Thread: Useful 3D-printed shop and woodworking bits

Blew the dust off the printer this weekend to make a few more bits:

Firstly, a non-workshop item, using advanced aeronautical calculations to plot the path of salt crystals through the air and optimise shapes, this salt-shaker-filler-funnel (SSFF, or S-squared-F-squared?):

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Due to advanced molecular engineering, also compatible with pepper:

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And more woodworky, this DeWalt battery holder from thingiverse: Dewalt Battery Holder by tannersorensen - Thingiverse

dewalt batttery holder print.jpg dewalt battery holders.jpg dewalt battery holders installed.jpg dewalt battery holders with batteries.jpg

Works really well.

Currently got one on the hotbed for Festool - will see if it's as good.

This Festool flavour works very well too.

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I love this Titebond bottle wall mount.

Printed this router template to install butler style hinges.
Lare piece gets fixed to the work and smaller inserts used to cut the outline and the inner, deeper area.
Sized to suit router guides and bits I have available.
Haven't tried it as yet

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Hi all,

Now I know this won't be as universally useful to most like the previous posts... but I hope to alleviate the frustration of the "unfortunate few" who have tools with "quirky dust ports".

I have designed a few adaptors, designed to link tools with unusual dust ports to a shop vac. I couldn't buy them, so I designed, printed, tested, then shared with the world. So without further ado...


Do you (or someone you know) have and use one of the following tools with a shop vac:

• DeWalt7491 series table saw (possibly other models too) with a 60mm dust port?
  
• A DeWalt D26676-XE Electric hand planer?

If yes, then you're (or they're) in luck. Unfortunately, 60mm is too big for many shop vacs to plug in, and too small for the usual 100mm ports found on most dust extractors. To make matters worse, DeWalt supplies these adaptor with their 7491 series table saws, but if you look up the part numbers and service manuals, that part is nowhere to be found. This is a shame, because if you lose it, or it gets damaged.. then you're out of luck, and it's a really useful adaptor. In fact, I was sharing it between the table saw and thickness planer... until it was misplaced for several weeks. Hence the new design.

If you know of other tools who have a compatible 60mm port, please let me know so I can update my list of "compatible tools".

I've also been testing out a prototype adaptor I've designed to join a Rockler "Dust Right Quick Change Handle" to the same 60mm dust port, now that I have a slightly beefier dust extractor. If anyone's interested, let me know, and once I've "put it through it's paces" , tweaked it where needed, I'll share it.


The DeWalt D26676-XE Planer....


This is powered, hand planer. Not some stationary workshop appliance. Please keep this in mind. That said, it makes a lot of mess if used "as supplied".
If you thought the lack of ability to replace an included DeWalt adaptor is inconvenient...Things get even worse with the DeWalt D26676-XE electric hand planer, since it literally has an airfoil/cloud icon shaped dust port, and absolutely no suitable adaptors in DeWalts entire catalogue (at least, when I looked). In fact, it literally ejects all the chips out of this oddly shaped port... which makes a terrible mess in a workshop. I don't know what they were thinking. However, strapping a 100mm/4" hose to this thing was frankly... a hindrance. So I built an adaptor to join a more suitable shop vac.

What a difference it made... no more mess. That said, it's a planer, and it will fill a bag with ruthless efficiency. I highly recommend a cyclonic separator for your shop vac if you can make, buy, or borrow one.

I just want to say that I love my DeWalt table saw, and planer because I'm very happy with the results they give..... it's just that they're even better, now that the dust is better managed. I don't want anyone to think I'm brand bashing. These are just legitimate criticisms of an actual owner. Your mileage and preferences will vary. 'Nuff said, ok? I'm not trying to start an argument here.


Three 3D "Thingies" to look at:

60mm to 35mm (2.25" to 1.37") Shop Vac Adaptor: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4538797

35mm/1.378" Vac hose adaptor to DeWalt D26676-XE Electric Planer: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4508761


57mm/2.25" Vac hose adaptor for DeWalt D26676-XE Electric Planer: Vacuum Adaptor for DeWalt D26676-XE Planer (To suit 57mm/2.25" hose) by harmo_hammer - Thingiverse

Anyway, any constructive feedback to my designs would be greatly appreciated. If there's a problem, or if it works well, or you have ideas for improvement, pics, descriptions, and much needed context is always helpful through these online systems.

I hope this helps someone out there!
Hamish.

Some nice work there Hamish. Ive been doing some pipe adaptors too. Like you, I used lofting but lately I have been using the Revolve tool which leaves both ends of the adapter open.

Don't know if it's been mentioned but if you don't have access to a 3d printer many libraries have them available to use for free!

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