New "high tech" dust foot, opinions?

[adrianm]

It's not always "laziness" it's economics as well. I'd rather spend my spare time doing things other than working on the CNC and if I designed and made one in the working day it would have cost me far more in lost production time than I paid Kent.

[gc3]

18 months or so ago...ceiling panel in process, start of roughing pass 1st photo, 2nd final of roughing pass... dust shoe, 2hp collector useless...

el nino year...predicted 19 events, #2 Blanca tracking towards us on sunday as a cat 3

[Sk8MFG]

would this shoe work for this...

Hmm, it may work quite well. In theory at least. With the skirt being so small in diameter and the rest of the body above the end of the spindle, you should have enough clearance to get in there.

One goal with this foot is to maximize what you have in terms of dust collection. I have the bot hooked up to a 3hp dust collector. With my current foot, it just doesn't have the flow in the right place.

Once again, thanks for all the input guys. Hopefully we can make a prototype in the next month or so.

[Sk8MFG]

We have a new prototype drawn up. Should take care of any clearance issues.
Opened up the air flow vs our previous versions.
Vertical Head v5.jpg

Any more input on this version?
We're getting close to building the first prototype.

[coryatjohn]

That looks pretty good. It appears to be side agnostic. I assume it can be mounted on the front. Correct?

[gundog]

That looks good. I need an automated version for my tool changer spindle so it can move out of the way durring tool changes.

We have a new prototype drawn up. Should take care of any clearance issues.
Opened up the air flow vs our previous versions.


Any more input on this version?
We're getting close to building the first prototype.

[Sk8MFG]

That looks pretty good. It appears to be side agnostic. I assume it can be mounted on the front. Correct?

Yes, it can be mounted at any point around the spindle.

That looks good. I need an automated version for my tool changer spindle so it can move out of the way durring tool changes.

Hmmmm, I'll pitch the idea. With the way it is built, it may be possible to exchange the "standard" lower body/brush with a mechanized version.

[Sk8MFG]

A couple of follow up notes provided my my friend...
• This foot can be mounted in the same way as the ShopBot; he made a little modification making install easy for those that already have the ShopBot version
• The foot is made of a hard rubber so that if it is bumped into something, the foot and/or bumped object will not be destroyed

He is planning to make a foot for me and anyone else in the group interested in purchasing one. US$100ea for the first small batch only. This includes the boot, brush foot and strip brush material. Those in the first batch will get a say on the design before it is 100% finalized (and a bonus offer if there enough interest). This will help us refine the design even more. We are hoping to make 10-20 in the first batch to cover mold costs. Delivery would be 2-4 weeks depend on how many design / part changes are needed.

PM me your email if you are even mildly interested in participating.

[Bob Eustace]

As a loyal Kent user the big hurdle for me is you cant see the cutter. The Kent is clear perspex on top.

[donek]

This is the high tech solution. Never used one, but sounds like the device that would really solve the problem for those that are working with dangerous materials.
http://www.guhdoonline.com/shop/airp...xtraction-nut/
file:///C:/Users/Owner/Downloads/DOK_MBR_LEUCO-Aerotech.pdf
https://youtu.be/eY-MwagXpds