New build in Sussex, UK

Some progress on the vacuum shoe attachment - I drew up a new bracket that attaches to the 65mm bolts that connect the XY and XYZ pieces, and attempted to tuck the pipe into the gap between the router and front roller.

Here’s a side view

The bottom bracket was my first attempt, it’s a bit too long, and not as stiff as I’d like. The top one is the right length, and the little flange below the nut really stiffens it up. Also you can see how using a bottom bracket on this bolt limits the thickness of wood I can fit into the machine - there’s only about 40mm between the bottom of the shoe and the table.

And I need a new shoe, the one I have was designed for 30mm pipe, and I’m using a 35mm (from an old vacuum cleaner) and bent the shoe with a heat gun to make it fit. And I should probably reprint my lower router clamp at some point…

Here’s a top view, showing how it just misses the front roller:

The next step is a bottom bracket that mounts to the triangular hole in the XY part, like @peter 's here:

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