I only use air to clean out my table grooves, everything else gets brushed out and wiped off. If I remember to wipe everything down before I start so loose grit doesn't stick to anything then my shop vac does a pretty good job. I'm also gonna cut up an old shower curtain for a drape so that no grit can get through it.
It makes really flat surfaces but since I can't rotate the work too like an actual Blanchard the surface doesn't look very uniform but maybe that's a good thing because it should hold oil better than a slick surface.
My little mill is a vertical/horizontal combination mill so I'm going to find a wheel that will go onto the horizontal arbor and try some actual surface grinding. It'll be slow but I'm not on any clock. It'll probably be a while before I go down that road though because the VFD and ¾ hp 3 phase motor that I bought will get here first and I'm rarin' to get on to that project and give my mill some low rpm balls.

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