Re: Dust Shoe Questions
Originally Posted by
Project_Hopeless
1) I notice a lot of designs are long oval shape and not simply round. Isn't that an issue coming to the edge of the spoil board?
They are oval to provide a place to mount the hose. A round shoe would be larger and still not solve the problem if you're mounting the hose in the usual manner.
2) It seems most shoes are attached to the Z axis. Some are fixed to the X axis and move with the router w/o vertical motion. It seems that being fixed to the Z axis will change the brush pressure as the DOC increases. Any issues with this? What are the pros and cons of the two?
I sometimes need to clear obstacles so a fixed-height shoe wouldn't be a good solution. With some types of work (like small thick material) my brush is doing more dust-containment than dust-extraction For sheet goods having consistent brush contact may have advantages.
My immediate need is to mill flat stock mostly plywood so I'm leaning towards a fixed design where the bit retracts through a hole, but I'm open to suggestions.
Ideal situation is one quickly detachable system of each type ? I don't any examples of that to offer. The video under "Similar Threads" in your post is interesting.
Anyone who says "It only goes together one way" has no imagination.