Had the same problem at the last shop I was at, same machine. I used some perfed metal strips that sat in the the slots, slightly wider and shorter, at an angle to keep chips out of the elbows. I also cut two .750 slot .125 deep into the table from the t slot (+Y side of the table) all the way back off the edge. That way when the slots where full of chips the coolant would run off the table over the machine rather than the floor, after all the tool rotation and splashing was bad enough. I located the slots so that when the table was at both extremes of the X travel they where still located over the machine and it helped a lot. I don't remember the dimensions, I basically just cut along the dotted line
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JWB_Machining
Hey,
On my Haas TM-1 I have a hose on the left and one on the right of my table, these are to carry coolant down to the sump. Coming of the table on either side are elbows that connect to a 0.5" ID hose that drains down to bottom of the mill. I've noticed that these entrances are contantly getting clogged with chips, especially when i'm heavily flooding with coolant. I was wondering if anyone has advice on how resolve this problem. I was thinking maybe a piece of foam but idk how well that'd work. Looking for any ideas people have had success with in the past.
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