Has anyone remixed any of the dust collectors to have a vertical port for connecting the hose? I printed one of the normal dust collection pieces for my father-in-law’s Maslow setup, but he’s running a fully horizontal setup with power/vacuum/compressed air overhead, so it would be cleaner to be able to run the dust hose directly up from the base. I’ve tried working with the STEP files in Fusion or FreeCAD, but I’m struggling to modify them. Most of my CAD type work has been done in OpenSCAD as I’m more of a programmer in background.
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Robert wrote:
Has anyone remixed any of the dust collectors to have a vertical port for
connecting the hose? I printed one of the normal dust collection pieces for
my father-in-law’s Maslow setup, but he’s running a fully horizontal setup
with power/vacuum/compressed air overhead, so it would be cleaner to be able
to run the dust hose directly up from the base. I’ve tried working with the
STEP files in Fusion or FreeCAD, but I’m struggling to modify them. Most of
my CAD type work has been done in OpenSCAD as I’m more of a programmer in
background.
the biggest concern I would have is interfering with the belts.
David Lang
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Since the vacuum exit is on the side with the power plug, there is actually no interference. I have a PVC L fitting currently to direct the vac hose to a suspension mechanism and have made several cuts pulling vacuum vertically and have never seen any interference with belts on my 8’x12’. It may interfere with a 8’x10’ frame, but i doubt it. A vertical exit on the dust collector would probably allow better air flow.
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