Comments on: Clean The Oily Mess That Is Your Milling Table http://toolmonger.com/2008/12/12/clean-the-oily-mess-that-is-your-milling-table/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:38:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Tetsubo http://toolmonger.com/2008/12/12/clean-the-oily-mess-that-is-your-milling-table/#comment-700757 Tetsubo Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:01:03 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=16915#comment-700757 Yeah, I made one of these out of some scrap aluminum sheet stock in about five minutes. Using an airgun would be dangerous. I also think it might violate OSHA codes. Yeah, I made one of these out of some scrap aluminum sheet stock in about five minutes.

Using an airgun would be dangerous. I also think it might violate OSHA codes.

]]> By: Joe http://toolmonger.com/2008/12/12/clean-the-oily-mess-that-is-your-milling-table/#comment-700530 Joe Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:46:40 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=16915#comment-700530 Please be careful cleaning metal chips with air--it's really dangerous and personally I don't think it's worth the risk, nor does it really CLEAN anything, it merely moves the mess elsewhere, just like my neighbor's leaf blower. Better to use a cheap chip brush and a dustpan. Most T-slot clamp sets come with a slot cleaning tool anyway, and how do you use a mill without those? Please be careful cleaning metal chips with air–it’s really dangerous and personally I don’t think it’s worth the risk, nor does it really CLEAN anything, it merely moves the mess elsewhere, just like my neighbor’s leaf blower. Better to use a cheap chip brush and a dustpan. Most T-slot clamp sets come with a slot cleaning tool anyway, and how do you use a mill without those?

]]> By: Dave http://toolmonger.com/2008/12/12/clean-the-oily-mess-that-is-your-milling-table/#comment-700144 Dave Sat, 13 Dec 2008 04:29:33 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=16915#comment-700144 Our first assignment at tech school was to make a t-slot cleaner using only a file and hacksaw. It's probably my most frequently borrowed tool wherever I've worked. I agree with PutnamEco that it's easiest to just clean your machine at the end of the day. But when you come upon a machine that's encrusted in grease and chips, not uncommon in my experience, it's time to pull out the big guns. Our first assignment at tech school was to make a t-slot cleaner using only a file and hacksaw. It’s probably my most frequently borrowed tool wherever I’ve worked.

I agree with PutnamEco that it’s easiest to just clean your machine at the end of the day. But when you come upon a machine that’s encrusted in grease and chips, not uncommon in my experience, it’s time to pull out the big guns.

]]> By: Jax http://toolmonger.com/2008/12/12/clean-the-oily-mess-that-is-your-milling-table/#comment-699768 Jax Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:43:48 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=16915#comment-699768 Or you could use your milling machine to mill your own t shaped scraper out of some scrap steel.......... Or you could use your milling machine to mill your own t shaped scraper out of some scrap steel……….

]]> By: PutnamEco http://toolmonger.com/2008/12/12/clean-the-oily-mess-that-is-your-milling-table/#comment-699745 PutnamEco Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:12:22 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/?p=16915#comment-699745 I've alway just grabbed an air hose and blew them out. If you clean your machine at the end of the day it's just not that hard to clean out. If you let it sit then you'll have problems. I’ve alway just grabbed an air hose and blew them out. If you clean your machine at the end of the day it’s just not that hard to clean out. If you let it sit then you’ll have problems.

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