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Post by Hommer Woods on Jul 27, 2018 18:52:36 GMT
Trashed my old dust shoe doing a 3/4 inch deep cut. Been meaning to make a new one anyway. One feature I have needed was to be able to raise it for situations like deep cuts. I added some slots that allows me to move it up and down as needed during a job. It is screwed to the router mount so I can just loosen the screw and move it up and down. It is made from 1/4 and 1/2 MDF. The tube is 9 sections from 1/2 MDF. Used rare earth magnets. The first picture is my old dust chute as I called it which served me well for the past year. Waiting for the glue to dry on the new one so I can test it out. The skirt is a shower door bottom sweep. I like that it is clear. It is soft so very flexible. The bead fits in a 1/8 slot perfectly. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0014B92EE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 |
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Post by Hommer Woods on Jul 27, 2018 19:03:28 GMT
Trashed my old dust shoe doing a 3/4 inch deep cut. Been meaning to make a new one anyway. One feature I have needed was to be able to raise it for situations like deep cuts. I added some slots that allows me to move it up and down as needed during a job. It is screwed to the router mount so I can just loosen the screw and move it up and down. It is made from 1/4 and 1/2 MDF. The tube is 9 sections from 1/2 MDF. Used rare earth magnets. The first picture is my old dust chute as I called it which served me well for the past year. Waiting for the glue to dry on the new one so I can test it out. The skirt is a shower door bottom sweep. I like that it is clear. It is soft so very flexible. The bead fits in a 1/8 slot perfectly. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0014B92EE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1If anyone wants to give it a try here is the gcode. It uses a 1 1/4 vacuum hose. Attachments:Bracket.gcode (16.01 KB)
Rings.gcode (45.72 KB)
Base.gcode (48.37 KB)
Base with slot.gcode (53.52 KB)
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Post by Hommer Woods on Jul 27, 2018 20:14:11 GMT
First test. Not quite as good as I hoped. This is 15 minutes with a 1/8 bit in 5/8 pine. One issue is that the skirt near the vacuum port gets sucked up into it. Will see how it does on the smaller jobs for inlay which is a lot of what I do anyway. Even with this much dust it is an improvement doing the same cut with the old one so I guess some forward movement in the search for the perfect solution. Attachments:
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Post by Derek the Admin on Jul 27, 2018 20:19:54 GMT
Thanks for sharing Hommer. One thing that might help with them getting sucked up into the vac port is the thread them together. You basically just poke holes in the bottom of the curtain strips then weave cordage/shoelace/string through it. It will still want to suck it into the port, but it gives it a little more resistance when they are all bound together while still being pliable.
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Post by Hommer Woods on Jul 27, 2018 20:56:05 GMT
Thanks for sharing Hommer. One thing that might help with them getting sucked up into the vac port is the thread them together. You basically just poke holes in the bottom of the curtain strips then weave cordage/shoelace/string through it. It will still want to suck it into the port, but it gives it a little more resistance when they are all bound together while still being pliable. Great idea. Will give that a try. Thanks. |
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Post by Hommer Woods on Jul 28, 2018 18:17:55 GMT
Thanks for sharing Hommer. One thing that might help with them getting sucked up into the vac port is the thread them together. You basically just poke holes in the bottom of the curtain strips then weave cordage/shoelace/string through it. It will still want to suck it into the port, but it gives it a little more resistance when they are all bound together while still being pliable. Great idea. Will give that a try. Thanks. Lacing the back part did help. Working better. May still make another bottom plate with brushes that are longer as it still tends to leak a lot when at the edge of the material. Attachments:
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Post by ricko on Jul 29, 2018 13:44:52 GMT
Try horsehair brush, you can buy it at McMaster Carr. Very flexible and resilient. You won't be able to see the bit in action though.
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Post by Hommer Woods on Jul 29, 2018 14:39:57 GMT
Try horsehair brush, you can buy it at McMaster Carr. Very flexible and resilient. You won't be able to see the bit in action though. Lots of stuff on their site. I had bought something off Amazon but will keep them in mind. Thanks. |
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Post by Hommer Woods on Aug 1, 2018 23:28:27 GMT
Made a brush attachment today. Don't recall where I bought the brush. Have had it around a while but just hadn't gotten to making a new dust shoe. Now I have both a clear rubber and brush attachment. Should be covered for now. The gcode for this part is attached. Attachments:
Square Base.gcode (39.44 KB)
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Post by rowiac on Nov 11, 2018 18:03:58 GMT
I was looking around for dust shoe brush options and found a lot of choices at McMaster-Carr as was suggested above. Searching for "strip brushes" shows all the choices they have. I am thinking that the "Easy Cut" version would be best since it has a flexible backing to curve around a round dust shoe. www.mcmaster.com/strip-brushes |
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