# Custom Hinged Maslow Build/Vice/Dust Collection/Silencer

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**Created:** [October 6, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/custom-hinged-maslow-build-vice-dust-collection-silencer/7135 "2018-10-06T14:49:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/custom-hinged-maslow-build-vice-dust-collection-silencer/7135/9 "2019-01-20T20:58:39Z")

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I thought I had more pictures during the build but I guess I didn’t take as much as I thought. I just took a few but they aren’t the best - sorry.

There are some elaborate ideas out there and my box was a little overkill. Making sure your opening and pathways were sized right after the carpet pad was on so you didn’t restrict air flow was a bit tricky. I made the box out of mdf and glued all cracks so it was “air tight.” I painted it inside and out to seal it even more.

 ![50](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/2X/a/ac67c6a5c04b90e7520377638c2c9cac65962101.jpeg)

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Then I lined every surface with carpet padding. This silences the vacuum. There is a hole in the main box where the hose exhaust air travels through a labyrinth in a separate chamber. This silences the hole for the exhaust air.

 ![47](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/2X/2/292228ee94abb24a6dd028b21bd3eb4e7c61c7c4.jpeg)

Then my vacuum was overheating in the hot 100° summer so I made another labyrinth on top where I force fed fresh air with a fan through a labyrinth to the motor and had a separate labyrinth for the motor exhaust air (again all lined with carpet padding). I wished I had a better picture of the inside of the upper box but basically its cut in two halfs. One half draws air in from the two openings on its side, turns a corner and in the center is a large fan pushing air into the main chamber. The other half has a large hole in the middle of its side and vents around two corners to the openings on its side. (confusing - sorry).

 ![38](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/2X/e/eae4c37cc6bae369cd64c0da45b61732d3460129.jpeg)

This is a shot of the inside of the box looking up through the top box for the motor ventilation/fan. Because the hose exhaust vents straight to the side labyrinth through a tube, the main inside cavity where the vacuum is is only heated by the vacuum motor. The white around the holes is just paint to help hold the carpet pad together.

 ![28](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/2X/8/87e43399c7c0f8d317fb95be1f232fdd0b837fd7.jpeg)

All cracks for tubing were filled with putty and the front door had a complete rubber gasket around it. I got lazy and just used some straps to hold the door closed. I have a thermometer so I can monitor the temperature inside the box.

 ![14](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/2X/d/df95df86490c26587ecfad8d5e947b3fcf2ee528.jpeg)

All you can hear is the air traveling through the hoses. But to be honest, with the vacuum on and the front door completely off it cuts 60% of the high pitched wine. I’m not sure all the extra work was worth the last 40%. If you want a quieter vacuum, just put it in a box with the front side off and line it with something to dampen the sound (carpet padding). Then you won’t have cooling issues.

Oh, and PS, did I mention how crappy it is to work with vacuum hose diameters?? They don’t match up with anything standard. I used an old bike tube as seals for my sloppy joints with pipe clamps.

 ![42](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/2X/8/82581c7def4c56b01393f891b604ebe25116200b.jpeg)

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