Drill Dust Collector

[Chris Savage]

Drill Dust Collector

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I frequently drill holes to hang things. I usually am trying to hold my shop-vac under the drill bit so I can catch the dust falling onto the carpet. No more! This simple little gadget catches the dust for you with a small little tool that fits easily between two fingers.

[granz]

Nice, that looks like it could really keep small repair/upgrade work on the house cleaner.

[Chris Savage]

Nice, that looks like it could really keep small repair/upgrade work on the house cleaner.

I just used this tool to drill anchor holes for a few shelf units I hung up today. It worked quite well!

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This shelf unit was 3D printed and includes a drawer. It's used to hold my hot-air gun and hot glue gun. The drawer holds the glue sticks.


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I 3D printed two of these shelves some time ago. I finally got them hung and started putting smaller 3D prints up on them for display.


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As you can see, they're not full yet, but I have more prints laying around that need to be put up.

[JKnightandKARR]

Whatever works. lol Personally, I just make a mess.

[Chris Savage]

@granz not sure if you saw my reply above, but if you do happen to print / try this, I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on it. 

[granz]

Yeah, it does look useful. However, with us looking to move sometime soon (hopefully within the next 6 - 12 months,) I'm reluctant to put any more holes in the walls. That is the reason that I have not built those shelves for my filament.

That said, I will probably print one, or two, of those when we get into our new house. I imagine that I will need/want a lot of shelves (along with these handicap handrails) in the new house:

[Chris Savage]

I will probably print one, or two, of those when we get into our new house.

I just wanted to share my experience using it several times now. There are a handful of prints that turned out to be excellent tools for me and used very little filament.

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By the way, I thought you might appreciate this Ohm's Law Coaster. 

[granz]

Yeah, that is pretty cool. My current Ohm's Law plaque is sitting in my office, next to my A-1, it should really be hung up somewhere.


I currently use a Z-80 coaster that I bought at Tandy Assembly 24:

[granz]

I just printed one:


It turned out pretty well, and so I am printing up several more - two for each of my kids who own their home. We are going to meet some of our kids for Conner's birthday party (he turns one tomorrow,) and I am giving these out to those that own their own homes.

[Chris Savage]

I just printed one. I am giving these out to those that own their own homes.

Very useful tool IMHO. This post just reminded me that I meant to turn on my printers this morning, but forgot. 

[granz]

Bummer! I've taken to leaving my printers up, and running, unless there are storms in the area. Although, I still haven't installed the Bambu app   - at least the printer is ready in case I decide to try it.

[Chris Savage]

Bummer! I've taken to leaving my printers up, and running, unless there are storms in the area.

Now that cooler weather is coming, I probably will. Through the summer it can get up to 80° in there, so I tend to keep the printers and PC shut down when I am not using them / overnight.

[JKnightandKARR]

Bummer! I've taken to leaving my printers up, and running, unless there are storms in the area.

Now that cooler weather is coming, I probably will. Through the summer it can get up to 80° in there, so I tend to keep the printers and PC shut down when I am not using them / overnight.

Ok, gotta ask. Why leave them up n runnimg??

[granz]

For me, leaving the printers up and running is so that if I want to print something from somewhere else, it is ready for the job.

As far as leaving my computer up, I used to (not set up with my StarLink, yet) remote in to Nyota (my communications server) and from there, I could ssh into any of my other computers. Also, most damage to any electrical/electronic system is during the inrush of current. Leaving my computers up cuts down on those troubles.