CarveWright Dust Collector by RunningBlue

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

This is a dust collector for a CarveWright CNC carver. I've seen others for sale, but for such a simple design, have seen nothing similar on Thingiverse. I decided to put this design out there for others to improve their CarveWright experience without yet another additional purchase. This design works for me and removes 90% of the airborne dust during carving and keeps my machine cleaner with less vacuuming and blowing in between projects. The hose adapter is tapered to fit an 1-1/4" small shop vac.
The 4 pieces will need to be bonded together. I use a good quality thick cyanoacrylate (super glue) adhesive to bond my pieces together. I recommend 2P-10 brand with accelerator and use these on many of my 3D prints.
Please note, my machine which this works perfectly for, is an N01 model from 2007. I do not know if the later (or earlier) machines work with this design. Check the overall opening width, thickness at bottom and top and modify the stl files as necessary.
You WILL need to trim the clear plastic cover shield back a bit to get this attachment to fit - this is common for all aftermarket dust collectors. There are limit switches mounted at the top of the shield which you can can hear "tik" when you raise and lower the shield. I cut mine below the "tik" and 1/8" above flush with the side metal edges. Do your research before you cut the shield and understand this will void any current warranty you may have with CarveWright.