Enclosure/Dust Control Ideas

Check out the community map, it has links to “the Enclosures Zoo” and “The Hall of Dust Shoes” for inspiration.

Enclosures are a rabbit hole of their own, there is no definitive answer/design, it all depends on your needs and budget. Noise reduction is a priority for some, not for others. Dust containement, ditto.

You can find literally tens of threads about building enclosures on the forum, some with plans.

You’ll want to make one that is tall (like, really, taller than you would think you need), has windows, and possibly has a hatch at the back of the machine to allow tiling jobs that require to slide the stock along Y beyond the wasteboard limits.

Dust collection: buy a cyclone dust separator (the cheapo ones or the fancy Oneida ones), then connect it on one side to the machine dust shoe, and on the other side to [pretty much any shopvac]

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