Swarf Fetishist

[wholepair]

Give us your swarf, your stringy tails of metal debris, your huddled masses of crunchy metal chips -



I collect the chips I produce as a reminder of the jobs that have come to pass, the interesting materials I have worked with, and the inane passes that fortunately were not fatal to either myself, my coworkers, or the machines... Eventually the size of my collection out-grows my necessity for a clean horizontal surface.

Does anyone else have a similar swarf fetish? If you do, please use this thread to post pictures of your most cherished chips and if so inclined send a copy of the picture to;

swarfshots@gmail.com

- I will compile a collection and perhaps use the best photos to make coffee mugs, maybe a calendar, T-shirts or some such nonsense :-)

Cheers

[RICHARD ZASTROW]

Find somebody with access to a LARGE vertical boring mill. Some of the swarf "chips" ring like a manhole cover when they hit the floor. They don't "tinkle", they "clank". LOL

Dick Z

[garagefela]

Originally Posted by RICHARD ZASTROW Find somebody with access to a LARGE vertical boring mill. Some of the swarf "chips" ring like a manhole cover when they hit the floor. They don't "tinkle", they "clank". LOL Dick Z

Yes they do, rather unfortunate for this guy I used to work for who got one of the big daddies stuck onto a section of his neck and melted in before he could pull it off. Has this terrible melted scar on his neck forever now.

Regards M

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20110902_003.jpg by RS274D, on Flickr