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Offline ger21

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Made a dust shoe for my router.
« on: September 07, 2009, 01:12:16 PM »
Needed to keep the dust in check, so made this for my second project.
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Re: Made a dust shoe for my router.
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2009, 07:31:14 PM »
That looks really nice, Gerry. I need me one of those.
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Re: Made a dust shoe for my router.
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2009, 08:38:01 PM »
That looks really nice, Gerry.

It works really good, too. :) Here's a video of it with NO dust flying around.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6xpTCCB1Lo
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Re: Made a dust shoe for my router.
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2009, 10:22:53 PM »
Looks good Gerry and so does the router.  :)

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Re: Made a dust shoe for my router.
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2009, 03:18:06 AM »
Nice work

Where do you buy the brush strip?
Re: Made a dust shoe for my router.
« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2009, 05:36:41 AM »
Is the frame filter is for dust filtering :D :D ;D ;D ;) ;) ;) ;)

Nice job, look like reel alu.

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Re: Made a dust shoe for my router.
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2009, 07:32:28 AM »
Nice work

Where do you buy the brush strip?

McMaster Carr. Was only $10 for the 3 ft I needed.
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Re: Made a dust shoe for my router.
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2009, 11:17:49 AM »
Very cool Gerry, looks like you're moving right along now.  :)

May I ask what you think of the LoveJoy couplers? If you went to buy a new set would you still buy those or possibly it's too early to tell?

I'm debating whether or not to buy the helical, the Oldham, or the LoveJoy types.

Thanks,
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Re: Made a dust shoe for my router.
« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2009, 12:17:12 PM »
Actually, I have helical couplings on all the other screws. I got the helical couplings for $5 each a few years ago, after I had purchased the Lovejoys. For the Z axis, it seems to work fine. Backlash is less than .005, but I haven't measured it. I zero my Z with incremental jog set to .005, and it moves both diections. :) Although the 1/2-10 acme on my Z would show less backlash than a higher lead screw.

I actually swapped it out for a helical coupling, but it wouldn't run with the helical due to resonance, possibly caused by some misalignment. My Xylotex suffers from resonance badly on all the axis, but all the other motors have dampers that get rid of it. The Z axis has a single shaft stepper, so I can't use a damper. Fortuantely. the Lovejoy seems to cure it.

If I had to pay full price for the helicals, I probably would use the Lovejoys, for 1/5 the price. But the new machine I'm designing will be belt drive, so it won't have any. :)

If you look at the Joe's cnc's at CNC Zone, Joe cut's new, tighter fitting spiders out of Delrin or HDPE to make them virtually backlash free.
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Re: Made a dust shoe for my router.
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2009, 01:38:36 PM »
Thanks for all the info Gerry, definitely something for me to think about-  :)

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