: "never use compressed air to clean a lathe of milling machine". Fine pieces of metal get into the moving parts. They always used a small brush.

DMiller Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Hermann, Mo Points: 33993	Post Options Post Reply Quote DMiller Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Feb 2020 at 7:45am
	I use a Shop vac with either a secondary bucket or a fresh bag or a specialized one to store the metal so can take to recycling.

jaybmiller Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Greensville,Ont Points: 24695	Post Options Post Reply Quote jaybmiller Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Feb 2020 at 7:56am
	machine shop at STELCO ( now gone...) , last 1/2hr of the day was 'cleanup' time. ALWAYS had very tidy and clean workstations...
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desertjoe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 23 Sep 2013 Location: New mexico Points: 13696	Post Options Post Reply Quote desertjoe Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 Feb 2020 at 9:02am
	Say,,DMiller,,,I do have one of those big Craftsman shop vacs but I need to find an additional hose to splice together so I can leave the vac itself close bt and not be in the way,,,Good Idea,,!! SAY,,,Omaha Phil,,,you reminded me of something on my "To Do" list,,,, I have my first lathe that I bought some years back and am going to post it for sale here and the lathe forum. It is a Craftsman 109 and sometime back somebody here had expressed an interest in it, so I fished it out where it been for several years,,,then forgot about it. There's this dude on another forum that gave me a Heads up for posting pics with an IPhone,,so I'll give it a go . Edited by desertjoe - 26 Feb 2020 at 9:03am