Dust clean up on cnc
7/30/17
Hey everyone , looking to see / hear some of the ways you clean up the remainder of dust the Cnc dust collection leaves behind . I think the same as everyone it's worse when doing ply or mdf panels . I usually leave an onion skin and go back and cut a small amount and this helps with dust . I was thinking of buying a small stand alone dust collector and putting a 3" or 4" hose on it with a wand to vacuum up in between panels .
Any pictures or comments on how you do it would be great!
7/31/17 #2: Dust clean up on cnc ...
Although I was skeptical at first, I use an Airpro collet nut. Makes a huge difference.
On the down side, it can pick up small pieces and use them to put interesting burn marks on the sheet.....
8/12/17 #3: Dust clean up on cnc ...
Age old problem, with many solutions depending on what you want. I have always considered production to be first, get the parts cut and I will clean the floor at the end of the shift. that being said I have tried the vacuum/fan toolholder nuts with some success but always revert back to run the program, remove the parts. I have a separate blower that is connected into the main saw dust system to vacuum the board, this has a wide 16" nozzle. Some times I will just blow it off and go. Have to blow of the machine and clean the floor anyways might as well make parts when I can. I don't stress on the mess till the end of the shift.
9/29/17 #4: Dust clean up on cnc ...
I just purchased a pre owned machine that has a Nilfisk vacuum as part of the package. I will be interested to see how that works to pick up the extra dust from the table