X-Carve Dust Collection Boot V3 by GingerBrandon

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

This is my third version of a dust shoe for my X-Carve CNC.
The first one was aimed at a using a shop vac, which was too loud, and the second one was aimed at using 4" Dust Collection hose, but I had issues with the arms breaking, and it just seemed too big.
The actual shoe is my design that aims to optimize airflow to pull right from the area the bit is ejecting chips. It is also designed to use any bristles you have on hand, glued in with hot glue.
I used the top connector of the "New Brit" design and the arms of ronnfolks' design.
I added a quick version with a 2.5in port for regular vacuum hose in case someone wanted to try that.
I made the port to accept 4" hose end, but then I used a quick release 4" end so it could be quickly detached to get whatever dust is missed, thus making the ports end higher then it needed to be. Ive include a shorter shoe, should that be preferred.
I added a knob I designed to work with an M5 Bolt.
If your brave enough to drill holes in your gantry Ive made a V4 at
www.thingiverse.com/thing:3896165
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