The solution came by putting a few metal pins in the bed of a CNC mill, 3D print an adapter for the flashing tool, and writing a little code to move the flashing tool from one chip to the next.
The two-part video below shows how he dealt with the dual problems of collection and removal ... for a more modest CNC router might help, as would this DIY cyclonic chip separator.
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