Easel Friendly Dewalt 611 dust boot
Instructions
Mill the acrylic plate
Securely mount your 5mm cell cast acrylic and use your bit of choice to cut. I prefer a single flute spiral upcut bit, at 75 ipm and a 0.04 depth per pass at 17,000 RPM. You can make heavier passes if the mounting is strong enough. I recommend using a spray bottle with water to cool the bit while it cuts, acrylic has a very narrow range between milling and melting, you need to move fast and cut at the right speed to keep the bit cool.
Estimated time: 5 minutes
Assemble the parts
The mounting strip needs the bolt holes drilled out, I left them out so you can choose your own mounting height or you can even just mill a slot. The brushes need to be cut to length and epoxied in place, I recommend a dab of superglue to hold them in place while the epoxy sets. Mark the location of your bolt holes and drill them out, and epoxy the strip into the boot.
Comments
This looks so simple - i'd like to try it. wish there were a coupla more pics, though. i'd like to have a look @ the bottom. it's worth trying out if just to get something there It'll be something to have there if i need to come up w/a better plan. thanks from Russ in Coral Springs, Fl, USA
Russell Holt · June 06, 2017
You can see the bottom in the easel drawing, there isn't much more to show, it's just a single flat plate with 2 holes and a mounting slot. The mount is just epoxied in the slot, and there is a shallow slot cut that the brushes fit in.
Emily · June 09, 2017