I thought about this too, but first I need a better 3D printer, which is what Iām using the LR to buildā¦
I think the answer is probably going to be the 1/4" shank bits. Iām going to miss having the resolution, but Iāve already gone to 1/4" for many of the Primo projects that Iāve done. Well, Iāll still try to get this working with the 1/8".
I was playing with some other cuts, and managed to catch a screw head on the bottom of the plate. It got by, but thatās definitely an avoidable problem. Tomorrow, Iāll get some countersink head #6-32 screws to replace those with, and Iāll take the countersink drill bit to the bottom of the plate.
Thatās the Makita equivalent of whatās called the VacDuct.stl in the LR2 files. I just happened to have white in the printer when I printed it. Actually it looks like it doesnāt allow the router to go much lower with it out, because there are stops in the side of the shoe (Clamp, whatever) to prevent the collet nut from coming out the bottom, and thereās not a lot of clearance there.
Yep. I do have a tendency to want to re-invent the wheel, but Iām always happy to take a hint from those who have gone before me. Even if nothing else, I can get an idea of what pitfalls I want to avoid by looking at other solutions to a problem. My CoreXY laser had all kinds of things inspire it, not the least of which is the ZenXY. (Actually, Iāve found quite a few V1 inspired changes in my designs, like the way Ryan does the bottom of screw holes to layer the slicerās bridging. Something that obvious once youāve seen it is hard to ignore, but Iād have never seen it if I hadnāt paid attention to these designs.)
I think that the DeWalt router might be a little different from the Makita, but there canāt be THAT big a difference. It does seem to me that the screw heads are really in the way when I look at it now though. I am fairly convinced that going with the countersunk screws might be all the difference that I need in order to do most of what I want to do with the LowRider. For more than 1/2", I think that Iām willing to go with 1/4" bits.
Actually itās only double. A 1/4" mill does have 4x the total area (A circle 2x the diameter has 4x the area) but except for drilling operations, itās the width of path that matters, which is double. It might seem like more though. XD
The vac being further from the surface is another issue. Lots less suction there every mm you raise the plate. I donāt think that I want to put bristles around mine either. Itās hard enough to see under there for zeroing on the tool to the work.