someone has graciously donated a Sweepy dust shoe for the XXL which has been installed and the hose run from the dust collector so those that have taken the class can begin using it.
REMINDER: The machine shop committee is allowing ONLY the use of common plastics such as acrylics and plastics that do not normally cause a breathing hazard which can be safely used with a dust shoe. Items that are being scribed and using the diamond bit engraver are also cool to use. anything else has to wait until/IF we get a dust cabinet built.
The dust shoe uses magnets to attach to the base. There is also a brushless shoe available but lets see how the one with the brush works first. Just pull it down when setting your endmill then re-attach when ready. Have fun. Cheers!
For all others interested, I’ll be posting the next class soon. Just need to nail down my date.