I finally got my back ordered VRS, and have to say that it works very
well.
I did four sets (16 corners) of through dovetails today on a statue
stand, and the VRS got about 95% of the junk. NONE of the chips ended
up on me, the missing 5% was either in the jig or on the floor. I
used the 2" adaptor to my Shop Vac, powered via a Craftsman
auto-switch, and all was well. I'd buy the VRS again.
Leigh should give everyone who bought a $38 old-style vacuum pickup a
half price VRS, as the old version wasn't worth crap. <G>
I too just received the VRS for my D4R that has been backordered since early
March (so much for the "coming soon" ads). I've been anxious to try it but
I'm in the middle of a big project that has my full attention, and it
doesn't need any dovetails, so I haven't had the chance to use it yet. It's
nice to know that the VRS works as good as it's supposed to and worth
waiting this long to get it.
Charley
"Bonehenge (B A R R Y)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I finally got my back ordered VRS, and have to say that it works very
> well.
>
> I did four sets (16 corners) of through dovetails today on a statue
> stand, and the VRS got about 95% of the junk. NONE of the chips ended
> up on me, the missing 5% was either in the jig or on the floor. I
> used the 2" adaptor to my Shop Vac, powered via a Craftsman
> auto-switch, and all was well. I'd buy the VRS again.
>
> Leigh should give everyone who bought a $38 old-style vacuum pickup a
> half price VRS, as the old version wasn't worth crap. <G>
"Bonehenge (B A R R Y)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:06:12 -0500, "Charley" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >I too just received the VRS for my D4R that has been backordered since
early
> >March (so much for the "coming soon" ads). I've been anxious to try it
but
> >I'm in the middle of a big project that has my full attention, and it
> >doesn't need any dovetails, so I haven't had the chance to use it yet.
It's
> >nice to know that the VRS works as good as it's supposed to and worth
> >waiting this long to get it.
>
> The only downside is that if you've been skipping the plastic fillers
> and routing at eye level, you'll need to learn a new method. The VRS
> blocks a lot of the view of the cut. You can still "kinda" see, but
> not like before. I was thinking of mounting an LED light to the
> bottom of the VRS.
>
> Did you get suckered for the old-style Leigh vacuum pickup?
>
>
Of course I got one. Didn't everybody? Actually, I've found that it does a
pretty good job of collecting router dust when routing the edges of long
boards. At least it works better for that than it does with the dovetail
jig, good enough for me to keep it around and not pitch it.
Charley
On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:06:12 -0500, "Charley" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I too just received the VRS for my D4R that has been backordered since early
>March (so much for the "coming soon" ads). I've been anxious to try it but
>I'm in the middle of a big project that has my full attention, and it
>doesn't need any dovetails, so I haven't had the chance to use it yet. It's
>nice to know that the VRS works as good as it's supposed to and worth
>waiting this long to get it.
The only downside is that if you've been skipping the plastic fillers
and routing at eye level, you'll need to learn a new method. The VRS
blocks a lot of the view of the cut. You can still "kinda" see, but
not like before. I was thinking of mounting an LED light to the
bottom of the VRS.
Did you get suckered for the old-style Leigh vacuum pickup?