Naming Issue: Plane dust?

[mipmiopin]

is that "opilki" you are talking about? ( ɔːpiːlkiː )

\\filings\\cuttings\\scobs\\rasping

[Potjeh]

Nah, chips are from chopping, they don't curl up like shavings.

[Onionfighter]

Nah, chips are from chopping, they don't curl up like shavings.

That's true, and for wood, I would suggest shavings, but chips may be a more general term because they can also describe metal removed by machining.

[Kearn]

yeah, if i didn't think chips related i wouldn't have said it

[Potjeh]

That's true, and for wood, I would suggest shavings, but chips may be a more general term because they can also describe metal removed by machining.

I'd call those metal shavings

[Beatrice]

When you use a plane, the leftover wood bits are called wood shavings. "Wood chips" applies only to chopping.

[Onionfighter]

That's true, and for wood, I would suggest shavings, but chips may be a more general term because they can also describe metal removed by machining.

I'd call those metal shavings

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machining

[Kearn]

see! even wikipedia agrees with us!

[MagicManICT]

see! even wikipedia agrees with us!

I wouldn't take anything on wikipedia with 100% accuracy. I can find resources that would call the curled metal bits from machining 'shavings' just like they are called from a plane. It also depends on what part of the world you come from and what "English" you speak. After all, is it a 'chip' or a 'fry'?