Ok, I finally got a lathe, & I'm finally starting to make some chips (and
that's about it, for now at least!). So once I make the chips, what do I do
with them? For the amount I'll be producing, it seems like more bother then
it's worth to haul them to the recycler & get pennies on the dollar back
from what I paid for it. Since I mostly work with Aluminum, I'm thinking a
better use would be to save them to trying casting at some point down the
road. I'm assuming that I don't need to worry to much about mixing various
aluminum alloys, but do I need to be concerned about the occasional steel or
other metal chips? I can try to separate them, but I'm sure at least a few
will get into the aluminum bin. Will they cause problems? How about the
lubricants & coolants? I'm guessing that they'll just burn off, but I'm not
certain. Obviously I'll be doing the casting outside, so I'm not terribly
concerned about burning the small amounts of chemicals that would be
present. Should I be?
Thanks!
Mike
