Thread: The worlds most expensive dust adapter

The photo does not show the design well, but here is better image from Fusion 360.

Good repurposing there Pearo.

For larger size ducting, $5 tapered plastic pots for pot plants are quite useful. For one application I just went out behind my shed and found a bunch of them that SWMBO had stored out there.

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Some could also be used as hoods although they are are not as efficient as bell mouth
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Sigh BobL, you could have made an excuse to buy another toy!

I have been doing some yard work recently (for the last 5 years since buying this place) and one of those jobs was dealing with storm water plumbing. After walking back from the shed after testing my $1000 dust port adapter I looked down and saw a pipe adapter for a storm water pit made by everhard that I bought 12 months ago...

As a matter of interest, how expensive is the filament?
e.g. the 5-6" adapter you printed used how much filament?

My adapter solution is to have a bucket of miscellaneous pvc fittings I've collected over many years and so when I need an adapter for a new tool it is usually an hour spent trying different fittings and combination of fittings.

Originally Posted by John G

As a matter of interest, how expensive is the filament?
e.g. the 5-6" adapter you printed used how much filament?

My adapter solution is to have a bucket of miscellaneous pvc fittings I've collected over many years and so when I need an adapter for a new tool it is usually an hour spent trying different fittings and combination of fittings.

I pay about $24/kg for the PLA used in that adaptor. I have not weighed it but at best it would be a 200g at a guess (probably less), so less than $5. It hardly made a dent on the reel.

Not sure how PLA will last, but ABS is the same price.

Nice toy to have. I would think your real gains will come from being able to make the custom pieces like the ones you mentioned for your bandsaw. Does the filament come in a clear? Or at least translucent? The reason for asking is that blade guards for table saws with the shapes optimized for airflow would be welcome especially if they were quick changeable to suit the work. Narrow rips where you might want one side cut away to clear the fence and a general one for cutting plywood as examples. The specialized parts might allow you to recoup some of the cost of buying the printer.

Pete

Do you know about Thingiverse.com and similar sites?

https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=dust+collector

The parametric design might save you a lot of work, and I also noticed a tablesaw guard.
Costwise, most slicers will give you an estimate of the cost of the filament used, and may I suggest that you look at OctoPrint as well...

Cheers,
Andrew

Originally Posted by QC Inspector

Nice toy to have. I would think your real gains will come from being able to make the custom pieces like the ones you mentioned for your bandsaw. Does the filament come in a clear? Or at least translucent? The reason for asking is that blade guards for table saws with the shapes optimized for airflow would be welcome especially if they were quick changeable to suit the work. Narrow rips where you might want one side cut away to clear the fence and a general one for cutting plywood as examples. The specialized parts might allow you to recoup some of the cost of buying the printer.

Pete

You can get translucent filaments.

BTW. This thing is not just for dust collection, it was just an added bonus!

Originally Posted by arose62

Do you know about Thingiverse.com and similar sites?

https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=dust+collector

The parametric design might save you a lot of work, and I also noticed a tablesaw guard.
Costwise, most slicers will give you an estimate of the cost of the filament used, and may I suggest that you look at OctoPrint as well...

Cheers,
Andrew

I am aware of thingiverse. Also aware of parametric design. Being a programmer I latched straight onto the parametric design concept. Its probably the first thing I picked up.

Given you can more or less make any shape, what about having a go at a bell mouth hood/Bell mouth port?

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How Wide a piece can you make. The 4" hood is 150 mm wide the 6" is 225mm

Bell mouth ports are more efficient at extracting from cabinets but you will need to open up the port.

I've used plastic pots with the bottom cut out as adapters & as flex hose joiners, they work great.

If you could make this, https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2813983 I'll buy one and I'm pretty sure there would be a few others that would get one as well.
Kryn

Hi there

How much did the printer set you back and which machine did you get? It looks like it has a decent build volume so I am guessing its not one of the cheaper ones.

Regards
Graham

Originally Posted by KBs PensNmore

If you could make this, https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2813983 I'll buy one and I'm pretty sure there would be a few others that would get one as well.
Kryn

That's not the best shape for fine dust extraction from a BS.
This is more like what is needed.- the hoods haves to allow as much air as possible to flow into it otherwise it will not capture all the fine dust

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@BobL - I am going to be using it at some point to make bell mouths. I cant see any reason as to why it cant do it.

@Graham99 - The machine is a Prusa i3 Mk3. I bought the kit, so it was $749 US, then I got hit with GST and Import duties making closer to about $1200 AUD at guess.

The build area is 250 x 210 x 210.

Interesting how the bandsaw dust extractor came up. Its actually one of the first custom dust ports I am going to make. My plan at this stage is to replace the lower blade guard on my N4400 with a printed part that also incorporates a dust port. That was I can hopefully get it to cover both the front and back of the blade. When I get the drawing done (going to be a few weeks away yet) I will post here for comments and suggestions.

@Kryn - happy to print one of the units from Thingiverse. I reckon we can do better though! If you are interested, I'll print one of the thingiverse ones now, and later on down the track we can do a mk2 incorporating bobL's suggestions when I have a bit more time that I can devote to Fusion 360.