<div dir="ltr">I think a suction table might not work if there's a large workpiece covering the table. But I often dream about that for fixturing. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><br>
<div><div><br></div><div><div>--</div><div>Darcy Whyte</div><div><br></div><div>Art+ <a href="http://inventorartist.com/" target="_blank">inventorArtist.com</a> | Aviation <a href="http://rubber-power.com/" target="_blank">rubber-power.com</a></div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Justin Slootsky <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:justin@slootsky.org" target="_blank">justin@slootsky.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div>What about suction on the table? Reverse air hockey table. It would pull the dust down to the table, and prevent it from becoming airborne.<br>
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<b>From: </b>"Darcy Whyte" <darcy@inventorArtist.com><br><b>To: </b>"lab" <<a href="mailto:lab@artengine.ca" target="_blank">lab@artengine.ca</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, August 26, 2014 9:55:03 AM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Lab] dust control on small cnc<div><div class="h5"><br><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">So I was just dusting around my CNC and after shoveling it off the floor underneath I think it's time to finally get this under control.<div>
<br></div><div>I had this idea of making a box around it (very light out of thin wood and use some clear plastic sheet (like from a clear shower curtain). The theory was that the machine would do it's business under the curtain, then after the dust is settled, I lift it and remove the workpiece. I imagined having it on a hoist so I could just move it up to the ceiling.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Then I got thinking, boy that would be a big awkward ugly mess.</div><div><br></div><div>What about just building a box on the gantry that would ride along the gantry. The front flap could flip up and drape over the top (like those old cameras with the curtain you could get access to the cutting area even when it's running).</div>
<div><br></div><div>I thought wow, that'd be a much smaller box and could probably stay attached all the time.</div><div><br></div><div>Then I got thinking... what about just building a box around the the truck/cutter. Then it would ride back and forth on the gantry. It'd be smaller.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The dust would be prone to float around inside it but if the skirt is close to the workpiece not much dust would escape... So it would mostly settle on the workpiece... </div><div><br></div><div>At that rate you may as well attach a vacuum. </div>
<div><br></div><div>But then we're back where we started. I made one of those and the little skirt got in the way and the vacuum was noisy.... And it was a pain to change the endmill.</div><div><br></div><div>What I'm trying to accomplish is to have all the dust settle on the work area and not get airborn...</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thoughts?</div><div><br></div><div>I'm stuck in a loop.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div><br></div><div><div>--</div><div>Darcy Whyte</div><div><br></div><div>Art+ <a href="http://inventorartist.com/" target="_blank">inventorArtist.com</a> | Aviation <a href="http://rubber-power.com/" target="_blank">rubber-power.com</a></div>
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