Bandsaw Dust Extractor

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<p>Bandsaw dust extraction that actually works, now 3D printed!</p><p>Bandsaw's aren't great when it comes to dust extraction. &nbsp;This design, based on Steve Maskery's youtube video, fixes that problem by putting the extraction close to the point where the saw is cutting and sucking far more dust up than the normal extraction port can manage.</p><p>It's designed for use with a vacuum cleaner (high pressure, low volume) rather than a woodwork dust extractor (low pressure, high volume).</p><p>Steve Maskery explains the operation (and shows how well it works) much better than I can:</p><figure class="media"><oembed url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAEr8oZfJYA"></oembed></figure><p>Once you've watched that, subscribe to his channel: he's made lots of useful and instructive videos.</p><p>The magnetically attached brackets have a 1.5 metre radius on the face, which is designed to fit the door on a Record BS400 bandsaw. &nbsp;If you have a different bandsaw with a flat or different radius door, you may need to tweak the design of the brackets slightly (STEP files are included so you can edit the design fairly easily). &nbsp;Alternatively you could use pipe clips like Steve does in his video.</p><p>The brackets are designed to have 20 mm diameter, 6 mm long magnets superglued in place (you want them to be held firmly to the door). &nbsp;You can use two 20 mm diameter, 3 mm long magnets in place of each 6 mm long one if you prefer.</p><p>The bottom vacuum joint (printed in black in the photos) is sized to fit my vacuum cleaner hose. &nbsp;You may find yours works with this joint or you could just print a second top piece and attach the vacuum cleaner to that.</p>