Between Michael Bayern @michaelb and myself, the new dust shoe is moving forward. Had run into an issue with having enough magnetic force to hold the existing brush (and future additional brushes) up under the shoe base. We decided to add folding latch pins on lanyards. These pins are spring loaded, insert from the top of the shoe, and require the user to reach under the shoe and rotate a small lever downward so the pin can be pulled out. Once removed, the brush can be moved out of the way for bit changes. Reverse the procedure to reinstall. Be sure to push down and rotate the lever!
Easy Peasy.
As installed today, the shoe brushes aren’t quite long enough for long bits. That will change when the rest of the assembly is ready to go. Michael is printing the remaining pieces as time permits. Long print times for these parts and he’s a busy guy with fingers in a number of DMS pies. Glad to have his talents in the Maker pool.