Chip Removal with Compressed Air

[antelnation]

Hi everyone,
I am fairly certain this question/need has been addressed before but I am having trouble finding it on cnczone. I want to "hook up" a compressed air line to my little Taig mill so that I don't have to constantly blow out chips manually.
Is there a old thread that explains how to do this? Or can someone tell me how to do it? Or is not feasible to do in my garage (i.e. Do you need a really expensive air compressor.)?
Attaching the air hose close to the cutter seems easy enough but I am not sure what type of air compressor would be suitable/ideal for this application.
Or maybe there is an easier method to accomplish my goal of automated chip removal?
Can someone help me out? Thanks-Josh

[DareBee]

Go ahead.
Use small diameter tuning (3/16 OD) and install an inline flow control to adjust the airstream with.
Then get yourself a $100 compressor to run it with.
Bear in mind that these inexpensive compressors tend to be noisy and have a limited duty factor.

Better yet would be to use an air mist system, to lube and cool your cutter as well.

[shadrag]

Some have had luck with aquarium air pumps (not the cheapo ones), much smaller and quieter than a cheap compressor. I may go this route after I get a little more cnc experience.

[tikka308]

I show exactly how I did this with my TAIG mill here - http://www.nyccnc.com/Herbie/HERBIES...ompressor.html

[wwendorf]

I did something a little different. I took a mag base that I found that was for oil lines. I just added a few adapters to it, hooked it up to my compressor, and wa-la! I had adjustable air nozzles. I'm no longer using them anymore as I went to the fogbuster system.

You can order them here: http://www.shars.com/products/view/1...nt_Hose_System

In addition, if you want a place to buy tooling pretty cheap that works good (at least everything I have bought works good) check out this tooling company. www.shars.com

Cheers!

Wade