Good build! I was playing around with the idea of a boom with gate hardware too. I had the idea of a two section boom to get around my garage door frame but will definitely have issues with sag. Thanks for the build!
I built a boom arm a few years back and really didn't care for it and trashed it, however. Now, seeing your design, I'm interested in building a new one similar to yours. Thanks for the video. 👍
Very nicely done! Subscribed. What I did to give myself a bit more room was mount a shelf on unused wall space (in my case, above the right wing of my table saw) and park the vac up there. That way, it's not taking up any floor space. I also use a dust deputy so I won't have to change the bag or filter for literally years. My own boom arm will end up being a mishmash of all the videos I've watched using the features that suit me.
😅 only 6 weeks in but enjoying it and hopefully make progress. Big thanks for your support. Part of me is super surprised at the interest in my little projects!
@@HSWBuilds For only being 6 weeks in, you have the video creation down very well, including audio, editing and even graphics. As to the interest , other than the Shaper, the project is accessible to the average crafter, I think. Small project make a good entry point or even midrange point for people to get involved in the craft or woodwork, or any other "maker" sort of endeavor.
I just discovered your channel and this video. Excellent all round. The project story is really well explained and very helpful. Keep them coming. Liked and subscribed.
I wish I found your channel a couple weeks ago because I just built a cleat wall with 70mm faces, wish I did 60mm as I am about to buy the shaper origin and like your designs. I’m definitely building this boom arm! Love your content so far , keep it up!
Hey don’t worry I have two solutions for you (you will need fusion 360), a friend in the community converted my cleat designs into parametric as he also has 70mm cleats. You can find all the details on how to use here 👉 hub.shapertools.com/creators/6508a6c9524584fb7eda9317/shares/654eca80834c1c1651ab8718 Also if you want the wall bracket for the boom arm in 70mm with spacing to fit your setup. Then find me on insta (@hswbuilds) and I will make a file for you no worries. 👌🏻
Just ran into your channel from this video. Man your shop looks so similar to mine and on my todo list has always been the boom arm. This design is quite close to what I’d like to do. Thanks for sharing the Origin files. Linked and subscribed. Looking forward to more content from you.
Thank you for sharing this video. It's a really nicely engineered arm. My situation is slightly different, in that my shop is 8m long by around 2.5m wide. I'm going to have to come up with some kind of overhead gantry with a sliding trolly. You have inspired me to do something about it. I'm fed up with dragging my shop vac around and having cables ad vacuum hoses snagging on stuff. Also, I want to say how great it is to have someone from the UK creating woodworking content. Good luck with your venture. Regards, from a fellow UK Origin user.
You know I actually recently installed a ceiling gantry for my lights has X,Y and even Z movement. Probably overkill for a hose but would be a solution for a bigger shop perhaps 🤔
@@HSWBuilds That sounds interesting. Any photos? Perhaps I’ll get one of those motors that 4x4 drivers use to pull themselves out of ditches and a remote control so that I can get it to drop the hose down from the gantry. 😂🤣😂
@keithforster2615 lol mine is low tech just aluminium extrusion with sliding carriage. Position movements by hand. Will do a short soon on how it works and how I installed it.
Very cool, i will need to retrofit a tension cable to mine as the sag is real! My personal approach is that i have a "dock" for my CT26, which connects into a separator/collection bin - but i can always disconnect as needed. From there i have central vac tubing running up the wall to the end of the boom arm (with a piece of flex vac pipe for the swinging joint) so that i only had to have the one pricey festool hose 😂
Nice I did think about a pre-separator but space is an issue. Instead I just bought a bag for life. Though it is annoying to have to open up the CTL to see how full. I have an older CTL mini connected to my mitre saw and as part of soon to start mitre station build I might fit a cyclone separator though height with hose fitted might be a problem.
@@HSWBuilds I'll send you some pics on Instagram... Mine is very low profile, whole thing fits under my bench! It's called a dustopper - not as efficient as a cyclone but 90% is better than 0%!
Great design. Any feedback on how effective your dust extractor is with the additional length of hose in the system? My only hesitation in adding one to my shop. Many thanks.
My shop is super small so will struggle with space for a shapoko unfortunately. I might be able to make a smaller CNC bed work. Have been looking at Workbee…
Hi, great summary at the beginning and good video overall. WRT to the design, did you say that the boom arm pieces would assemble together without any glue or screws? I don't mean during the initial dry fit, I mean the final assembly. If so, why? surely using at least screws will add strength while still allowing for disassembly later on if needed. I was also confused about your choice of hinge, since it seemed to have a lot more potential for sag than the other choices, particularly the butt hinge. Just curious, thanks!
Yes this is a no fixing no glue build. I didn’t use either as not needed and def would not add strength as the forces here are going through the tenons. Given offsets used in the joinery there is no chance of parts coming apart. On the hinge as I said I wanted the hinge to be internal and have wall clearance adjustment. The hinge I went for provides both the aesthetic qualities I wanted and wall projection adjustment for clearance. Sag was known issue and wire guy line is IMO an elegant solution here. If I had gone for the most basic design possible it wouldn’t have been satisfying for me or probably got the interest from others. Hope that helps.
The best wood design yet 👍. But I wonder why no one is just bending a 3/4 piece of EMT? $20 with the straps to connect it to a French cleat rig. If it’s extra long, one could even use the cable option to suspend it farther.
Lots of routes for improvement for sure. My shop is pretty small so only needs a 3ft wall projection. Also no metal working tools so buying hardware felt sensible to me at the time.
I, like you have looked at all the same videos with the need in mind for an effective, efficient solutions to power hand tool dust extraction over my assembly table. I have taken your idea and expanded on it by adding lighting underneath, a compressed air hose that runs along the side of the vacuum hose and a switch that automatically turns on the vac when power is turned on when operating tools. The length of my arm is 1370mm. Can I ask how long your arm is? It looks to be about 1200mm? Aside from this I really enjoyed your video and the way you approached the project. Well done!
Nice job, really like the lightweight design. I’m in the process of designing my French Cleat system and have watched your other vids. Can you tell me where you source your Birch Ply? I’m located in the North East UK and struggling to find a local supplier so now looking at online merchants.
I’m based in London and last bought a stack of sheets 6 months ago from rppanels but that was for delivery. I’m not looking forward to next time I need to buy 🫣
Cute boom arm but too heavy for what it does. I made mine from a 1" EMT pipe. Bent a 45 deg at 36" on both ends. Ran a 12 awg extension cord with 3 outlets inside the pipe. Attach the vac hose on the pipe with velcor strap. It swivel freely on 2 baltic birch L-shape french cleat with lock for stability. Took me less then 1 hour to built and cost me under $40 including the pipe, extension cord and velcro strap. Take 2 minutes to move it if needed.
Nice. I wasn’t going for the fastest build. Instead I was going for a mix of form and function as will be in the background of my videos. If I had had 12mm ply that would have been lighter but the weight also stops the arm from swinging around too much which I like.
Just FYI it’s pronounced “swaje” not “swag”. Nice boom, I feel like the ultimate boom arm would have a retracting coil system for the hose and cable. This looks very functional and not too time consuming to build though. It’s super helpful to see things like the pivot alignment problem before trying to bash out a build like this for myself, thanks for the video 👍
A very nice build but is 18mm ply not overkill for the arm? With your design would 12mm not have been plenty strong enough and significantly lighter? (And cheaper).
Totally agree with you. Ideally side pieces 12mm for sure. Most of the weight comes from the wood. However I only had 18mm on hand. If you try then for sure 12mm!
I think you need to offer the CNC files unrelated to the shaper. Most people don't own a shaper and its not something I would want. But I do own a CNC and would gladly purchase the files just to save the time.
Thanks and good suggestion. Not familiar (yet) with CNC file setup. What would be the file format that you need? Am thinking about getting a CNC bed also so this might be a place to start!
@garrydye2394 the files on the link are .svg files, technically you can use them on your CNC, however .DXF might be better for some users. I hope this helps?
@@RuffKutmediaare we losing the fact that it’s woodworking, just look at the problem that you have, think about it and alter it to suit yourself ! Simple 😊
The attention to the engineering concerns, design and outcome are great. The issue that stood out to me is the amount of overkill you managed to cram into this project is impressive. Your constraints unnecessarily imposed unnecessary complication, effort, tool sofistication and cost to the project. It seemed like two six foot lengths of electrical conduit, a large nut and bolt with some zip ties could have provided the same functionality. What is wrong with using cable ties?
Over-engineering is my thing where design and form usually trump base level practicality. For me in all my projects even shop projects form is as important as function. I appreciate that is not for everyone. That isn’t my continent goal either.
Great presentation, great explanation, great project!!!! I'm glad you chose not to use the world "ultimate" because that word has become bastardized on RUclips. I have seen projects that looked like a three year old child on a sugar high put it together and called it "ultimate", and I've also seen some projects that look like they belong in a museum instead of the commoner's workshop, and the builder probably had to take out a second mortgage on their home to build it. What might be ultimate for one person, might not serve any purpose for another. If you can upload videos this well thought out and put together with fewer than 1000 subscribers, I can't wait to see the quality of your videos when you kit 100K subscribers!!!!!!!
Thanks. Agree ultimate is overused. Picking titles is tricky and there are many practices that make me uncomfortable but get views. I guess you have to play the game a bit so people even choose to click!
"No cable" ties"? Hey, if you like perfection I suppose no one can contribute much to what you want. For the rest of us, perfection is just a little too expensive, both in money and time - given that baltic birch is almost unobtainable where I live, and time is too precious in how I need live. Just me, doing mine, so...good for you...
I’m not being prescriptive here. Any plywood would be fine and if you want to make the most cost effective and fastest version possible then the Lincoln street woodwork build is probably the one for you 👍🏻.
@HSWBuilds don't be discouraged by comments like this. I just found your channel and really like the content. It seems impossible to find a woodworking video without someone complaining about price... love the build, keep up the awesome work 😊
Like the rig. It's strong enough where you could build a detachable router mount on it, or a horizontal router mount.
The tensioning wire is such a clever idea. Great content thanks!
one of the most luxurious work shop of this size i ever seen. very impressive..
Hi Hamish
Gotta say it's Soooo Refreshing to hear a British accent whilst watching RUclips videos.
keep up the Great Content.
😂 your welcome, but really would have to thank my parents. will try to keep it up!
Very nicely engineered and very efficiently presented. Not exactly what I want but I will definitely be adopting some of your build aspects
I love the engineering you used to make this beautiful and seemingly functional boom arm. Making it a french cleat item adds to its versatility
Thanks my man. Just taking it one idea at a time 😅
First video I have seen of yours and I’m impressed 💥 subscribed!
Welcome aboard!
Great video, so thorough! Thanks very much for sharing and I also downloaded the STL files. Subscribed!! G'day from Australia.
Fantastic design! I'll be doing something similar in my shop. Thanks for sharing!
Well done sir. Very neat shop, I am sure I am going to learn much from you. Keep making them.
Thanks 👍
Great idea, I may Inter grate into my shop
You should!
excellent video. pacing is spot on for me, thank you!
Thanks for the feedback. Tough to get right. Working on my consistency!
Great stuff buddy! Nothing worse than a flimsy boom
😂
Good build! I was playing around with the idea of a boom with gate hardware too. I had the idea of a two section boom to get around my garage door frame but will definitely have issues with sag.
Thanks for the build!
Yeah two section will be tricky. Wire will help as will careful hinge selection.
MY GOD ! that shaper tool is incredible... deffently on the wishlish...
Great work - AMAZING video quality when first starting out... GJ!
Nice build! I enjoyed watching and look forward to watching more of it stuff. Keep it up
Thanks, will do!
Great idea
Glad I found your channel! I’m now subbed!! 👏👏👏
Welcome aboard!
Very cool! I desperately need to build on for my shop.
You should! Hope this helps.
I have watched a dozen videos about doing one of these---yours is the first that was a total success---good job
Great video! Best of luck on your RUclips journey. You have gained a subscriber here.
I built a boom arm a few years back and really didn't care for it and trashed it, however. Now, seeing your design, I'm interested in building a new one similar to yours. Thanks for the video. 👍
Very nicely done! Subscribed.
What I did to give myself a bit more room was mount a shelf on unused wall space (in my case, above the right wing of my table saw) and park the vac up there. That way, it's not taking up any floor space. I also use a dust deputy so I won't have to change the bag or filter for literally years. My own boom arm will end up being a mishmash of all the videos I've watched using the features that suit me.
Mash up is the best way. I did the same and added my own spin. Hope my plans help you.
Picked up your plans….thanks. Just need to know how many of some of the spacers to cut….not clear!
Look at the file names each has a X then number. For example Boom Arm Middle Tenon Spacer x8. This means you need 8
Great project, thanks for posting it!
Glad you liked it!
Great video. Very well produced. Baller shop. I half expected you to have 622K subs, but that will likely come! Well done.
😅 only 6 weeks in but enjoying it and hopefully make progress. Big thanks for your support. Part of me is super surprised at the interest in my little projects!
@@HSWBuilds For only being 6 weeks in, you have the video creation down very well, including audio, editing and even graphics. As to the interest , other than the Shaper, the project is accessible to the average crafter, I think. Small project make a good entry point or even midrange point for people to get involved in the craft or woodwork, or any other "maker" sort of endeavor.
I just discovered your channel and this video. Excellent all round. The project story is really well explained and very helpful. Keep them coming. Liked and subscribed.
Welcome aboard!
I wish I found your channel a couple weeks ago because I just built a cleat wall with 70mm faces, wish I did 60mm as I am about to buy the shaper origin and like your designs. I’m definitely building this boom arm! Love your content so far , keep it up!
Hey don’t worry I have two solutions for you (you will need fusion 360), a friend in the community converted my cleat designs into parametric as he also has 70mm cleats. You can find all the details on how to use here 👉 hub.shapertools.com/creators/6508a6c9524584fb7eda9317/shares/654eca80834c1c1651ab8718
Also if you want the wall bracket for the boom arm in 70mm with spacing to fit your setup. Then find me on insta (@hswbuilds) and I will make a file for you no worries. 👌🏻
Just ran into your channel from this video. Man your shop looks so similar to mine and on my todo list has always been the boom arm. This design is quite close to what I’d like to do. Thanks for sharing the Origin files. Linked and subscribed. Looking forward to more content from you.
Thank you for sharing this video. It's a really nicely engineered arm. My situation is slightly different, in that my shop is 8m long by around 2.5m wide. I'm going to have to come up with some kind of overhead gantry with a sliding trolly. You have inspired me to do something about it. I'm fed up with dragging my shop vac around and having cables ad vacuum hoses snagging on stuff. Also, I want to say how great it is to have someone from the UK creating woodworking content. Good luck with your venture. Regards, from a fellow UK Origin user.
You know I actually recently installed a ceiling gantry for my lights has X,Y and even Z movement. Probably overkill for a hose but would be a solution for a bigger shop perhaps 🤔
@@HSWBuilds That sounds interesting. Any photos? Perhaps I’ll get one of those motors that 4x4 drivers use to pull themselves out of ditches and a remote control so that I can get it to drop the hose down from the gantry. 😂🤣😂
@keithforster2615 lol mine is low tech just aluminium extrusion with sliding carriage. Position movements by hand. Will do a short soon on how it works and how I installed it.
@@HSWBuilds Nice, I look forward to it.
@@HSWBuilds Nice, I look forward to it.
fast, concise and more than nuff detail.................thanks
I've just subscribed buddy good luck with your future. stay safe and mostly stay strong!!
Very cool, i will need to retrofit a tension cable to mine as the sag is real!
My personal approach is that i have a "dock" for my CT26, which connects into a separator/collection bin - but i can always disconnect as needed. From there i have central vac tubing running up the wall to the end of the boom arm (with a piece of flex vac pipe for the swinging joint) so that i only had to have the one pricey festool hose 😂
Nice I did think about a pre-separator but space is an issue. Instead I just bought a bag for life. Though it is annoying to have to open up the CTL to see how full.
I have an older CTL mini connected to my mitre saw and as part of soon to start mitre station build I might fit a cyclone separator though height with hose fitted might be a problem.
@@HSWBuilds I'll send you some pics on Instagram... Mine is very low profile, whole thing fits under my bench! It's called a dustopper - not as efficient as a cyclone but 90% is better than 0%!
Very nice design!
Nice work Hamish. Clever design, especially for a small shop like most of us have. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks. Why is design so much harder in small spaces 😅
Excellent video 🎉
Nice design! Keep the cool vids coming my friend👍
Thanks, working on it!
Great design. Any feedback on how effective your dust extractor is with the additional length of hose in the system? My only hesitation in adding one to my shop. Many thanks.
I need to occasionally remove debris from the coupling but otherwise I do not think there is much loss in suction.
I like it, will make one a bit longer and add some mods to your design, thanks
Go for it!
Will do thanks
Nice boom arm.
slick design! new sub
Thanks for the sub!
Love the design here! Ive been thinking about adding the boom arm to my shop soon.
Go for it!
I would love to know how you find the shapoko. im in Australia and ive only seen usa ppl use them.
My shop is super small so will struggle with space for a shapoko unfortunately. I might be able to make a smaller CNC bed work. Have been looking at Workbee…
Hi, great summary at the beginning and good video overall. WRT to the design, did you say that the boom arm pieces would assemble together without any glue or screws? I don't mean during the initial dry fit, I mean the final assembly. If so, why? surely using at least screws will add strength while still allowing for disassembly later on if needed. I was also confused about your choice of hinge, since it seemed to have a lot more potential for sag than the other choices, particularly the butt hinge. Just curious, thanks!
Yes this is a no fixing no glue build. I didn’t use either as not needed and def would not add strength as the forces here are going through the tenons. Given offsets used in the joinery there is no chance of parts coming apart.
On the hinge as I said I wanted the hinge to be internal and have wall clearance adjustment. The hinge I went for provides both the aesthetic qualities I wanted and wall projection adjustment for clearance. Sag was known issue and wire guy line is IMO an elegant solution here.
If I had gone for the most basic design possible it wouldn’t have been satisfying for me or probably got the interest from others.
Hope that helps.
Good evening. What is the name of the hardware you used? Thanks for your time!
Nice job! Always enjoy your content. 🖖
Thanks Jay. Will try to keep it up.
Impressive as always 🎉
The best wood design yet 👍. But I wonder why no one is just bending a 3/4 piece of EMT? $20 with the straps to connect it to a French cleat rig. If it’s extra long, one could even use the cable option to suspend it farther.
Lots of routes for improvement for sure. My shop is pretty small so only needs a 3ft wall projection. Also no metal working tools so buying hardware felt sensible to me at the time.
Hi! Although not on this build but there is a new shaper origin update Kirby cove that allows you to delete all your workspaces
That is good news. Maybe they heard me complaining!
Checked and the update is not available for me yet 🥺
@@HSWBuilds that's a shame I checked yesterday and didn't have it then it came through this morning
Awesome.
I, like you have looked at all the same videos with the need in mind for an effective, efficient solutions to power hand tool dust extraction over my assembly table. I have taken your idea and expanded on it by adding lighting underneath, a compressed air hose that runs along the side of the vacuum hose and a switch that automatically turns on the vac when power is turned on when operating tools. The length of my arm is 1370mm. Can I ask how long your arm is? It looks to be about 1200mm?
Aside from this I really enjoyed your video and the way you approached the project. Well done!
Yes the arm itself is 1000mm but with the bracket and cleat the wall projection is approx 1200. Glad you liked it 🙌
Nice job, really like the lightweight design. I’m in the process of designing my French Cleat system and have watched your other vids. Can you tell me where you source your Birch Ply? I’m located in the North East UK and struggling to find a local supplier so now looking at online merchants.
I’m based in London and last bought a stack of sheets 6 months ago from rppanels but that was for delivery. I’m not looking forward to next time I need to buy 🫣
Cute boom arm but too heavy for what it does. I made mine from a 1" EMT pipe. Bent a 45 deg at 36" on both ends. Ran a 12 awg extension cord with 3 outlets inside the pipe. Attach the vac hose on the pipe with velcor strap. It swivel freely on 2 baltic birch L-shape french cleat with lock for stability. Took me less then 1 hour to built and cost me under $40 including the pipe, extension cord and velcro strap. Take 2 minutes to move it if needed.
Nice. I wasn’t going for the fastest build. Instead I was going for a mix of form and function as will be in the background of my videos. If I had had 12mm ply that would have been lighter but the weight also stops the arm from swinging around too much which I like.
Just FYI it’s pronounced “swaje” not “swag”. Nice boom, I feel like the ultimate boom arm would have a retracting coil system for the hose and cable. This looks very functional and not too time consuming to build though. It’s super helpful to see things like the pivot alignment problem before trying to bash out a build like this for myself, thanks for the video 👍
Thanks for the info
@hswbuilds where did you find that hinge strap and what’s it really called? Can’t find it state-side
Amazon in the UK. Here we call it a hook and eye strap or gate strap. Adjustable is essential.
@@HSWBuilds Thanks for the reply. Can you post a link? Specifically, the triangle strap piece.
@brandonstrauss IRONTITE® Adjustable Gate Hinges... www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CD887MTJ?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
A very nice build but is 18mm ply not overkill for the arm? With your design would 12mm not have been plenty strong enough and significantly lighter? (And cheaper).
Totally agree with you. Ideally side pieces 12mm for sure. Most of the weight comes from the wood. However I only had 18mm on hand. If you try then for sure 12mm!
Hm....good content....would have liked to see more of the finished product.
Will keep that in mind. Thanks and sorry for this one. If you have questions I will do my best to answer them.
I think you need to offer the CNC files unrelated to the shaper. Most people don't own a shaper and its not something I would want. But I do own a CNC and would gladly purchase the files just to save the time.
Thanks and good suggestion. Not familiar (yet) with CNC file setup. What would be the file format that you need? Am thinking about getting a CNC bed also so this might be a place to start!
@garrydye2394 the files on the link are .svg files, technically you can use them on your CNC, however .DXF might be better for some users. I hope this helps?
DXF are the industry standard
@@RuffKutmediaare we losing the fact that it’s woodworking, just look at the problem that you have, think about it and alter it to suit yourself ! Simple 😊
You can find all of my shaper hub projects at 👉 goto.hswdesign.co/shaper-hub-projects
The attention to the engineering concerns, design and outcome are great. The issue that stood out to me is the amount of overkill you managed to cram into this project is impressive.
Your constraints unnecessarily imposed unnecessary complication, effort, tool sofistication and cost to the project. It seemed like two six foot lengths of electrical conduit, a large nut and bolt with some zip ties could have provided the same functionality. What is wrong with using cable ties?
Over-engineering is my thing where design and form usually trump base level practicality. For me in all my projects even shop projects form is as important as function. I appreciate that is not for everyone. That isn’t my continent goal either.
Great presentation, great explanation, great project!!!! I'm glad you chose not to use the world "ultimate" because that word has become bastardized on RUclips. I have seen projects that looked like a three year old child on a sugar high put it together and called it "ultimate", and I've also seen some projects that look like they belong in a museum instead of the commoner's workshop, and the builder probably had to take out a second mortgage on their home to build it. What might be ultimate for one person, might not serve any purpose for another. If you can upload videos this well thought out and put together with fewer than 1000 subscribers, I can't wait to see the quality of your videos when you kit 100K subscribers!!!!!!!
Thanks. Agree ultimate is overused. Picking titles is tricky and there are many practices that make me uncomfortable but get views. I guess you have to play the game a bit so people even choose to click!
"No cable" ties"? Hey, if you like perfection I suppose no one can contribute much to what you want. For the rest of us, perfection is just a little too expensive, both in money and time - given that baltic birch is almost unobtainable where I live, and time is too precious in how I need live. Just me, doing mine, so...good for you...
I’m not being prescriptive here. Any plywood would be fine and if you want to make the most cost effective and fastest version possible then the Lincoln street woodwork build is probably the one for you 👍🏻.
@HSWBuilds don't be discouraged by comments like this. I just found your channel and really like the content. It seems impossible to find a woodworking video without someone complaining about price... love the build, keep up the awesome work 😊
@@MrTakoyaki1 I agree! No kidding.