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Vacuum-Hose Dust Control

ust is a real problem when you can’t use a router table’s fence and its dustport. If you’re routing curved parts with a bearing-guided bit, for example, you don’t use a fence, but you do make a lot of dust. I’ve devised a way to suck up that dust with my shop vacuum’s nozzle. The nozzle is attached by a bolt to an adjustable stand that allows me to aim the nozzle directly at the

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