Reply With QuoteCast Iron is the worst, grinding creates very fine dust which gets in your eyes, even with goggles on and ends up like a welding flash, some sort of vacuum hose near the work might help, Regards Frank.
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SubscriberI've had to do a couple of jobs lately on steel with the die grinder and a double cut carbide burr.
Its got to be one of my least liked tasks in the workshop. The fine slivers of steel get over everything, bristle out of any tool that has even a slight bit of residual magnetism in it, and end up in your fingers and hands.
Any tips and tricks for keeping the little mongrels under control? Should I be sticking the whole lot in a cardboard box or something to try and contain the schrapnel?
I've done heaps of work in the past with carbide burrs on aluminium, but the slivers dont seem to be quite as sharp and definitely dont have the magnetic "bristling" issue.
Steve
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Cast Iron is the worst, grinding creates very fine dust which gets in your eyes, even with goggles on and ends up like a welding flash, some sort of vacuum hose near the work might help, Regards Frank.
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stick a big magnet close to the work to attract the filings?
Swaggie
If you are cutting, grinding, filing, or machining metal you produce swarf. If it worries you getting it over other stuff, either move the operation or move the other stuff.
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Big magnet in a plastic bag so you can separate the stuff from the magnet.Originally Posted by kaa45
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Hmm, fire.
Maybe a cloth bag, or just for clean up.
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SubscriberI get the concept, but practically its not quite that simple.
The majority of my grinding I do outside (move the operation) as I'm quite happy to have grinding dust/swarf on the ground. Not so happy having an area of needle sharp slivers that I cant clean up.
If I had the space I'd set up a separate "dirty" area for this sort of work, but I dont.
Maybe a practical solution is to enclose the work area using a curtain of clear plastic and working inside that.
Steve
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SubscriberThanks - I'd forgotten about the trick of sticking it in a plastic bag for cleanup.
Steve
Swaggie
I worked in machine shops and owned one for a while. One gets used to cleaning up swarf on a daily (or more frequent) basis, and cleaning down the machines every afternoon. If you have the space, a dirty room with a curtain is a damn good idea, or an industrial vacuum cleaner with a hose placed near the position of attack. I recently did a big turning job involving reducing several pieces of heavy wall stainless tube by 19mm diameter over almost a metre length. I was cleaning out razor sharp spirals for weeks afterwards. The things were everywhere, up, down, under. I had forgotten about this sort of mess. Almost as big a mess as was made when the cook insisted I turn a new leg out of silky oak for an antique table. Wood turning makes a bigger mess than any metal work.
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if working with air tools and making dust I set up blow through air and a mist curtain.
industrial fan blows air across the work area (grind in the direction of air flow for best effect) then a mesh curtain with a mister blowing water from the front picks up 90+ % of everything and deposits it as an easy to clean sludge on the floor.
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