Advice from a structural engineer: if you drilled larger holes but down the centre line of the arm, you would reduce weight more and leave more material at the bottom and top (that is the material in compression and tension doing all the work). Thanks for this video!

I rushed to Home Depot as soon as I saw the video. Bought 8” zip ties and a full sheet of plywood. Still watching the video but can’t wait to build this!

The angry store associate 😂 Good job on the video!

“Randomly drilled out a bunch of holes” which were measured out and perfectly spaced. Loved it!

"Arm-2-D2" should be the boom's star wars pun name, btw. You can have that one :) Keep up the solid vids.

Can you teach me how to dull my Forstner bit to the proper dullness level before I start this build? I want to make sure I get it right.

"...And let's build a straight piece of wood that we screw into the wall." Yeah, seems pretty straight forward to me. Hilarious video!

It’s about time you came out with another video. I’ve been stuck watching Bourbon Moth and Blacktail Studio.

Internet always wants the details and you have given us what we want. Take my thumb in the up position for your service.

man I've been struggling with dust collection in my small shop since I started. After seeing this video and deciding to build one of these myself, I can most definitely agree with you that this is the most useful shop accessory. Great video, thanks for doing what you do

Dude that jump on to the outfeed table was SICK. Thanks for showing us the build with humor and wit as always. This was much needed.

Very cool, but with room for an improved range of motion! I made myself a boom arm years ago and it's still working great. But I doubled up on the hinges, so four door hinges. One pair goes one direction, the other pair goes the other direction. Joined together around a 2x2 near the wall. Doing this lets the arm swing both directions. And I lied about it being on the wall, it's mounted in the center of my garage on the garage door opener mounts (hanging down just below the opener) - and I get almost a full 360 degrees of coverage. I also put a 4' fluorescent light fixture on the bottom so I have better light under the boom wherever I want. Full disclosure: I only use my boom for power and light, and holding spring clamps - no vacuum. But that's for version 2. Throw in a third set of hinges in the middle of the boom and you can have the boom end point any place between full-length and "no"-length by doubling back upon itself, or anywhere in between.

I'm in the middle of revamping my workshop and one of the issues I'm dealing with is better dust control. I will be building this for sure..so simple yet will be super useful. love your bids, keep up the good work

I absolutely love the Bob Ross insert.

One of the best workworking channels here, wish there were at least subtitles in normal units(metric)when giving measurements, so we the rest 95% of the world could understand it! :D

haha I love the insane value/simplicity the boom arm brings. I also very much enjoyed the comically delivered instructions - clearly noting your disappointment in the audience in not being able to tackle the build using the info noted in that last video lol priceless.

Your videos are like a good burrito. Even when the very end is not what you expected, you're still glad you consumed the whole thing. Keep up the great work!

"Let's build a straight piece of wood" This channel is a passive aggressive slaughterhouse. I love it.

This is a great idea. I have a pair of unused gate hinges that I think will be ideal for this application. My current solution has a shop vac with a very long hose that is suspended from a pulley with a counter-weight. It gives me plenty of coverage around my former two-car garage shop. It keeps the hose out of the way (mostly); but it's not easy to use. This looks like a much better solution.

Saw your shop tour video and built one of these a few months ago. This thing is awesome! Best thing I've added in a long time, thank you! So much easier than dragging the vac everywhere! I built mine a little different. Framed with 2x3's and skinned with 1/4" plywood, my hose actually goes inside the arm. If I ever do another one I might actually frame it with 3/4" pine. The plywood skin makes it super rigid and it's only supporting a plastic hose and eventually maybe a power strip.

I made the boomarm for my workshop. Use it al the time. Best idea ever! Thank you. I also had a dull bit but the holes look cool, so, and painted it black. Looks great, works great!!

This is just what my garage needs! I'm going to attach a light to mine as well. Thank you!

Quickly becoming my favorite woodworking channel!

Your showmanship has polished ✨ well over the last year. An impressive and quite affordable boom! Thanks. You’re killing it,

You have a great sense of humor. Loved it. Cheers.

Best idea for my small shop I have seen in a while. Thanks!

Liked the idea so much I built one for myself. I made my arm telescoping so it reached centre of garage as well as work bench. Very convenient for cleanup instead of wrestling hose.

This is pure genius, total game changer for sure. I might push a couple of projects back just to build this sooner lol great job 👍👍

I laughed a little too much at this. Great personality and awesome video as always. I just moved into a new home with a detached, 2-car garage so I'll be leaning on your videos for inspiration on my garage to workshop transformation journey.

Your videos are equal parts very informative and hilarious. Your dry, DGAF delivery is fantastic. Love your channel!

Why is it that all Home Depot/Lowes employees are so cranky when you ask them to use the panel saw? Seems like it would be the coolest thing you would be allowed to do there. Besides driving the forklift.

I was waiting for John Lee Hooker! But seriously, thanks man, I'm going to build one of these for my new (old) dust extraction that I recently acquired. It's such an obviously useful addition to the home workshop. I'm gonna paint mine in some leftover house paint I have lying around. It won't mind!

Great video! I can't wait to make one. People are sleeping on your channel. Such great content!

Just getting into woodworking. Thanks for the great videos and really helpful tips. This boom arm is a wonderful idea. I will be making one this weekend!

Thank you so much for this elaborate tutorial on how to make this boom arm. Loved the 11inch zip correction lol😂Got em!!

Wow!You always have great information to share with woodworkers!Thank you!

Love it! Definitely planning on building something like this for my shop, and I have a spare Dust Deputy (knockoff) currently collecting ambient dust in the rafters above my shop. Round-over all the things!

Fantastic video, I like the extra humor as well. You really present a professional and educational video series. Thanks

Very cool! Definitely building one for my shop. Entertaining video!

“Kinda Funny”? Talk about underselling. Found my new favorite. Thanks for informative and hilarious videos.

I was just tripping on my damn hose yesterday! I think I need that boom arm, and now that you've explained all the complicated angles and mitres, I really don't have any excuses. Plus I already have a large container of various zip ties lengths, so there's a savings!

LOVE the humor. great videos!

After watching this video and passing out in a puddle of water from crying laughing I thought that this video was insanely funny. BRAVO! You deserve a OSCAR! Also whatever hardware store everyone went to get the plywood sheet probably thanks you for boosting their business. lol. Honestly, great video for those who complained!!!

Was gonna install a 20 amp outlet on the ceiling over my bench by running conduit up my 10ft wall then buy an $80 cord reel to mount up there so I had power over my bench. This idea saved me hundreds of dollars and hours of time! Thank you!

Upgraded some dust collection in my small shop but more importantly I built the BOOM arm so it could reach everywhere. You’re brilliant and love the channel.

Dude! I just stumbled upon your videos. Let me say, it’s nice to see someone with my same sense of humor and dry enthusiasm in woodworking! Lol. Great content man! Keep it up, I’m thoroughly enjoying your content!

Good idea. Good video. Made me chuckle. Thanks!

This dudes awesome! I'm loving these videos!!!

Love it! I saw your dust collection video and was jealous of your boom arm. No more! Thanks

Is it just me or is there a little bitterness about having to do this project over again? Love it.

Great idea! Thanks for posting.

Normally I like to complicate an easy build. But I was in a rush and knew this video was out there. So I busted this out real quick. Just hung it and it’s fantastic. But my triangle was 11.25” because that’s the scrap i had. So only some credit to you. Thanks!

Your videos are greatly helping my self esteem.

Thanks for doing this video! Rockler had that hose and attachments on sale.

Everyone needs a friend like James! Epic.

helpful and good design and execution - thanks!

I'm inspired to make one like this. thanks for putting it out there.

When I first saw your boom arm, I thought it was crazy. After dragging around my dust collecting build in the shop for the past year, I am done with it. Putting my dust collection setup in one place and leveraging a boom arm is ideal.

Great idea 💡 thank you for explaining everything 👍

this channel is the straight FIRRRRRRREEEE. love you, lincoln st woodworking guy, you're awesome

Really nice design and build. And great tips on the construction. My bench is in the center of the shop with dust collection underneath. I built my boom from scrap aluminum channel and attached to a ceiling beam using doubled up hinges. Counterweights to balance it out. It swings through 340 degrees so reaches all my dust makers. Functional, but not as handsome a design as yours.

Gotta make myself one of these. We just redid the shop and this would be the icing on the cake.

I subbed after the last comment about what i should do with the rest of the sheet goods. Appreciate quality dry humour

"Ask the angry guy at Home Depot" most accurate thing I've ever heard

The sarcasm was appreciated 😂

Love the style keep swinging that thing talking about the boom arm

Hilariously good video. On the winter build list. Thanks

"angry store associate" got me. i laughed.

Quick and informative. Proper dust collection is needed the next time we empty garage and build out better workshop bits.

"I randomly drilled..." ::Lays out exactly measured holes evenly spaced::

love the style, and super useful, thank you, subscribed

The humor is just fantastic.

😅 A good project for the day/weekend. Great video. Thanks for it.

Love it!!!!!! Great job. I will be building this mo-Fo this weekend. 👍🏽 And you know… some may not, but appreciate the SassyHumor. It’s partly why I subscribed. 😉

Great addition

You’ve got great comic timing man, and the boom arm is ok too!

put one of these in my shop a long time ago, great idea

This is the second video I've watched after the recent 100k subscriber video. This is a Master class on useful information and humor. Thank you for being transparent.

Thanks for this!!! You the man!

Love it. Thanks!

Love the parts about angry HD workers for cutting down the sheet, they always hate that lol. Great video, quick and to the point!

super smart idea. I do a similar kind of thing with a/v and power cables, primarily for audio production in my garage. this example will definitely help my v2.0 and beyond. (I do a bit of "woodworking" in the form of screwing with guitars and doing setups, so a vacuum system would be wise over my bench for metal dust and fumes when wiring etc.)

Great idea

I’m enjoying the comments section much more than the video. Very few people picked up on the sarcastic tone aimed at making fun of their complete lack of creativity.

The saw panel person isn’t angry, just grumpy from killing bad guys all night instead of sleeping.

This one cracked me up. As a complete beginner, I love your channel!

Rad video, Thanks for making this project.....again.

This is what I too was looking for!

Haha, that first minute is dripping with "Guys... it's not that hard to do".

Awesome video nice setup and thanks for the laugh. 👌

Love your videos. Hope you start doing more

Love it all!!

Tongue-in-cheek comments and the segues were entertaining - two thumbs up

Love the humor, bro. Great content too. If I could subscribe twice I would!

I'm impressed you worked in Vengaboys, upvoted and subscribed on that alone.

Great Video

Once I eventually clear all the crap out of my garage I’ll definitely be building one of these! Getting tired of cleaning dust off everything and sneezing 6 times after each time I’m working in the shop.

Great video! I need to build this!

Nice job. I think I might update my shonky version that's held together with string. I've got a narrow long garage so a joint in the middle would make this even better.

This is pure gold