I am still to add a curtain, and will probably print a new nozzle to connect the hose to the boot, but you get the general idea of my OX dust boot. I would like to add an LED light, and will probably put a cyclonic dust separator in between the shop vac and the boot at some point (the shop vac seems to be doing very well so far). This works nicely and even without the curtain is pulling in most of the dust (even on mdf).
Nice! I still have yet to build a dust shoe for my Ox, and a cyclonic dust separator (probably using 2 of those ubiquitous white buckets) is also in my future. This is giving me ideas! What do you plan to use for the curtain material?
Thanks James. For a cyclone, perhaps consider an inverted traffic cone on a bucket. I have seen people using that clear strip curtain, cut to so that it folds when interfering with the work piece. I like that idea, but will try with some rubber I have on hand first.
This is what I was thinking about doing (I have a couple of unused white buckets):
That being said, these 2 options look interesting, too:
Regarding the dust shoe curtain, brushes are opaque, so you cannot see what is happening, but they seem cheap enough to be worth considering:
Did a little searching. Found some people using this for clear dust shoe skirts:
Adjustable height for dust shoe for varying bit depths–good idea!
Hi James, I am in South Africa - we dont have a McMaster here, but perhaps I could source something. I tried a temproary solution with some rubber I had lying around and it works really well. I have a beast of a WAP vacuum cleaner, so it makes up for any leaks there may be. I have to clip the two sections of skirt together so that the ends dont get sucked up over the port. Here is a pic of the current scenario that works nicely. I need to extend the slots slightly downaward sp I can raise it a little more, but that is about all I would change - although I might add a light in the near future. I am not sure if I can post a video here - I have one of it removing dust REALLY quickly.
