Mar 182014
The next logical step (at least to me) was to get going on the dust shoe. While hand holding the vacuum works well, it is something that you have to keep a focus on throughout the whole milling job. Why? Because if you don’t, you will be met with a loud zzzshwap! when the end mill comes into contact with the vacuum hose. Not cool. Doesn’t do anything to the end mill, and actually did not hurt the job. It just scares the hell out of you.
The dust shoe will allow me to attach the vacuum directly to the cutting head (spindle). Meaning that the main force of the suction is always very close to where everything is happening.
