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Angled Backsplash Idea

 

A few times I have mentioned how the back splash on mini lathes doesn't really scale down well from larger lathes and makes things too crowded when trying to work around or clean the back side area of the lathe.

"Mr. Pete" (Tubalcain) has been running a series on the early Unimats, and out of the blue somebody sent him a little cabinet with a backsplash that was ANGLED.

This seems to help greatly in opening up the space behind the lathe.  The notches are designed to hold tool holders, but you could make notches, or holes, for anything to get additional utility.  Or none at all.  You could make a top bend rearward and horizontal and put holes in it to hold centers and such.  The part here is stainless and must be pretty thick as he said it weight 10 lbs.


Here is the entire YouTube video where he shows this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZa2m90p0dA&t=504s

This is one of those things where my reaction is, "Why didn't I think of that?"

Charles E. "Chuck" Kinzer
 

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On Monday, September 30, 2024 at 01:14:23 PM PDT, Charles Kinzer <ckinzer@...> wrote:


A few times I have mentioned how the back splash on mini lathes doesn't really scale down well from larger lathes and makes things too crowded when trying to work around or clean the back side area of the lathe.

"Mr. Pete" (Tubalcain) has been running a series on the early Unimats, and out of the blue somebody sent him a little cabinet with a backsplash that was ANGLED.

This seems to help greatly in opening up the space behind the lathe.  The notches are designed to hold tool holders, but you could make notches, or holes, for anything to get additional utility.  Or none at all.  You could make a top bend rearward and horizontal and put holes in it to hold centers and such.  The part here is stainless and must be pretty thick as he said it weight 10 lbs.


Here is the entire YouTube video where he shows this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZa2m90p0dA&t=504s

This is one of those things where my reaction is, "Why didn't I think of that?"

Charles E. "Chuck" Kinzer

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Tool Rack.JPG

 

When I found it getting in the way, I simply took it off & propped it against the wall behind the lathe.
 
Roy
 

Same here.    I first made standoffs of 1.25 inch long small AL tubes, but later just relegated it to the pegboard.
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Lone Tree, Colorado   USA
 

I removed my backsplash too, shortly after I got the lathe.  It was too annoying for me, and I don't want mounds of swarf collecting right there.  I let all the swarf get pushed off the back where it collects at the base of the wall.  Eventually I reach under the lathe stand to pull handfuls of swarf out, but really it never gets seen.  I often have the motor cover off too, because it prevents the carriage from getting up close to the spindle.
 
Mike
 
 

I used a piece of scrap wood to move the splash plate about an inch farther away from the bed and bent some aluminum roof flashing to fill the resulting gap by the headstock.  There are no clearance issues and it keeps the mess under control and not on the wall, behind the stand, on the floor, etc.
 
Kurt Laughlin
 

I raised my mini lathe on 1 1/2 inch high blocks made from Trex and you could also use wood.
The photo shows a slot I cut in the backsplash lower surface.
Other lathe photos and drawings available on request.
Regards,
John Mattis (retired mechanical engineer)


Lathe 10.jpg


On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 5:22 AM Craig Hopewell via groups.io <cch80124=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote:
Same here.    I first made standoffs of 1.25 inch long small AL tubes, but later just relegated it to the pegboard.
--
Lone Tree, Colorado   USA
 

I have a DRO on this machine, so the backsplash had to say goodbye.  I use a cookie sheet and a butchered cardboard box to catch the swarf.  It does keep the mess down.  When the box gets full, throw it out and put in a new one, LOL!
 
Jeff
 

Same here.  I got rid of the backsplash years ago.

Mike Taglieri 

On Mon, Sep 30, 2024, 4:14 PM Charles Kinzer via groups.io <ckinzer=att.net@groups.io> wrote:
A few times I have mentioned how the back splash on mini lathes doesn't really scale down well from larger lathes and makes things too crowded when trying to work around or clean the back side area of the lathe.

"Mr. Pete" (Tubalcain) has been running a series on the early Unimats, and out of the blue somebody sent him a little cabinet with a backsplash that was ANGLED.

This seems to help greatly in opening up the space behind the lathe.  The notches are designed to hold tool holders, but you could make notches, or holes, for anything to get additional utility.  Or none at all.  You could make a top bend rearward and horizontal and put holes in it to hold centers and such.  The part here is stainless and must be pretty thick as he said it weight 10 lbs.


Here is the entire YouTube video where he shows this.


This is one of those things where my reaction is, "Why didn't I think of that?"

Charles E. "Chuck" Kinzer

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I have use on some lathes cookies sheets for both backslash and under lathe.
 
Dave 
 
On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 01:14 PM, Charles Kinzer wrote:

A few times I have mentioned how the back splash on mini lathes doesn't really scale down well from larger lathes and makes things too crowded when trying to work around or clean the back side area of the lathe.
 
"Mr. Pete" (Tubalcain) has been running a series on the early Unimats, and out of the blue somebody sent him a little cabinet with a backsplash that was ANGLED.
 
This seems to help greatly in opening up the space behind the lathe.  The notches are designed to hold tool holders, but you could make notches, or holes, for anything to get additional utility.  Or none at all.  You could make a top bend rearward and horizontal and put holes in it to hold centers and such.  The part here is stainless and must be pretty thick as he said it weight 10 lbs.
 
 
Here is the entire YouTube video where he shows this.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZa2m90p0dA&t=504s
 
This is one of those things where my reaction is, "Why didn't I think of that?"
 
Charles E. "Chuck" Kinzer
 
 

The lathe purchase last November had bothb.
 
I would make so you remove easily.  Some you want remove. The hard takes wrench set 
 
Dave 
 
On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 01:14 PM, Charles Kinzer wrote:

A few times I have mentioned how the back splash on mini lathes doesn't really scale down well from larger lathes and makes things too crowded when trying to work around or clean the back side area of the lathe.
 
"Mr. Pete" (Tubalcain) has been running a series on the early Unimats, and out of the blue somebody sent him a little cabinet with a backsplash that was ANGLED.
 
This seems to help greatly in opening up the space behind the lathe.  The notches are designed to hold tool holders, but you could make notches, or holes, for anything to get additional utility.  Or none at all.  You could make a top bend rearward and horizontal and put holes in it to hold centers and such.  The part here is stainless and must be pretty thick as he said it weight 10 lbs.
 
 
Here is the entire YouTube video where he shows this.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZa2m90p0dA&t=504s
 
This is one of those things where my reaction is, "Why didn't I think of that?"
 
Charles E. "Chuck" Kinzer
 

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