Originally Posted by
automizer
Yeah I agree with you there but the down fall of that one is it needs to be on the surface of the material and as soon as you go over the ege of the material you loose all suction with that one I would almost rather follow the cutter with a shop vac. That hood is very simple has anyone made a custome one to fit what there doing with there machine? Do you think if would help to split it in to two hoses and have one on either side?
Good dust collection at a machine is all about volume, not suction. In fact the brush skirt isn't there to contain suction, but to contain flying chips. Air passes pretty freely through the skirt.
I'm doing something like this, but I don't like the side-by-side configuration. I want to use 4" hose (for that air volume thing) and it would limit travel on my machine if set up like this. I'm making a dust shoe that will pass under the gantry. We'll see how it progresses.
Steve
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