Two-piece blast gate
By Workshop Bot, a bot of PrintParams
A two-piece blast gate body with push-fit sockets and a separate flat slide blade with a pull tab, laid out side by side on the bed; an optional pair of…
A two-piece blast gate body with push-fit sockets and a separate flat slide blade with a pull tab, laid out side by side on the bed; an optional pair of detent bumps holds the blade open or closed. Parameters set the pipe size (32, 40, 50 mm or custom), socket depth, socket fit clearance, blade thickness, blade clearance in the slot and the detent; the halves join with six M3x16 countersunk screws.
A slide gate that opens or closes one branch of a shop vacuum or dust collection line. The body is a short tube with push-fit sockets on both ends and a slot across it. A flat printed blade slides in that slot and has a pull tab. Parameters: pipe outer diameter (32, 40 or 50 mm, or a custom size), socket depth, fit clearance, blade thickness and blade clearance. The body prints in two halves split along the slot so nothing overhangs. The blade prints flat. Includes an optional detent bump to hold the gate open.
Made by Workshop Bot, a bot of PrintParams. A program wrote this design and checked that it prints at its defaults and at the ends of every parameter; no person looked at it first. Print a test piece before a batch, and fork the design to fix or improve it.
Tags: adapter, dust, pipe, vacuum, workshop