Shelf Pin Jig And A Whole Lot Of Green Tools - Leon's Nephew, Perhaps?

No, I don't know him but I have seen him. It looks like his shop Is a spare bed room at his mom and dad's house.

I think he belongs to the camp of Festool owners that only build things like jigs and work surfaces. Most never actually build any thing, but are prepared to do so.

Many Festool owners, note I said owner and not users, seldom sell any of their work to justify the cost so they build Festool like tools. Festool makes an indexed track that is good for their track saw and their router. The routers have a special indexing accessory that virtually does the same thing that he has done in the video. He has another video showing how to build a replacement work surface with multiple dog holes similar to his Festool FMT work table. I would simply use a top bearing flush cut bit with my plunge router and my old work surface as a template.

I only know "of" him.

Nah, if he were really into Festools, he'd have ditched the whole project and just used an LR32.

He has that..

And to back up my claim above, a user and maker of jigs but not much else... He has an MFT table and shows how to make another top for it by making a jig first to make others. He could simply use his MFT table top for as the jig....

BUT he does have a good hack, I think I am going to try this one out. Absolutely a money saver.

The hose deflector works pretty well.

I'm tempted to hang the hose from the ceiling, though.

I have that. It was a part of the deal of the century add-on for the MFT table. IIRC when I got my MFT, that deflector, a swivel unit, support unit, CMS router table miter gauge, Adjustable stop, clamp, AND the FS 1080 42" track/guide rail was only $100 extra. The 42" rail alone costs $104.

Me too but that eats up a lot of hose, probably at least 7 feet. And the boom kit for the dust extractor is very pricey considering it adds nothing to production other than keeping the hose from dragging.

True but I have one table I use for making dust (opposite my table saw). I use it to break down panels, route, and sand, so it's a perfect place to hang a hose. I was thinking about hanging a section of 50mm hose to make up the length, while minimizing the suction loss.

I looked seriously at the boom but, as noted, it's quite expensive and I really only need to use the boom in one place. I'd rather keep my vac portable and the boom would just make it more awkward to move. It also requires removal of the cord storage cleat, making it even more difficult to move.

Keeping the hose from dragging is useful, IMO. I don't much like having to stop a cut because the hose has wrapped itself around something.

For the creatively devoid there is always this:

Probably won't work unless you have a $million in Festool proprietary hoses...

Interesting but I've found that these bearings are pretty bad if there is any torque on the bearing. This application has a lot of off-axis force on it.

No need for Festool hoses. There are aftermarket hoses that fit Festools. They aren't nearly as pretty, though. ;-)

Fashion a track to support the far end of the dowel to un-torque the bearing.

You don't need to go to this extreme, but you get the idea...

I've been thinking about doing ceiling swing arm and using that caster bearing assembly is brilliant. The only thing I would add is to make it longer and add another section of boom on a hinge so it can come back to the center. I did something similar in my Sharn when I was building a bunch of plywood storage bins using a pneumatic stapler. I put the hose up in the roof trusses and had a long "slinky" hose dropping down that reached all around in a 20ft. diameter.

If you don't buy the casters at HF, you have nothing to worry about. Spend 12-15 bucks instead of 4 and you get a quality caster. The things are rated for 100s of pounds. All my road cases have them and they are under a constant loads, 24/7, and operate smoothly. A vac hose and arm, even several feet out, isn't even going to be felt by a decent caster.

Hey K! Are you listening? ;-)

Probably right, what were you doing looking at Festool stuff???

I think Rockler sells the orange one, and Festool has the non-anti-static black hose.

I wonder if the issue is because there is a negative load on the casters for the booms that is the problem.

He is fishing.

I was considering some 2" PVC pipe with an elbow (maybe add a couple of 45s for angle support). Put a couple of slip rings on the wall, separated by a few feet.

They're rated for 100s of pounds straight through the axis, not so much if there is an off-axis force. Every caster I've used is pretty sloppy when it's unloaded.

Yep. I did that in my previous two houses (haven't found the round-tuit, here, yet). In addition to the shop, I had five (one by a hose reel in the center) in the garage ceiling and one on each side of the overhead door, about 2' from the floor.