Airflow around a router bit, and consequences for dust extraction

[TimS]

Here is a post about a similar problem. Not sure how good this works.

Enhanced Dust Collection Part

I have my Maslow hooked up to a dust collector and noticed that while it does a good job there can still be a fair amount of material that does not get sucked up. I figure this is due to the waste being thrown off at high speed into the underside of the upsweep of the sled where it can not be sucked up by the dust collection. I specifically mean this region that I have highlighted below: [image] To test this I modeled out a small part that would drop into the opening of the acrylic to force t…