I spend the days working in a machine shop so, to me, the reflexive way of
clearing a chip or offcut is the airgun. Mine is always in easy reach
(though I do miss the 30 horse compressor when working at home).

"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message news:UjHad.14489

Patience. You can spend 10 minutes cutting on the bandsaw or table saw but
it seems so long waiting the 15 seconds or so for the blade to stop before
moving away the scrap. Very tempting to just reach in and grab.