Bit changing shoe for suckit dustboot

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Ha, they’re hot on my trail.

If you look through my thread here:

My bracket for fixed-height dust shoe

Well I guess this would be shoe V3. It brings two improvements: (1) Increased airflow, doesn’t have a choke point. So the hose doesn’t recoil as soon as I turn the vac on. (2) Slot at front allows easy removal and replacement with bit in place. The other unit required maneuvering around the bit. Not that you need to remove it very often, but this is just better. Still room for improvement: Different hardware (not available locally) will allow me to maximize Z capacity. I’ll replace the …

You’ll see I very quickly ended-up with a design that had a bit changing slot. I’d never go back.

You don’t really lose much due to the slot. I don’t use a brush on the bottom of my unit, I just skim the surface. Provide I adjust the height correctly, I get most everything.

I’m sure this newer version of the SuckIt is very nice.