How to make a basic Dust Boot for the X-Carve CNC 

+Craig Hastie Hi Craig, That is really kind of you - many thanks. Perhaps one day you will get your own CNC. Peter

Hi Billy, Many thanks. Peter

+Ron Cooper As always, many thanks Ron. Peter

Glad you liked it!

+SuperYtviewer Hi Annie, Many thanks for your suggestion and the kind words. I may yet create the other type of dust boot which does not move in the Z axis. I am still thinking it through. Cheers. Peter

Thank you very much!

+Lucian Mindrila Cheers Lucian. Peter

+Dean Martin Hi Dean, I have absolutely no worries about the Festool extractor as they are designed to run flat out for hours on end. A number of Festool tools are ones that are designed to be used for hours at a time (like sanders) and so all of their extractors can run continuously all day. Whoever told you that they can't is wrong. Many thanks for the kind words and do let me know how you get on with your X-Carve. Good luck. Peter

Well that's good to know, save me having to buy a twin motor extractor. He was a rep here in Ireland so thanks for the input. Going to order directly from inventables in America as they have more options to customise your order.

+Dean Martin Hi Dean, I would strongly recommend that you get the Dewalt mount and do not bother with a 24v or 48 v spindle. Installing the Dewalt had transformed my X-Carve. Please do not hesitate to contact me if there is any chance that I can help. Peter

+New Brit Workshop (Peter) Going with the dewalt 26200 and getting the mount for same from savvy robot in the UK. I was also going to get the 1000x1000 waste board from the UK as the shipping from America is ridiculous. But would you recommend making my own? I see it comes with a pre drilled grid system for clamps but i assume my own X carve could drill this for me? Are these holes counter sunk below or is the underside of the board elevated above the the work bench? Is there more to it than just a straight through hole? Maybe you have covered the waste board and the clamps in detail in a previous video but I don't think so. If I'm incorrect could you please direct me. Thanks

+Dean Martin Hi Dean, You certainly could make your own. I think that once you start the frame assembly you will be able to work out the sizes. You can drill the holes for the screw inserts by hand. They are countersunk and you will need to experiment to get the depth right. I buy my inserts from Screwfix but I am not sure if they have the smaller size (5mm I think). Inventables have these holes on a 75 mm pitch which you can change if you wish.There is no need to have any writing or pattern on the waste board. You can scribe horizontal and vertical lines (sorry along the X and Y directions) using a shallow "V" bit in order to get a square reference mark on the board. Let me know how you get on. Peter

+TheRangeControl I think that will be a long way off. Peter

+New Brit Workshop (Peter) LOL Thank You. I had to ask.

Hi John, The files are on the way. I do not use Easel but I hope that you can extract what you need. Peter

+Akrout Osama I am still being quite conservative and use about 20 mm per second feed rate, 6 mm per second plunge rate. For a 1/4" cutter I have been using no more than 2 mm step down and 20% step over. I have been doing some X axis stiffening and feel that I can go a bit higher on those figures now. Hopefully a video about the X-Carve mods will be out soon. Peter

Thanks (y) yes there is torsion angle on each y plates

No problem but I need an email address in order to send them. Peter

Hi Brian, I am sorry but I do not use Easel at all. I can send you the plans which you can then copy into Easel but I will need your email address. Peter

Did it work on easel?

Hi David, No, I am sorry but I do not take commissions any more. Inventables have a good solution available to purchase. Peter

Could you send me the files over instead? I’m using easel. Thanks

Hi David, I need your email address. RU-vid no longer has a private messaging service and so in order to get in touch you need to place a comment on this video with your email address. The RU-vid software should identify and send it to the spam folder for The New Brit Workshop. Nobody will be able to see your email address except me. I will then send the plans by email and delete your comment so that it does not end up in the public domain. Were we to do this the other way around then my comment, with my email address, would appear for all the world to see. Peter

Hi David, Well done, the plans are on the way and I have deleted the comment containing your email address. Peter

Yes. In order to get the plans to you I need your email address. RU-vid no longer has a private messaging service and so in order to get in touch you need to place a comment on this video with your email address. The RU-vid software should identify and send it to the spam folder for The New Brit Workshop. Nobody will be able to see your email address except me. I will then send you the plans by email and delete your comment so that it does not end up in the public domain. Were we to do this the other way around then my comment, with my email address, would appear for all the world to see. Peter

Thanks...that was great. would you please email agrinshtein at Gmail dot com

+m Ni I used the dust boot as a way of covering many different topics including some insights into V Carve Pro. Peter