DW660 air blower

[niget2002 (David Walling)]

I’ve seen people attach air hoses to the end of the spindles to help blow dust out of cuts…

While working on a project today, I noticed that some of the exhaust holes on the DW660 push a lot of air. Has anyone thought of 3d printing a shroud for the exhaust ports to redirect that air down towards the workpiece?

I think I’ll start on a design for that once this project is done.

[jamiek (Jamie)]

I did exactly that. I didn’t mention it but Marion noticed and asked about it.

Double-decker build

I am catching up on lots of old posts. Saw this part with your double-decker, looks like some air assist chute ducted from the spindle exhaust. I’ve been thinking about something like this for my Craftsman. It does blow some air. I have a vacuum but I in deeper pockets for v-bit carving it could use some chip evac. And also if I am doing aluminum. [air%20duct]

I put it up on thingiverse as-is. It doesn’t have a good print orientation and needs supports. DW660 blower redirection by Jamie_K - Thingiverse

The two little pegs go into the ‘nostrils’ and the upper holes are for adjustment screws to tweak the angle (#6 sheet metal screws with the ends made blunt).

I’ll warn you, this blower makes a big mess.

[niget2002 (David Walling)]

That might work. I need it to clear the button hole for the bit removal.

[niget2002 (David Walling)]

My first time trying to do a 3d contour… My ability to see space on the screen was pretty bad.