dust collector hood

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Art Liestman

>Jamie, can you give us another picture (or two) that shows how this guy is supported/attached?

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JamieDonaldson

>It's mounted on a salvaged microphone stand which allows height adjustment and free movement around the lathe. The hose connector is a Maxwell House coffee can which just happens to be the perfect size to allow moving the collector to other shop machines.

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John Lucas

>Jamie that's cool. I need to rig something up and was thinking about some sort of box.

Would it help to add...

Clem Wixted Jonesboro, AR

>... a tray under the lathe ways to catch the curls and chips that come off the front of the wood piece being turned? Would this cause more material to be collected by the DC? Would it have to extend too far out from under the ways to be useful but get in the way?

Not in the way of the ways but in the way of the person doing the turning :-)

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Keith Tompkins

>nice jamie, but it makes your lathe appear a little "stubby" he he! sorry, I couldn't resist.

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Gary Bills in NC

>Here is the DC I made. It is 12"X24" so I could buy standard size filters (I bought mine form Grizzley-3 micron and a prefilter). Fan is from an old furnace. Large castors from HF. Hood is a 5 gallon pail.

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Gary Bills in NC

>2nd picture

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Stuart Johnson

>Gary,

I know there is a size limit but would you post some larger pictures so we can see more detail?

Picture of the inside

Gary Bills in NC

>Here is the inside. My blower "pushes" the air through the filters. Most comercial blowers "pull" the air through the filters. I made room for additional filters too. The clean air just blows out on the floor. I like the way it rolls right up to my work. I would recomend getting the biggest blower you can find. If you want more pictures, just let me know what you want them of.

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Stuart Johnson

>Gary,

Thanks. The problem I have with the pictures is they are about 1-3/4" x 2-1/4" on my monitor. As a result I can't really see any details. I'm not sure what you need to do to make them larger.

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Gary Bills in NC

>Here's another try I just got this digital camera last week and haven't figured everything out yet.

Much better, thanks

Stuart Johnson

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