Dust curtains? For Elite series?

[Aiph5u (Aiph5u (not affiliated with Onefinity))]

Hey Kevin, hey Tony, hey all,

ideally, the Dust boot and the Dust collection system should be able to suck up all the dust at the point where it is generated.

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Some people protect their Y balls screws with curtains or with plexiglas panes or metal panels as shown here and here. While this can help to prevent large amounts of chips and dust to land on the ball screws, it can never replace an effective dust collection.

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Unfortunately, oiled mechanics like the ball screws of the Onefinity CNC are totally incompatible with wood dust. It mixes with oil and slowly bakes a oil-wood dust mix into the ball screw which will at some point block the machine, as shown here:

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See this FAQ: Troubleshooting: Rail is getting hung, stuck, or out of alignment

Therefore in the industry, CNCs for milling wood have their mechanics enclosed with bellow covers, as you can see e.g. here, but can also be found on some on hobbyist machines.

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Image: Bellows covers on the ball screws on T-Rex CNC Mill