Project: My Own X-Carve Dust Control System - Main parts

in woodworking •  7 years ago  (edited)

Habedere Steemians,

today I want to show you how I made the different parts of the dust control system.

If you missed the concept part; here it is:
https://steemit.com/woodworking/@theguymasamato/project-my-own-x-carve-dust-control-system

Most of the parts of this project are from the cnc machine.
So I used my render model and created all toolpath's in Fusion 360.

Here is an example:

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I used 15mm plywood, 3mm MDF and 10mm PMAA for the main parts.

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The main parts are:
4 plywood gantry mounts
2 plywood main rails
2 MDF rail cover
2 plywood dust shoe mounts
1 PMAA dust shoe

Some of them need additional work after the cnc process.

On the original X-Carve gantry are 4 screws to hold the wheels in place.
These are in the way now.

To cover them I put the main rails on my table saw and cut 2 small slot out of the plywood.

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The dust shoe mounts needs 2 holes for the screws.
So I put them on my drill press and add these to the mounts.

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Here can you see now all parts that I'm using for this dust shoe.
To connect the dust shoe to my main dust control system I used a small piece of ht pipe.
For the brushes I bought a 30mm window brush strip and cut them to the right lenght.
To hold the dust shoe in place I will do that with small magnets.

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What's next?

In the next update I will show you the finishing process, how the different parts work together and also how everything is mounted to the machine.

Servus and cu next time.

3rd update:
https://steemit.com/woodworking/@theguymasamato/project-my-own-x-carve-dust-control-system-done

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