knight_toolworks
01-07-2010, 09:22 PM
well it is somewhat of a battle to get really good dc on the prt. everything is in the way. My last setup worked well but I had to unclip both sides and pull the dc hose out for each bit change. plus the brushes tended to get mashed when I cut with a short bit.
well I hope this will take care of all my issues. the biggest problem to a new dust boot are removing it to change the bit and getting it to fit in the limited room between the router/spindle and the front bar.
so this just fits between everything. the bracket stays on the machine and the boot is held with 4 rare earth magnets. I am debating on if it needs some pins to keep it from sliding off. but I think just using different boots with different brush lengths will take care of it.
I will make the boots out of plastic but I ran out and did not want to invest any more money till this idea panned out.
I would like a wider boot but it would take some effort to gee that. maybe make an extension that is held on the same way that lowers the boot by 2"
or redoing my whole table move it so I can move the spindle back to the last spot on the z holder. then I would have plenty of room and I could stick with a 4" hose the whole way. right now a 4" hose is a little bit of a tight fit.
but even having some 3.5" hose using 6" for the rest really gives me far more airflow then the OEM version.
the base is 3/4" acrylic and the brushes are 4" long. I will also have 3" and maybe 2"
so now I just pop the boot of change the bit and pop it back on.
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well I hope this will take care of all my issues. the biggest problem to a new dust boot are removing it to change the bit and getting it to fit in the limited room between the router/spindle and the front bar.
so this just fits between everything. the bracket stays on the machine and the boot is held with 4 rare earth magnets. I am debating on if it needs some pins to keep it from sliding off. but I think just using different boots with different brush lengths will take care of it.
I will make the boots out of plastic but I ran out and did not want to invest any more money till this idea panned out.
I would like a wider boot but it would take some effort to gee that. maybe make an extension that is held on the same way that lowers the boot by 2"
or redoing my whole table move it so I can move the spindle back to the last spot on the z holder. then I would have plenty of room and I could stick with a 4" hose the whole way. right now a 4" hose is a little bit of a tight fit.
but even having some 3.5" hose using 6" for the rest really gives me far more airflow then the OEM version.
the base is 3/4" acrylic and the brushes are 4" long. I will also have 3" and maybe 2"
so now I just pop the boot of change the bit and pop it back on.
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