Air defuser for router motor

[grimy]

Hi all, I have been looking high and low for a picture on here of an air defuser someone made for the router motor that was made of plastic, went on the bottom of the router and forced the air out sideways. Can some one point me in the right direction please

[analogman]

http://www.mechmate.com/Forum/messages/2/119.html

[BobF]

I made my dust collector act as an air diffuser by cutting the hole for the spindle just large enough for the collet.
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showpo...12&postcount=5

[grimy]

Thanks for the help guys, I've never seen the mechmate one. I have seen the other one, but it's not the pic I had seen. But they both tell me I need to take the router off and start checking to see how I want to mount it. I like the simplicity of the mechmate but I want to hook my dust collector to it, like the
Air defuser for router motor
I hope no one minds me copying their design!

thanks for the help

Tim

[grimy]

Ok I'v built a combo air difuser/dust hood for the router motor. I'm testing right now but so far works great. I had to make a choice in the design, of eather ease to change bits or best dust collection and having to remove it for every tool change. I picked the later, One phillips screw and the unit comes off the router I change bits then slide it back on and tighten the 1 screw. I have the Delta 4 inch hose dust collector so I made the plan for 4" hose but it could be converted easily to smaller sizes. It's designed for the Hitachi router that we are using. As soon as I get done testing(I'm trying different skirts and maybe brushes) I'll post some pics and if anyone likes it I'll post the DXF's

Tim

[analogman]

Yes please post pics. I am always interested in looking at other ways to do dust collection.

[grimy]

Here are a few of the pics I promissed
I have a Joes 2006 R2 so you may notice that the router end has a shape the same as the router clamp