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[Vinny]

The height of the table depends a lot on the height of the mill. I like to have the collet chuck around chin height. That way I don't have to bend over too often to see what's going on. I recently built a stand for mine, it's in the project section called "Table for my mill". Here's a pic of the finished stand (without the drawers) with the mill mounted on it. Right now I wish I had mounted it closer to the front tho. This link is also to the above mentioned thread.

http://www.metalworkingfun.com/showthrea...6#pid60716

As to hot chips, I usually use a shield. There are many shield projects here, try the search. Hopefully it'll find some of the ones buried in the "what did you do today" thread.