Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
general WW question...
Steve Kubien
>Has anybody else noticed that on the 'classifieds' page of site like ours there is ALWAYS somebody selling a dust collector? Why is this? Are handtools and shavings taking over for true dust makers or are they realizing that no system is going to save them?
Curious but you don't tend to see a "major" supply of top end bench planes like LV, LN, Knight, C&W etc etc......
Steve Kubien
Re: general WW question...
Denis Ch�nard, Orl�ans, Ont.
>Maybe they're all switching to cyclones...
DC
In the process of building his own
Funny timing
Jim in Burlington On
>I've been packing up some tools and cleaning the shop up. I haven't turned the dust collector on in 6 months. After doing a little vacuuming up I noticed how much dust was coming out of what's supposed to be a 1 micron filter. I can honestly see making a seperate shop just for machinery as there's just no way to keep that pesky dust under control. Good excuse to look thru LV and LN's catalogue and pick up a few more hand tools that don't make sawdust.
No one collects dust collectors
Kent in Emmaus, PA
>But who among us won't confess to owning some redundant hand tools? Personally, I sold off my old DC when I upgraded, but my planes aren't going anywhere.
Oh, and there does seem to be a good trade in used L-N tools on ebay. I would expect that for easily shipped items like hand tools, ebay brings greater profits than classifieds.
Re: No one collects dust collectors
ThomD
>I think hand tools generate plenty of dust, mostly right in front of your face. Dovetails, sharpening and sanding come to mind.
I pretty much limit the use of my dust collector to the planer these days. Getting it hooked up effectively to every machine in the shop is a dream more than anything else. and the more crowded the shop gets, the harder it is to use the collector.
I need to get one of those folks who does one of those "tidy up you big slob shows" to come to see my workshop, just to see the eyes roll into the back of her head.