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Hello everyone,
I always wanted to use a router sled to flatten large board but the dust generated by the process is really too intense. For a long time, I tried to find a way to control the dust but the only way was to find a dust shoe like the ones on the CNC machines. Since nothing was available, I gave up until one of my colleague told me about his new 3d printing machine he bought and wanted to test. First, I checked on thingiverse to find Festool related stuff (ex. 27mm Dust attachment for my Kreg jig, surface clamp, etc.). Then I thought about my router sled dust shoe and I did a 3d model on Blender by taking a scan of my router plate (Bosch 1617 plunge base) and by adding the CNC brush slot. I then bought the CNC brush on Amazon and this is the result.
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This is the first prototype and I'm pretty happy with it. I haven't tried it yet but it should greatly reduce the dust generated by the router with the dust adapter attached to it.
I always wanted to use a router sled to flatten large board but the dust generated by the process is really too intense. For a long time, I tried to find a way to control the dust but the only way was to find a dust shoe like the ones on the CNC machines. Since nothing was available, I gave up until one of my colleague told me about his new 3d printing machine he bought and wanted to test. First, I checked on thingiverse to find Festool related stuff (ex. 27mm Dust attachment for my Kreg jig, surface clamp, etc.). Then I thought about my router sled dust shoe and I did a 3d model on Blender by taking a scan of my router plate (Bosch 1617 plunge base) and by adding the CNC brush slot. I then bought the CNC brush on Amazon and this is the result.
View attachment 1
This is the first prototype and I'm pretty happy with it. I haven't tried it yet but it should greatly reduce the dust generated by the router with the dust adapter attached to it.
