Experience With No Dust Shoe & No Air Filter

X-Carve Pro
#1

Dear Inventables Community,

I’m working in a fairly large space and we have not installed our dust collecting air filter yet.

I’ve seen videos of people using the x-carve without a dust shoe in small spaces that look like there is no filter installed. I’m of course going to wear a mask if I do this, but what is your experience with how much dust may settle in the room. You are pulling out chips ideally from the work project, so maybe it’s not such a big issue to be without dust filtration. At least for the moment, I think I should be ok with just a mask and maybe the windows open.

What do you think? Any advice appreciated!

Thank you,

Nikita

#2

Broke the dust collection shoe on my machine Friday finished the job at that time and then Saturday did a couple of runs while I had the dust collector on the bench for repairs. Piles of wood chips everywhere including on top of the router/spindle. fortunately I was getting wood chips rather than dust but the amount was surprising…
Personally would go to great lengths to corral the dust as it is created.

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#3

It really depends on what material youre carving, the chipload, etc. If youre carving MDF prepare for a ridiculous dusting, if its a solid wood less of an issue…

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