Ultimate Dust Boot for X-Carve with the Dewalt Router

X-Carve Upgrades
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Just contact a brush maker if you want unused bristle. If I were doing this again I would go into a discount store and buy a decorator’s brush (wall paper or emulsion brushes have extra long bristle). It should only cost a couple of $.

Peter

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I’m actually in the middle of making your ultimate dust boot, I’m modifying the mounting pieces slightly, not sure how it will work out, as for the bristles, I went to my local hardware store and looked at thier brooms and found the softest one I could find. The bristles are about 3-4 inches long which gives me enough that I can trim them down when I’m done. I will post some pictures when I’m done.

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Hi Bob,

Your new idea for the mounting pieces sounds interesting and other people may want to do the same so pictures and drawings at the ready !

Peter

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hi Peter…how did you get the bristle to stand up the the glue was drying…

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Hi Bob,

The channel for the bristle was quite narrow and with the glue that I used I found that it stayed more or less in place. However, in my earlier video (making the previous dust boot) I showed some small wooden pegs that I put into the channel to support the bristle after each batch was inserted;

Peter

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Thanks Peter after reading your post I think the epoxy that I used was too thin going to try RTV (clear ) along with solider off the roll as a wage

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Can this be made in Easel? I am new to CNC programing and easel is all I use so far. I have made a different dust boot but it is connected to the Z axis and this one makes much more sense. May I also have the files Peter? email is granados35@live.com

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Take the dxf file from the very first post, open it in Inkscape and save it as an svg file. Then import it into easel. Should be easy enough.

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Hi Peter,

Can I also request for the plans

Thank you

Omar

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Hi Peter, Love you work and videos.
Could I please have the dust boot plans emailed to (treasuresinwood@bigpond.com) ?
Thank you in anticipation.
Regards, James

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Hello Peter,

Really enjoy all your excellent videos. Could I please have the plans for the dust boot?

Thank You,
Harry
hdstacey@yahoo.com

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I would also like a copy of your design. jdbrown87@gmail.com

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After reading threads like the one for the suckit, this thread and the one by @PhilJohnson, I am trying to decide if I should build one or just buy one and wait 6-8weeks+. I am new to this, I just would like to keep the x-carve clean and free from damage.

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I guess at that point I just need the brushes you mentioned. (sorry, thought I was responding to a message, not the thread)

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Peter congrats on a great design, and thanks for helping the community.

Wish my DWP611 had its power cord routed up like yours. I might have to see if that casing is available in the U.S.

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Just finished my X-Carve build last night, this is right at the top of the list of things to build first. I may have missed it, but I assume that after I download the 3 files, I’m going to need to convert them so that Easel can import them, correct?

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Hi Alex,

I do not use Easel and have not tried importing either a .dwg or .dxf file into it. I am sure that Inventables have made this possible as it is a fundamental requirement.

Peter

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Thanks Peter, I’ll follow Phil’s advice and try to convert from Inkspace. If I can get it all set, I can upload and share an Easel version of your project.

@PhilJohnson Ok, so get Inkscape and then convert to an Optimized SVG and import? I’ll let you know how it goes. Thanks!

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Hmm… Ok, I have Inkscape, I have the Static Boot 3 - R14.dxf file linked at the top of the thread. When I open in Inkscape (Not Import) I get a blank page, no tool paths. What am I doing wrong? :slight_smile:

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SWEET! Lemme have a look!