View Full Version : ShopTask under glass...Plexiglas


HogDog
12-30-2005, 09:19 PM
Got tired of wearing coolant and chips around, so I built an enclosure.
Its 60"x36"x48" tall.

Cold Fusion
12-30-2005, 09:54 PM
Very very nice. I only wish I could do the same for my 9' tall Bridgeport.

HogDog
12-30-2005, 10:04 PM
Very very nice. I only wish I could do the same for my 9' tall Bridgeport.

You could...first start with a shower stall...j/k LOL

HogDog
12-30-2005, 10:12 PM
I still need to coolant proof a few things...move the lathe, X and Y axis motors 180 degrees about. feed thru's for wires and hoses. The list just gets longer and longer.

Cold Fusion
12-30-2005, 10:59 PM
How thick was the Plexi that you used?

HogDog
12-30-2005, 11:09 PM
How thick was the Plexi that you used?

.085" wall and doors.
.110" roof

Doors are kinda floppy.

110 all around would be nice.

JavaDog
12-31-2005, 04:13 AM
You could...first start with a shower stall...j/k LOL

Ya know, that isn't all that bad of an idea really... ;)

geoff p
12-31-2005, 08:57 AM
.085" wall and doors.
.110" roof

Doors are kinda floppy.

110 all around would be nice.
Does your enclosure reduce noise to any extent?

HogDog
12-31-2005, 10:33 AM
Does your enclosure reduce noise to any extent?


It does to an extent. The high frequency noise is alot less, but low freqs will always get by without futher dampening.

I have the right side adjecent to an inside wall...lots of noise.

HogDog
12-31-2005, 11:00 AM
Lower shot of enclosure and leak test.

It sits in a pan on plywood and a metal cabinet.

HogDog
01-28-2006, 12:50 AM
punchin' out some holes and stayn' dry.
Coolant is Rustlick 50/50 10:1

HogDog
02-03-2006, 07:24 PM
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