I cut some Plexiglas for the first time and even though this is a simple project it seemed like a good one to post. Not woodworking but cool anyway; doesn't smell as good as Walnut - LOL!
David
I cut some Plexiglas for the first time and even though this is a simple project it seemed like a good one to post. Not woodworking but cool anyway; doesn't smell as good as Walnut - LOL!
David
David
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That is why I like a dust shoe that doesn't move with the router head
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Nate told me when he sent it that he had just begun carrying those but I never checked to see if they were on his web site.
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You need some stronger magnets on your dust shoe, I mash my shoe into clamps and things at almost full depth on the brushes with no problems at all... I don't think i've ever had mine come off during a cut, even when making deep moulds.
The real problem, Mark, is that this was a temporary build, a test. So I used MDF and it actually lasted about 6 months. A couple of weeks ago one magnet, of the two I used, popped loose (should have used 4 magnets). Since I planned to remake this I just put a drop of CA glue to hold it in place but some of the glue was on the magnet. I knew it wasn't going to hold that good and then compounded the problem by having it too low. Until I reglued the magnet it probably would have survived running into the clamps.
David
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Well and additionally you have the poly/vinyl exterior wrap around the shoe which doesnt allow the bristles to deflect. I think you did a masterful job of getting the machine through the cut, we've all been there and its never pretty, nor elegant. The fact that you posted the entire process speaks volumes. Maybe a pause, retract, remove the shoe, and restart/finish, would've been better but you got it there.
There have been times where Ive watched our machine heading into a knowingly bad situation and its almost like I freeze just to watch it lol. No running for the E-stop, no hitting pause. Its just like,.. hmmm that sucks.
I added the clear carpet runner a couple of months ago because I wasn't getting enough suction. The gaps in my homemade brush were too wide so the suction came as much from the outside as it did from the inside. I rationalized that if I could restrict the air to just the inside of the dust shoe it would perform better - and man did it! It went from about 40% effeciency to somewhere in the high 90's. But it also increased the stiffness without me providing extra magnets to hold it in place during a sideways move. It was just waiting until I shot a video to fail, I just know it! LOL!
I figure the failures need to be shown to keep others from making the same mistakes, even the boneheaded moves get shown. Fortunately, I don't have a lot of those but they do creep up on occasion.
The other reason I did my best to keep it in place is that I knew it was halfway through the final pass so it wasn't going back around again. I thought it was funny that the magnet held onto the spindle for the retraction move. Cute, even...
David
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