Festool OF1400EQ-Plus Dust Clearance?

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Hello, I'm hoping someone can help me with some information on the OF1400EQ-Plus router. I know that it has a dust shroud. Does anybody know what the vertical height is between the base of the router and the underside of the dust shroud?

I'm going to be using a trimming router bit that has a carbide height of 2". I'm hoping that the chuck holding the router bit will start to enter the dust shroud before the bit starts to enter the wood. The goal is to have the minimum space available for dust to escape before it starts to create wood chips.

Hope I made my question understandable. Anyone have an answer?

Thanks
Dave

 

[Nigel]

      About 26mm I reckon.Hope it helps.

 

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About 26mm I reckon. Hope it helps.

It gives me the information I wanted, but not the information I was hoping for. 26mm is essentially an inch. That means I'd have to rout into close to 1.5 inches of wood before the chuck reached the dust shroud. I suppose I could mediate that some, but it will take some jury rigging.

Thanks

 

[Brice Burrell]

What are you routing?  The dust collection can be really good with the 1400 but that of course depend on what type of routing you are doing.

 

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What are you routing?  The dust collection can be really good with the 1400 but that of course depends on what type of routing you are doing.

I'll be routing some bench dog holes in a 2" thick maple laminated work bench. The important point to this routing is that the bench is in my living room and I'm hoping to avoid as much scattered dust as possible for obvious reasons.

 

[Brice Burrell]

I'll be routing some bench dog holes in a 2" thick maple laminated work bench. The important point to this routing is that the bench is in my living room and I'm hoping to avoid as much scattered dust as possible for obvious reasons.

I would think the dust collection would be pretty good, even better with the D36 hose.  I'd be willing to give it a shot.

 

[billg71]

I just tried it with a 1/2" bit, about 1-1/2" carbide length. With 2-3/8" of bit out of the chuck there was maybe 1/4" of plunge before the bit hit the work and the chuck was up about 1-1/4 over the dust shroud. Hooked up the vac with 36 hose and made a couple of plunges, there was a minuscule amount of dust on top of the router and work but more came from the bottom of the hole when I turned the piece over(I didn't plunge all the way thru). You might want to put some paper or plastic underneath if you're cutting through but there's no worry about chips coming out the top past the dust shroud.

HTH,
Bill

 

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You might want to put some paper or plastic underneath if you're cutting through but there's no worry about chips coming out the top past the dust shroud.

Thanks, I appreciate you going out of your way for this information. Looks like I'll be satisfied with the dust collection (even in my living room) with an OF1400EQ router.

Woodworking in one's living room kind of sucks, but it would be worse if I couldn't do any woodworking at all. (I'm sure it would be even worse than that if I was married and woodworking in my living room, but fortunately, there's no one else around except my cat to give me disapproving looks when I turn on some power tool.  [laughing])

 

[billg71]

Glad I could be of some help! After spending a week either behind a steering wheel or in front of Quickbooks and AutoCAD, it was nice to have an excuse to just got out in the basement and make some noise. I really should thank you... So I will.

Bill

 

[mouppe]

Much as I like the dust collection on the OF1400, for your dog holes I would go with a forstner bit and a portable drill guide (link attached below). The holes will be really clean and you can keep a vac hose nearby to suck up the waste as you go along. This is how I did my bench holes and they came out perfectly.

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=2405

 

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Much as I like the dust collection on the OF1400, for your dog holes I would go with a forstner bit and a portable drill guide.

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I guess that's possible. You do realize though, that you're shooting down my attempt to find an excuse to buy another Festool product?  

 

[Corwin]

Much as I like the dust collection on the OF1400, for your dog holes I would go with a forstner bit and a portable drill guide.

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I guess that's possible. You do realize though, that you're shooting down my attempt to find an excuse to buy another Festool product?  

You could use a new Festool portable drill to drive that forstner bit.  

(just trying to help  [big grin])

 

[greg mann]

A carbide tipped Forstner can be used in the 1400. Use the slowest speed and you have a portable drill press, and far better hole quality than you could ever get with a handheld drill.

 

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A carbide tipped Forstner can be used in the 1400. Use the slowest speed and you have a portable drill press, and far better hole quality than you could ever get with a handheld drill.

Really? The slowest speed of the 1400 is listed as 10,000 rpm. Isn't that a little fast for a drill bit, even a carbide tipped Forstner? Nevertheless, I already have a 3/4" wide, 2" long, 2 flute carbide tipped router bit. Realistically, I can't envision too much sawdust related difference between a Forstner bit at those high speeds and the router bit.