Made some pretty chips the other day. 

"BJohnson11" (brettjohnson01) 01/28/2015 at 17:09 • Filed to: None

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Machined some 4340 on our tl1 to make the front stub axles for the formula car. Blue chips sure are pretty.

DailyTurismo > BJohnson11 01/28/2015 at 17:12

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Those ain't chips...them is fusilli .

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Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > BJohnson11 01/28/2015 at 17:23

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Love a bit of lathe work, nice job on the stubs.

I had a job many years ago that would sometimes involve machining Nylon, UHMWPE & similar engineering grade plastics. When everything was perfect, cutter angle, feed rate etc, the swarf would just stream off and coil itself into a nice neat pile, I miss doing that.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > DailyTurismo 01/28/2015 at 17:50

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I like it, they actually have the wonderful name, swarf.

desertdog5051 > BJohnson11 01/28/2015 at 23:15

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Good work. Your chip length and color are about perfect.