Thread: Dust shoe bristles
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04-11-2014 #1
I have been looking for some bristles to make a dust shoe however I need them to be as long as posable ie maybe something like 100-150mm. All the door dust strips I have found are normally only sold in 3m lengths and mounted in a metal track so no good for a curved shoe , it was also incredibly expensive for long bristles. Are there any other solutions to the problem or somewhere were I can get shorter lengths? Many thanks
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04-11-2014 #2
http://www.formseal.co.uk/camstrips.html
It should be possible to bend it.
CAMSTRIP is the required search term I think, I did see it on a roll once.Last edited by EddyCurrent; 04-11-2014 at 09:37 PM.
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04-11-2014 #3
what i did was cut a channel and then i found a paint brush and cut the bristles off. I then super glued them into the channel. Its held up quite well so far and pretty cheap.
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04-11-2014 #4
I'd forgotten about that, someone mentioned it a while back, hot melt glue would work well too I imaging, I think that's the right answer for me.
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05-11-2014 #5
the only problem i had with super glue was it creeped up the bristles a bit so maybe a resin/epoxy might be better or even hot glue as mentioned.
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05-11-2014 #6
Does it have to be bristles ? Could a sheet of vinyl be sliced to make a comb ?
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05-11-2014 #7
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05-11-2014 #8
Jim, do you think that is more efficient with regard to suction ? what is the advantage over bristles ?
I tried it with one layer of plastic but large gaps opened up as the shoe went down.Last edited by EddyCurrent; 05-11-2014 at 12:07 PM.
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05-11-2014 #9
Hey Eddy - I would think bristles would be best as far as suction goes? - But I like the idea of giving it a try with plastic. I would also try and cut the combs as thin as possible (double sided tape should help with that) and then have a few layers to prevent/minimise the gaps you mentioned. One problem I have seen with some diy plastic jobs online is the combs being sucked into the shoe/cutter so I would need to consider that!
For me, my main aim isn't best/most efficient suction, it just to stop the majority of the wood chips being launched around my garage.....Last edited by cncJim; 05-11-2014 at 12:19 PM.
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05-11-2014 #10
At the moment my machine is lying dead, Its beating heart of a BoB stilled when the magic smoke escaped. When it lives again, I will have to try out the drag knife, cutting A4 sheets of thin vinyl with rows of closely spaced parallel lines. Then I can divide the sheets down the middle, to make combs fine enough for mermaid's hair.
I saw one good idea - to hinge the front section of the comb. It made tool changing easier.
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