@moira I did a similar thing for my jigsaw, and it didn't really work out, the hose attachment is nowhere near the blade where sawdust is created. Some of the chips are collected by the contraption, but not nearly enough to justify its existence. I hope yours works out better than mine.
@avolkov well I know from actually using this tool that it blows a lot of dust - I mean, a LOT of dust - out this vent I attached to. So with a vacuum attached to it it should at least capture that much!
(when you use it you have to point that bit away from you because otherwise particulate-driven lung damage goes brrrrrrrrr xD)
(this is unlike the version of this tool I actually bought myself which is a makita and way more recent, it's got a bag in the right spot but it collects NOTHING! and most of the dust goes out two other events on either side)
@benetherington Thanks! I made it kinda chonky in the hopes that it won't fall apart on me too quickly. xD
(I printed a device like this for someone else, and it's held up okay printed with Protopasta's HTLPA/PLA+ so if this plain PLA holds up at all I'm sure that one will. Also this is thicker material because, y'know, like I know what I'm doing no lol xD )
@moira I should dig out my printed palm sander adapter. It looks pretty similar. Gotta go chunky, especially with PLA. The #1 issue is the contact surfaces wearing and becoming too smooth for a friction fit, but that’s better than it cracking.
@benetherington I think (hope) it'll help that the old vacuum hose I have downstairs is also plastic? so it's not metal on plastic so won't wear as quickly. Or so I'm hoping anyway.
(The attachment points are obviously the worry points on this one, particularly where it attaches to the tool. That's not a lot of plastic and can't be because it has to work the way it has to work to mate to that socket.)
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