Comments on: Fowler Traction Engine – new part – Ashpan http://mikes-models.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/fowler-traction-engine-new-part-ashpan/ A website for the novice and expert model engineer. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:20:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Freeman http://mikes-models.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/fowler-traction-engine-new-part-ashpan/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Mike Freeman Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:45:01 +0000 http://mikes-models.com/blog/?p=337#comment-49 Hello Andy, good advice but I didn't get the wood anywhere near the lathe. Indeed I moved out of the workshop and worked in the garage which looks after my Mk2 Jaguar and it made a terrific mess in there! I must admit I hate woodworking as its such a dusty messy material unless of course you have yourself set up with dust extraction equipment. If I do turn with wood then I take a lot of trouble to protect the machinery. But as I said its a very good point you make. Thanks for taking the time. Hello Andy, good advice but I didn’t get the wood anywhere near the lathe. Indeed I moved out of the workshop and worked in the garage which looks after my Mk2 Jaguar and it made a terrific mess in there!

I must admit I hate woodworking as its such a dusty messy material unless of course you have yourself set up with dust extraction equipment.

If I do turn with wood then I take a lot of trouble to protect the machinery. But as I said its a very good point you make. Thanks for taking the time.

]]> By: Andy from Workshopshed http://mikes-models.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/fowler-traction-engine-new-part-ashpan/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Andy from Workshopshed Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:03:05 +0000 http://mikes-models.com/blog/?p=337#comment-48 If you use your metal lathe for turning wood you need to be careful that the motor vents don't fill full of dust. However that sawdust is great for cleaning up oil spills around the workshop so I keep a pot of it for that use. If you use your metal lathe for turning wood you need to be careful that the motor vents don’t fill full of dust.

However that sawdust is great for cleaning up oil spills around the workshop so I keep a pot of it for that use.

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