Bagging those metal bits after drilling

reible · Post by **reible** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 3:01 pm

This is a common hint but I was just thinking if I had some other old drill press with a metal top this wouldn't work at all. Plus for the shopsmith AL top and clean up.

I was doing some metal drilling today and then came clean up time. This is my usually way of doing this and I think I have mentioned it before but it works so well, and since some people may have missed it....

Take your magnet, a plastic shopping bag (without holes), put magnet in bag.

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Pull bag up over magnet and collect the metal pieces. (To bad this doesn't work for everything, like wood and AL.)

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When you are finished simple turn the bag inside out and the metal bits are all now in the bag and you can dispose of them.

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Now wasn't that nice?

Ed

robinson46176 · Post by **robinson46176** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:06 pm

reible wrote:Now wasn't that nice?Ed

Yes it was and it works great. I seldom drill metal in the wood shop and in the farm shop I just drill then brush the chips off on the floor and sweep them up about every 5 years.

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charlese · Post by **charlese** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:29 am

Thanks, Ed! Nifty trick! Sure beats picking those metal shavings out from the magnet!

mrhart · Post by **mrhart** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 9:16 am

Very "attractive" idea.

wannabewoodworker · Post by **wannabewoodworker** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 10:53 am

Sweet idea Ed why didn't I think of that?

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 1:14 am

That is a great idea, Ed! Thanks for sharing.