Dust and Chip Collection for CNC

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CNC vacuum (too much wood dust)

i saw on a you tube, some sort of vacuum device on a CnC - and i thought “what an excellent idea” as with the snapmaker, i can’t see what it is carving - and have to wait until the end of the job to see if it turns out or becomes firewood also it would have the added benefit of keeping the dust down (i think it would work better than the enclosure) i am soon changing to the laser - and i can see i have a big clean up job inside the enclosure. has anybody made this mod? or in the pro…

CNC wood dust and the enclosure

Hello everyone, I finally got the time to sit down and try to learn how to use the CNC router function of the Snapmaker 2.0. Aside from the fact that I obviously have much to learn about speed/feed settings for different materials, something I feel I should really learn is how to clean wood dust off of the system and the acrylic enclosure. I just completed my first ever CNC engraving (aside from the phone holder demonstration that comes with it) and there’s wood dust EVERYWHERE on my enclosur…

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