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Dust Collection Questions....

Barry Irby

My post below about hand tool storage and the resulting pictures prompted me to ask, How do you do that? Did you clean to days before the pics? Do you never actually sand or cut wood?

I have most of my major tools permanently attached to a DC that is outside the shop in a small closet/shed. The others get connected when in use. Most of my portable power tools get connected to a Festool dust extractor/shop vac. I vac up the crumbs off the floor with the DC often. But there is a haze of dust on everything. I have an ambient air cleaner that runs when the lights are on and another that I remember to use occasionally.

Is the lesson here 90% is not good enough? Or do I learn to accept it?

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Ryan

My thoughts too.... my shop NEVER looks as clean and organized as those in the pictures. Even with dust collection I still have dust on things and lathe shavings hiding in hard to reach corners. And I would never have all my tools neatly lined up along a wall behind my lathe - too much to clean up!! That being said, kudos to all those who manage to keep their shops clean and organized, they're better than me!!

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Two hand tools to get.....

roger lance


......and use frequently. :D

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Jack Guzman from Maine

corn broom

Jack Guzman from Maine

I love a corn broom for shop cleaning. I have several in the shop and replace them when they get ragged and thin.I also have a hand version(whisk broom) near the lathe.

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AZ in Colorado Springs

I do not have a dust collector. I have two shop vacs which I use often. The rigid shop vac connects to the portable planer, the drill press, and the router table. The "shop vac" brand shop vac, with its narrower hose, will connect to the ROS. They do a good job with these tools. Otherwise I vacuum often and use Roger's specialty hand tools (broom & dust pan). I have an ambient air cleaner, too. I use a rockler Vortec to turn the shop vac into a two stage operation, which keeps the filters a lot cleaner. I clean the fines from the filters a couple of times each year.

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