Oldmechthings
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There was a time when cleanup of the milling machine was a real chore, with T slot cleaners and brushes and special little scoops that would fit down in the coolant trough. Then I got a 5 gallon shop vacuum and hung it out of the way on the wall behind the mill. The hose is fitted with a crevasse tool and is hung from a counterbalanced cord from the ceiling. There is an auxiliary on-off switch conveniently located right there above that blue light fixture. Clean up is now a snap. The tool will suck the chips up out of the T slots, and out of the recesses in the vise. In fact it is so easy it is almost an on going process. The workpiece never gets buried in chips and it so much easier to see the progress.