How did you hold the brush strip into the base plate? I see the groove but dont see how its held in.

5 minute epoxy.

Very nice, allways a good job to keep the dust down
stevep

Rats now I have to re-design mine and get the bristle from McMaster Carr..
  Thanks I have been looking for that stuff, and you have made exactly what I need to make for my router , the MDF dust is killing me in the garage just went to harbor freight and got a 99 dollar dust collector today and drawing out my plate now going to add a .250 groove for the bristles..I had eve looked around and was going to cut some hand brushes in strips.. I have used heavy clear shower curtains in the past but they tend to fold up after the vacume hits it and the brush will sweep out beter than the plastic..
  Thanks , always get good ideas on this forum for building
Gary

The brush I  used needed a 5/16" slot. Also, I used .014 dia. bristles, but will go with at least .020 next time, as they're a little too soft and occasionally get twisted together.

Well I got my brush material from Mcmaster carr today , man fast shipping ordered monday got it today..Great stuff , just wish I knew that there was a 1/16th wire in the frame holding the bristels in after my first cut the hait went flying , then piched it off before cutting the next one..
   Had to clean up all of the mess from the starboard I cut it from but now next cut get to use the dust collector..
I made the pocket .350 wide and the brush was a good press fit so no glue had to be used..
  Thanks
Gary

I think I'm about ready to get started making one of these. Besides the .02 bristles, is there anything you wished you would have done differently? Adjustable height? Quick release mount? Anything?

I made some spacers to adjust the height. Be aware that if the bit is below the brush, the shoe becomes practically useless, as the chips will fly everywhere. You need a good seal to the table.

Quicker release would be nice, but I don't change tools a lot, and I can get mine off on a few seconds. Next one will probably use magnets, with maybe a single thumbscrew for insurance.