Ideas for easy and cheap chip guard for mill ?

[Norseman C.B.]

Plexi glass and a magnet or two has been my go to set up...........

 

[Cr2348455]

Thanks Norseman !

 

[markba633csi]

Cardboard and tape! LOL Sometimes I just hold a little piece of particle board as a deflector
I wish I had a system to grab the chips before they hit the floor and send them into space somewhere
-Mark

 

[Cr2348455]

Thanks Mark !

 

[mattthemuppet2]

clear plastic would have been better for the moveable vise shield, but it's not hard to flip it out of the way to get a better look. The rest are bits of alu or stainless with hard drive magnets screwed onto a piece of angle. Table covers are cookie trays with a piece of wood screwed to the bottom to fit a slot.

current state after doing a couple of projects, this'll only take a few minutes to clean up when I'm done

 

[Cr2348455]

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clear plastic would have been better for the moveable vise shield, but it's not hard to flip it out of the way to get a better look. The rest are bits of alu or stainless with hard drive magnets screwed onto a piece of angle. Table covers are cookie trays with a piece of wood screwed to the bottom to fit a slot.

current state after doing a couple of projects, this'll only take a few minutes to clean up when I'm done
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Thanks Matt , very nice use of supplies !

 

[mattthemuppet2]

you're welcome! Just what I had lying around, though I always save HDD magnets out of principle.

 

[Cr2348455]

you're welcome! Just what I had lying around, though I always save HDD magnets out of principle.

Where did you source the HDD magnets ?
Thanks

 

[mattthemuppet2]

from old HDDs that no longer work or ones I find at the scrap yard

 

[Cr2348455]

from old HDDs that no longer work or ones I find at the scrap yard

Thanks Matt