My set up is not as sophisticated as John's, just some temporary sheet metal guards and a broom.

I use a couple of old cardboard boxes, one each end of the table, they catch most of it and Henry the Hoover gets to suck up the bits that escape the boxes.

I don't bother, just sweep the floor afterwards as part of the post machining clean up.

Andrew

+1 for Andrews broom with considerable assistance from an industrial version of Henry.

The mister provides a low power air blow when needed to keep the chips out of the cut and, occasionally, oil when needed. I do make an effort to keep chips brushed off they work and onto the table during the job, pausing as appropriate. Frequent wielding of the vacuum cleaner to pick chips off the table helps a lot.

I have got an industrial "flexible" shielding system that magnetically mounts to the Bridgeport table but pretty much never use it as it gets in the way so much during set up. Table mount systems may make sense when doing repetition work so no set-up needed after getting things right on the first two or three. But thats not what we do.

The only shield totally worth having is something effective at the back of the machine so chips don't disappear behind.

Bench mill users might do well with fold out wings connected to the back shield to keep chips on the bench close to the machine. Two or three folds probably best so they don't close off useful fast space when the machine isn't being used.

Clive

Ditto. Works well.

regards

Vac up after machining I did try the shield that came with the machine but it just gets in the way I found that after hitting it on a long cut in the x axis. I must make a couple of boards to cover the slots which would aid easier clean up

Arceurtrade sell swarf shields with magnetic attachment. Dave W

Those cheap tv stands which fit on the back are easily made into mill guards.