Ideas for easy and cheap chip guard for mill ?

[talvare]

I just use my old face shields from my motorcycle helmets and attach them to a cheap mag base. They seem to be good for keeping about 75-80% of the chips from ending up on the floor.

Ted

 

[Shotgun]

I just use my old face shields from my motorcycle helmets and attach them to a cheap mag base. They seem to be good for keeping about 75-80% of the chips from ending up on the floor.

Ted

Ha! I just remembered that I have a couple of those in a drawer that were too banged up to ride behind. I'm thinking about a flip up guard like what comes shipped with most grinders. Mount it on the front of the quill

 

[Cr2348455]

I just use my old face shields from my motorcycle helmets and attach them to a cheap mag base. They seem to be good for keeping about 75-80% of the chips from ending up on the floor.

Ted

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Thanks Ted !

 

[hman]

I think I'm just getting use to having chips everywhere. Not really.
It drives me nuts. I like the plastic with the magnets idea, as long as the magnets are up out of the way. magnets can be a real PITA
I was thinking about some rubber material to snug up against the side of the mill vise and lay out across the table and surrounding apparatus.
Like a truck inter tube maybe. Heavy enough to hold and easy to pick up and dump in the can.

You can get heavy flexible grey vinyl "shower pan liner" at big box stores. IIRC, it's about 48" wide and they'll cut the length you want from a roll. Pretty inexpensive, and not too bad with hot chips.

 

[tjb]

Here's a link to the one I made last year. I use it almost every time I'm on the mill.

Regards,
Terry

Another Chip Shield

I made this chip shield out of clear plexiglass and some scrap aluminum. I did a lot of head-scratching before beginning the build. I tried to anticipate every conceivable application with regard to size of milling projects and safety. Once I zeroed in on these criteria, I came up with a...

www.hobby-machinist.com

 

[Cr2348455]

Here's a link to the one I made last year. I use it almost every time I'm on the mill.

Regards,
Terry

Another Chip Shield

I made this chip shield out of clear plexiglass and some scrap aluminum. I did a lot of head-scratching before beginning the build. I tried to anticipate every conceivable application with regard to size of milling projects and safety. Once I zeroed in on these criteria, I came up with a...

www.hobby-machinist.com

Excellent job, thanks for the link.

 

[Illinoyance]

I have a few cheap mag bases with pieces of plastic attached, Masonite would work just as well. I set them on the machine table to block chips. On the front of my Kurt clone vise there are two screw holes. I fit another piece of plastic about 18" wide to drop over cap screws in those holes. I try to machine in a direction that throws the chips forward, toward the guard on the vise. Some people with ram type machines have made brackets to fit under the ram to hold pivoted outriggers to support curtains, probably cut down welding curtains.

 

[Cr2348455]

I have a few cheap mag bases with pieces of plastic attached, Masonite would work just as well. I set them on the machine table to block chips. On the front of my Kurt clone vise there are two screw holes. I fit another piece of plastic about 18" wide to drop over cap screws in those holes. I try to machine in a direction that throws the chips forward, toward the guard on the vise. Some people with ram type machines have made brackets to fit under the ram to hold pivoted outriggers to support curtains, probably cut down welding curtains.

Thanks Illinoyance!

 

[Cheeseking]

I have a few cheap mag bases with pieces of plastic attached, Masonite would work just as well. I set them on the machine table to block chips. On the front of my Kurt clone vise there are two screw holes. I fit another piece of plastic about 18" wide to drop over cap screws in those holes. I try to machine in a direction that throws the chips forward, toward the guard on the vise. Some people with ram type machines have made brackets to fit under the ram to hold pivoted outriggers to support curtains, probably cut down welding curtains.

I’m with you... sounds like we have similar methods. One key feature that quickly becomes apparent with chip shields whether lathe or mill is simplicity. To use, clean, maintain, store and adapt to any situation. Sometimes absolute containment effectiveness must be sacrificed for ease of use. I’ve tried magnets but found cleaning off chips between parts was a pain so I default to gravity. An old v-block jaw that already had some tapped holes and pc of masonite became an easy set it wherever shield.

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[Cr2348455]

Thanks CheeseKing,
Great photos, nice cnc, is that a Tormach 1100 ?