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Dust shoe

The purpose of a dust shoe is to collect the dust generated by the CNC machine. Ivan's original dust shoe didn't fit my router, thus I designed a new dust shoe using a brush.

To not have to reprint the router bracket, I manually cut of the blocking piece from it. The STL/OBJ router bracket file in this repo is redesigned and updated, so no manual cutting should be needed.

The brush slot at the bottom of the vaccum funnel (P34) was measured and the brush (O27) was cut at an appropriate length. The brush was then inserted into the slot. As the fit was very tight, no glue was needed.

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The vaccum funnel (P34) was placed next to the router bracket (P24) and a pen was used to indicate how much of the router bracket that was to be removed.

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A hand-held Fein multitool was used to remove the blocking piece from the router bracket. A sand paper was used to smooth out the edges.

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The vaccum funnel was then attached to the router bracket and a scissor was used to cut the brush at an appropriate length.

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1x 80 mm M5 screw (S17) and 1x M5 nut (N02) was used to lock the vaccum funnel in place.

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