Chip Clean Up

Guess I am just old school, I buy chip brushes, by the case, from the hardware store and use them to get most chips to the pan and floor then use a broom and vac to pick them up. I also have a few "hooks" made from round stock and one with a 2x4" piece of flat stock welded to a 1/4' rod, (sized determined by available stainless scrap, and use them to pull and poke chips that get impacted in the lathe. I do have a couple pieces of lexan screwed to some home made magnetic bases, ( aluminum stock with cut outs for e-bay purchased neo magnets about 5/8" dia x .130" thick, milled into them; magnets are held in place with epoxy.) They work great to defect chips away from areas I don't what them and make piles that are easier to pick up. After having worked on many machines from shops that used compressed air to remove chips I wont do it on my machines.
 
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