New Powermatic 3520C chip/shaving deflector

[Greg Carles]

I have went ahead and ordered the 3520C wood lathe from Craft supply, I don't have it yet.
I was wondering if anyone on hear that owns one has ever fabricated the lathe to allow for the chips to deflect away from the bed rails and away from landing on bottom shelf and piling up?
Kind of like the Vicmarc where they have angle piece of sheet metal away from the bed ways.

 

[Vincent Vogel]

When I'm turning green/wet wood I cover the ways with cardboard to prevent them from rusting. I have several sizes of cardboard cut and keep it near the lathe. I also spray the ways with oil before turning green wood.

 

[Greg Carles]

When I'm turning green/wet wood I cover the ways with cardboard to prevent them from rusting. I have several sizes of cardboard cut and keep it near the lathe. I also spray the ways with oil before turning green wood.

I'm sorry , I realize my question was not on point at all.
I was wondering if anyone has placed a deflector type of slope just under the bed ways to prevent chips from accumulating under the rails on any shelf you might have built on the brackets provided on the legs. I hope this makes better since.
So basically if you look at the Vicmarc lathe they have sloped sides under the bed ways so the chips just flow off the back and don't accumulate under the bed rails

 

[Dean Center]

Yes. I can't remember for sure why it's no longer on the lathe. I do remember a) it was a little hard to install, due to the under bed structure of the lathe, b) the chips didn't slide off readily with the angle of masonite deflector I was able to achieve, and c) in my shop arrangement, it only made it harder to sweep up the shavings since the 'back' side of the lathe is near a wall. I also subsequently built a box to put on the under-bed shelf, with a Oneway coring set inside, and that might have interfered with the deflector.