Hello,
I just picked up a Nomad 3.
Does anyone recommend a quiet vacuum to attach to the spindle? Which one? Just want to make sure to collect particles and chips, while I’m in the same workshop. I don’t want to breathe in anything really bad over time.
Thank you all ahead of time.
I found out about the Dewalt Stealth Sonic shopvac here on the forum. Don’t have one myself, but know a couple people who purchased them after I told them about it & who subsequently showed them to me.
And they are indeed very quiet for a Shopvac - I’m itching to take one apart to see how the impeller design has been changed to reduce noise.
Anyway, they are quiet enough to almost not notice when in-use indoors.
You can get a HEPA rated filter to put in there & then basically you’re catching pretty much everything.
That sounds like a good lead! I’ll take a look at it and the price point as well.
Did anyone here add a bottom to the mill that then feeds to a vacuum?
Usually folks just use a dust shoe:
I use a Hoover TX50pet which is super quiet and HEPA. I use a cyclone unit to drop of most of the stuff to make the bags last forever.
I am currently using @wmoy adapter but the aerodynamics of it make it the noisiest part of the system so I am going to redesign it. (I think it is the nubs holding the magnetics which cause a lot of noise/turbulence)
Oh, this is great! Yeah, I will have to cut a hole in the acrylic if I want to attach it to the spindle. Or get a workbench with an open bottom.
Oops poor formatting as on phone.
Note the sandwich box under the cyclone for quick and easy emptying.
This is a nice little setup.
@flynnjs Now that is a really nice setup!
Did you use a Co2 laser? I just have a diode so that is going to wreak it. haha.
That bottom container is smart for quick emptying.
Yes, CO2 in the makerspace
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