Dust Collection Ideas

[Julien]

Food for thought:

Re-re-invent the wheel (dust collector gantry)

Well I redesigned my dust collector gantry after I figured out that my original designed limited my ability to do tile work. So I bought the suck-it system hoping for a masterpiece of engineering and being let down with what I received. I love their dust boot but for me the arm is a waist of time. S3XXL + HDZ + 2.2kw spindle = no bueno. I ended up custom making a new one out of steel angle iron and a heavy duty caster. I put the suck-it one on the gantry for a size comparison. Any one care to bu…

Vac and Power Arm

HI. I was looking for feedback on a vacuum related project that I have undertaken to see if someone had done something similar or had suggestions. I have a Suck It dust boot on order and was looking for a way to suspend the power cable to the router and obviously the vacuum hose. I looked at the solution that XCarve sells which is basically a bent piece of pipe with a swivel. So first, I thought why not replicate the arm out of ABS plumbing pipe. Then I thought why not make the pipe the supp…

Sounds suppression, XXL bed flatness, and other musings

That looks good Jude, but no worky with an XXL because of the straps. Although I had found some moulding material at HD to make suitable shims I didn’t really feel like going to HD today as I have plenty of other stuff to do. Then I realized I own a table saw and I’ve got a bunch of MDF laying around, so I grabbed a piece of 3/4" thick and cut my own shims. I decided to just make a bunch of single pieces, then strategically place them under the end plates, see pictures: [image] [image] A…

Anybody have the new Suckit Vacuum Boom?

Okay, so after looking over things on Thingiverse and making a trip to Lowe’s I’ve finally got a great vacuum boom arm setup that works well with my XXL (and looks kinda snazzy). Cut new, longer sections of tubing from an $8 shower curtain rod (each section about 12" in length now). Got a new 12 ft. Shop-Vac hose permanently attached with zip ties, and mounted the boom arm in the back right corner of my table. Yay! [IMG_0761]

Anybody have the new Suckit Vacuum Boom?

[IMG_1393] Here was my solution. Works awesome, built on my CNC