CNC Machine Geek
Plastic
- Joined
- Dec 21, 2016
I gave a customer the walk through today to show him our new lathe. We had only run a couple jobs on it and it was still sparkling new. I opened the door to show the customer and saw this!!! What the???!!! We ran a few hundred parts out of 4140 CRA. I did notice when the stock came in it had a very uniform color about that of red lead. If I rubbed it with a finger it came off similar to red lead, it was a deep red/maroon not rust-orange. I had a dozen other crisises to deal with and it was my partners project, material already sawn and so i did not enquire further. My bad. Now the machine looks like a 30 yo POS ad this red stuff is clinging to everything. It does not wipe off, especially out of the textured paint. and exposed ways / chuck. The stock was not turned on the OD and after running through the machine is the color of normal cold finished bar.
Has anyone experienced this? Is there a way to clean it off without damaging the machine?
TIA,
Geek
Has anyone experienced this? Is there a way to clean it off without damaging the machine?
TIA,
Geek