A single flute bit, turning the route rpm low, and moving as fast as your
machine will support will let you get chips instead of powder
That’s both easier to capture, will let your bit last longer, be less damaging,
and be easier for your mask to filter.
David Lang
I like it. That’s a very clever solution @jwolter - Don’t let everyone get you caught in the theoreticals.
I think you should build it for real.
-J
Thanks, @Jacob. This group is fierce in tearing apart ideas, but it’s in the pursuit of making them better and separating the good ones from the bad ones, so I don’t take it personally. I may yet build something like this, although right now I’m working on a Maslow Mark II build.
Thanks, @Jacob. This group is fierce in tearing apart ideas, but it’s in the
pursuit of making them better and separating the good ones from the bad ones,
so I don’t take it personally.
good, that’s the right way to take it
I may yet build something like this, although
One thing that I think we all keep in mind is that we’ve all been wrong in the
past and will all be wrong again in the future. So even systems that we don’t
think will work can end up working (the 3d maslow for example, lots of reasons
why it’s got problems, but it turns out that the gantry has enough less friction
than the stock sled approach that it works)
so even if we say we don’t think an idea will work, take note of where we think
the problems will be and decide if you think we are wrong or you have a way to
address the concerns and it makes sense to try it anyway. We will learn
something either way.
David Lang
If I thought your idea was stupid or unworkable, I would have ignored it instead of responding. 
That’s a good point. While some folks might think that the worst thing that could happen to your idea is for someone to criticize it, I’d say the worst thing is no response. In that case, no one cared enough to comment.