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Milwaukee's Alternative Designs for Drill Dust Shrouds

One open, one spring-based

By Rain Noe - April 30

in Tools & Craft

Most power tool manufacturers you've heard of, and some you haven't, offer some form of vacuum-connected dust collector for drilling. The lamprey-like devices use the vacuum's suction to stick to a wall or ceiling, while a hole in the middle admits the bit.

Milwaukee has two alternative takes on this device. Their Air-Tip Dust Collector has an open-shroud design, allowing it to work with both drills and saws.

Their crazy-looking SDS Plus Dust Trap Drilling Shroud is designed specifically for overhead work. The shroud can accommodate bits up to 8" long, and compresses via spring as you increase the depth of drilling.

The second device's use case is an interesting design problem. I'd imagine the visibility is challenging, for one. And while the object has gotten some good reviews online, one reviewer points out a central design flaw that should have been revealed in user testing: "[The] product works as a design and does a good job catching the dust. Only problem, the first time your hot bit touches that thin plastic, it melts a hole right through it."

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Daniel Jordache

8 months ago

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I have yet to see anyone cut outlet boxes using oscillating blades. It's always Rotozip, and that thing is messy, and none of these options mesh with that device. The concern is respirable silica dust, not gypsum dust (although it has minuscule amounts below PEL). I'd say focus on the risk of silica dust and collect it at the source. The open dustpan style is useless since the worry is inhalation. If the debris is large enough to fall into an open port, it's not airborne.

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  re: the open dustpan setup, it's attached to a running vacuum.
  
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    I get that. But how much of the fine dust is pulled down by the vacuum when its open sided like that? You'd still get a significant amount of fine dust being flung out the top side of the bit where suction is weak.
    
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DAVE CANNON

8 months ago

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I sell construction supplies. That "trap" always draws the strangest looks. never sold one. Guys aren't fond of kitschy dust extraction devices.

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