"Zero Cost" Dust Boot Foot All Scrap Plywood

[rustnrot]

Attached are photos of a dust boot I fabbed the other day when my original finally bit the dust (sorry).

I also attached the cutting file and more pics (due to pic limit) on the next thread entry below for those that want to modify and improve on this. It presently fits a Milwaukee router.

My constraint was to keep the dust hose to the rear of the gantry. It seems there are several aftermarket and DIY dust feet that exhaust to the front but I didn't want that.

While it is not transparent being all plywood it has not been a problem for me so far.

Note that the original "dust foot elevator assembly" has been reused and "floats" inside its own pocket for easier fit-up and strength (no weak fastener points).

The bottom 3 layers I simply glued together and then screwed the top two on. I used a piece of HVAC duct flange for the connection to the 4 inch exhaust hose.

[rustnrot]

More pics and .crv file.

.CRV file shows as a .pdf file since that is the only way I could get this board software to upload it. Download it and remove the .pdf and it should be its original .crv file.

[frank134]

Tom that a really nice dust foot you made and really nice of you to put it up for everyone.

[phil_o]

Tom, i like your design. I'm considering making one. I'm wondering if there is a problem with reduced clearance over the workpiece and clamps.

Phil

[rustnrot]

I don't have a problem as I rarely ever use clamps but screws flush with the top to hold down material. Once it is cinched up, the bottom of it comes almost even with the bottom of the router collet nut. If you made the "2nd story" out of 1/2" ply you would gain another 1/4" clearance and it would hang no lower than the bottom edge of the collet. There would still be plenty of plenum height, in my opinion.

[phil_o]

Thanks for the reply.

Phil

[dlcw]

More pics and zipped .crv file.

Hi Tim,

I appreciate you taking the time to put this project together.

When I try to open the ZIP file, I'm getting an error message saying the file is damaged. Any ideas?

[frank134]

Hi Tim
I am also having a problem opening the file.

[rustnrot]

I could not get the zipping to work so I added a .pdf to the end of the .crv file in my above post.

It should work now. Download the file and after downloading remove the .pdf from the end of the file by using the renaming command. You should then have the original .crv file you want and it will open with PartWorks.

[frank134]

Thank Tom. That work.