Sidekick ATC Dust Boot
Sidekick ATC Dust Boot
"Best dust boot. The dust boot is of high quality well made and nice fit and finish.", Zacheriah B.
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Your Fully Automated ATC Dust Boot!
The Sidekick is an advanced dust boot. It was designed to support the PwnCNC ATC system one the Onefinity Elite CNC. With Onefinity announcing their RapidChange Easy ATC, this boot will support that ATC as well.
*Note: Since the RapidChange ATC isn't shipping yet, we haven't been able to physically test it, but our simulations show no issues at all. The boot is controlled by the Masso, just as it is with the PwnCNC ATC, so there's no risk there. The boot raises up 75mm, and with a typical 1.5" brush, that puts the bottom of the boot above the 80mm portion of the spindle, making it impossible to crash into the ATC, which only sits up as high as the top of the collet. We included this not here in the interest of full transparency.
It's features include:
- Pneumatic retraction for clearing the tool holders during tool changes
- Sensing dust boot position to prevent crashes should the retraction fail due to loss of air pressure or some other condition.
- The sensor has no springs or moving parts, so is not subject to failure due to vibration or dust.
- Supports full Z-travel and clearance. No need to build your wasteboard up to avoid crashing into the tool holders.
- Supports maximum tool-density. No need to widely space your tool racks to provide clearance for your boot.
- Quick-change brush tracks for easy support of multiple brush lengths.
- It preserves access to the spindle mount's accessory bolt holes, so can still be used to mount accessories such as lasers, camera, etc.
- Adjustable height to fine tune the position of the boot for your application.
- Toolless height adjustments for quick and easy height changes via two thumb screws.
- No interference with the X gantry, B rails/feet, or the G3 Touch.
- Good suction performance equal to approximately 75% of the market-leading Big Suck or 82% of the popular Nighthawk.
- The mounting bracket has 20mm spaced M3 threaded holes for mounting accessories, such as a laser slide.
This is a great boot for any PwnCNC ATC or Easy ATC/Rapid Changer owner! It's a perfect match with the Maximize Tool Racks, which are required to maximize Z travel with the PwnCNC ATC.
The Sidekick also works without the ATC. If you're planning on adding an ATC later, and don't want to buy a dust boot that you will replace when you buy your ATC, you can use the Sidekick and just use the MDI screen's Dust Boot button to move the boot up and down when you do tool manual tool changes.
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The boot comes with the pneumatic tubing, piston, solenoid, wiring, you need to provide one clean, dry air regulated at about 75psi via either:
- a standard air quick-disconnect female fitting
- a 6mm OD push-connect fitting
Your dryer/regulator doesn't have to be fancy. It can be a simple one like: https://amzn.to/3xLoG98
This boot was a complicated design effort with many critical design constraints. As a result, you need to be aware of the following, which are based on the "ideal" configuration. You configuration may differ, and changing one thing may impact others. Be sure you understand how how those differences will affect you before ordering this boot. Feel free to chat or email for answers to your questions.
- Maximize Tool Racks are required to maximize Z clearance. Shorter racks will reduce your usable Z travel and increase deflection.
- Supports tools from 27mm (1.06") to 63mm (2.5")below the holder.
- Supports a minimum wasteboard height of 32mm (1.26"). Shorter will require lowering the spindle or using prevent the use of 27mm-below-the-holder tools.
- Requires your spindle be mounted such that the bottom is at 100mm from the bottom of the spindle mount, maximizing your Z travel. Mounting the spindle lower will reduce your usable Z-travel and increase your deflection. Raising it will cause the boot to crash
- Supports mounting the Z-slider on the highest setting, maximizing Z-clearance.
- There is a gap in the back of the brush, which somewhat reduces its effective suction.
- It's mounting height is minimally adjustable without impacting either the spindle mount or tool racks. We are threading the needle here.
- Woodworkers & Journeymen, due to their reduced Z clearance, will lose some usable Z travel, which is not due to this boot, but rather, their shorter stance. However, the don't have a minimum wasteboard height requirement.
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Good service, lots of help whenever needed. The YouTube videos are very well done and explain step by step how to configure everything. If you still can't get the procedures Ugly Dog is waging his tail ready to help :) for as long as it takes. Definitely two thumbs up good products good service.
I have this installed on my Onefinity Elite Foreman equipped with PWNCNC ATC spindle. This dust boot works perfectly. I have it hooked up by 4in, to an Oneida Cyclone collector and the dust collection performance completely meets my needs. The installation video and instruction made the install very straight forward. I am very happy with the purchase. The boot fit and function is very good. I followed the setup recommendations with Z travel adjustments, spoilboard thickness etc. All is great.
I got my sidekick all installed and working great. The installation video was super detailed and helpful. I had a couple questions as my installation isn't exactly cookie cutter semi custom and Adam was there right with me and my install worked flawlessly.
I'll have a video of my setup shortly
The dust boot is of high quality well made and nice fit and finish. It is easy to put together maybe took me 1 hour. I think it has plenty of suction from a 4 inch dust hose. If you have a Pwncnc ATC spindle you need this boot. All my tool are space depart 3” on center. I can’t find a single thing wrong with this dust boot. As I am writing this I am watching it run and there is little to no dust left behind. It is well worth the money I would buy it again.
BEST DUST BOOT OUT THERE.
There is YouTube video of how to install and how it works good videos.