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NV, USA
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Posted: 1/9/2021 11:12:32 PM EST
So I’m on my first 80% lower using the 5D tactical jig setup. Really pretty easy so far, the biggest consumer of time is how to handle / clean the shavings coming off the router.
I’ve been using the shop vac to try and capture as much as possible but it still builds up. Being really careful I stop frequently and clean it all up. What have others found an efficient way to handle this challenge ?? |
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Posted: 1/10/2021 4:37:37 AM EST
Compressed air and no care attitude about where it goes lol. I have a magnet mount small air jet (for liquid but just air is fine) I got off Amazon that works good and was cheap.
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OR, USA
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Posted: 1/10/2021 12:28:26 PM EST
[Last Edit: 1/10/2021 12:29:48 PM EST by Rkangel777]
Option 1: Blow them out.
Option 2: Suck them up. Option 3: Track them around the house for the next 4 years as little reminders of freedom. 
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Posted: 1/10/2021 12:40:10 PM EST
Shop vac after each pass. I also built "walls" around my bench with old ceiling tiles
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Posted: 1/10/2021 2:27:20 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By Rkangel777: Option 1: Blow them out. Option 2: Suck them up. Option 3: Track them around the house for the next 4 years as little reminders of freedom. Remember, you don't have to tell your wife you built another gun, just tell her is glitter from the strippers. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 1/10/2021 5:09:45 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By Rkangel777: Option 1: Blow them out. Option 2: Suck them up. Option 3: Track them around the house for the next 4 years as little reminders of freedom. Use option 1 & 2 together. Make an attachment for the shop vac hose, and one for a small air jet mounted 180° from vac hose. Leaving chips/shavings in the cut path leads to the bad finish I see on so many of these poorly machined lowers. |
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NV, USA
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Posted: 1/10/2021 9:43:40 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By Cressida: Use option 1 & 2 together. Make an attachment for the shop vac hose, and one for a small air jet mounted 180° from vac hose. Leaving chips/shavings in the cut path leads to the bad finish I see on so many of these poorly machined lowers. Exactly why I only get maybe half a pass before I clean up shavings. I used a shop vac to capture as much as possible. This was a first try. Turned out good. Now I will think on how I want to build a more useful setup for the next one. It was fun to do and I’ve nothing but praise for the 5D Tactical jigs. |
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WA, USA
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Posted: 1/12/2021 12:29:32 PM EST
I have two German Shepherds that collect many of the shavings in their coats, the rest I vacuum and vacuum and vacuum and vacuum... there are still plenty of shavings. I'm resigned to the fact that I'll never totally rid my house of the shavings.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 1/12/2021 2:21:55 PM EST
Those little aluminum shavings can be sharp and they hurt if you get them embedded into your feet.
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Posted: 1/19/2021 3:26:41 PM EST
Last time I did some “home machining” I built a mini paint booth
I framed up a cube with 2x4s and covered with plastic sheeting. Overlapping flap door. Worked very well |
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NV, USA
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Posted: 1/21/2021 3:26:52 PM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By Leonitus: Last time I did some “home machining” I built a mini paint booth I framed up a cube with 2x4s and covered with plastic sheeting. Overlapping flap door. Worked very well Exactly what I was thinking about doing...maybe on a smaller scale. |
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Posted: 1/26/2021 2:12:59 AM EST
https://www.ar15.com/forums/AR-15/5D-Tactical-MILL-BOX-Gen2-was-MILL-BOX-thread-got-disappeared-/4-747238/https://www.ar15.com/forums/AR-15/5D-Tactical-MILL-BOX-Gen2-was-MILL-BOX-thread-got-disappeared-/4-747238/
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TX, USA
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Posted: 1/26/2021 2:43:40 AM EST
Quote History Originally Posted By SoftwareJanitor: Those little aluminum shavings can be sharp and they hurt if you get them embedded into your feet. Aw, you get used to it. In the summer, when I'm out in the shop, machining something, I'm barefoot... |
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Posted: 1/26/2021 9:44:51 PM EST
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TX, USA
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Posted: 1/26/2021 10:38:35 PM EST
Damnit, you posted a picture of the secret attachment that machinists use to keep chips from fouling a surface finish.
Everything I've seen in this section has had chatter marks.... Wait, your not using a router? Show off 
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