Review of the Oneway Dust hood. *LINK*

Re: Review of the Oneway Dust hood.

David Galloway

>This is actually Oneway's adaptation of Dave Lancaster's hood that he fabricated for his bowl turning. I saw him demo the thing at Orlando. I am glad you are pleased. I thought it was very slick at the time. I am trying to get the money to buy the lathe, and hope that the cover will follow. Thanks for a great post with outstanding pictures.

David Galloway

Re: Review of the Oneway Dust hood.

nelson brooks

>Richard, just curious as why the dust port is high? Most of one's I have seen its at bottom and thats the way i made mine. Do you feel its works better at what appears about half way up? Thanks

Re: Review of the Oneway Dust hood.

EagleS.C.

>After just looking at the picture i must say though it looks impressive it is poorly designed.

A 4" intake hole positioned where it is would be inneficient at best.

At least if it wre lower you could "push" the shavings in it like an elevated floor sweep.

It wlould take an extrem,extremely large DC to operate that anywhere near efficiently.

You'd be better off saving your money and sticking a hose in a cardboard box.At least tehn you could put the hose where it would work better.

I have worked in the HVAC business for 16 years and build and design duct.

Re: Review of the Oneway Dust hood.

Richard Allen

>The Dust Hood is designed to collect dust not chips. If you work with green wood you would quickly overcome the DC and clog up the hose if your were trying to suck up the shaveings with the device.

By putting the hose at the back of the hood there is a better chance that the opeing will be open and availble when it comes time for sanding.

As I said in my review I wish Oneway had provided the option for collecting from the bottom.

The position of the opeing is lower and towards the tailstock from the headstock. The position appears to work well as the fine dust can be seen wooshing away into the DC.

Re: Review of the Oneway Dust hood.

Richard Allen

>I would enjoy reading about and seeing your cardboard box design. I think we can all benifit by an improved system for collecting fine dust at the lathe.

Thanks

Richard

Re: Review of the Oneway Dust hood.

Doug Trembath

>Man, Richard, you sound well pleased with the hood, and if it works well for you, good on ya! I had expected Russ to chime in on a design he has had on his website for a hood. I saw it years ago, and have had a couple of iterations over the years. I recently built one that adjusts back and forth to accommodate the wide variation in size of work, and it cost me almost two hours of work, and an adaptor I had in a box from long ago.

Seriously, although the Oneway hood looks appropriate being the same color and all, I'd just about bet that the cardboard box mounted on a sliding horizontal member with a hook on the end will collect dust better than that unit, and cost 20 bucks or so.

Certainly not trying to be facetious, (although I must admit the temptation is there), but 350 bucks for that hood is simply a good indicator of how overpriced Oneway's stuff seems to me. I've turned on many lathes, from big to small, cheap to very expensive, and just cannot imagine how so many folks justify the expense.

For less than three times that price, I ordered a top of the line three horse cyclone dust collector from PSI, though I am still waiting for a couple of the boxes.

Obviously this isn't intended as a value judgement on those who partake of Oneway's offerings, but that of the inherent value in what they offer.

Doug Trembath

Studio in the Woods

Re: Review of the Oneway Dust hood.

EagleS.C.

>My comment about the cardboard box was to illustrate how ridiculous the design was.

After seeing the picture I didn't even bother to read the article.

I put that hood tight up there with the Gripper(actually RIPerOFF)

AND the Saw Slop.

Expensive toys for woodworkers that just HAVE to have the latest ,newest and most color coordinated toys for the shop.

It was not until I read subsequent posts that I found out someone actually paid over $30.00 for that set up.

I turn mostly pens.actually I have turned one&1/2 attempt at a "bowl"One blew apart and the other one is really a "cup" without a handle.

I am in total awe of the turning work I see posted here.I appreciate the time and effort taken in the selection, design, and execution of the impressive work I see posted here and on other turning forums.As for as turning bowls goes, maybe some day but it requires more of an investment and time than I can commit now.

THere is a lot of competion as far as selling both bowls and pens,but at the moment I seem to have a knck for the pens.

I use a modified HVAC floor boot suspended from the ceiling hooked up behind my lathe for DUST collection.(notice I said dust and not shavings)

One look in my chip separator and the fact that I don't smell CA fumes(I use a lot of CA as indicated by my last picture postings)and I don't experience the smell people complain about when they turn Deer antler tells me my system works.(It's what you don;t see that gets you)

I too also watch the sanding dust spew into the intake of the "boot"

I have (2)1 hp. D.C.'s hooked-into a 4x4x6" wye with a 6" main and 4" drops. That is my homemade system.

(Built before the infamous HF D.C. got to be so famous)

I can adjust mu jury rigged collection boot for height and depth.

As far as the shavings hitting the boot,I haven't gotten very good at aiming them.

WHen I turn material that comes off in a continuous thread(Some antler and acrylics,I get a Kick out of how long I can "keep the string going" up the "boot"

I can lower the boot to "suck up" the chips on the lathe table when I can't find whatever I put down and finds that it has dissappeared.

$350.00 for something that is that poorly designed?

(Walking away whistling and laughing the whole time)

Re: Review of the Oneway Dust hood.

Bill Howatt

>I use Oneway's chucks and live center and I consider it money very well spent and I would do it again without hesitation.

However, I wouldn't even consider that dust collecting hood for a tenth the price. In reality it is nothing more than a hard-wall cardboard box painted white. I use a cardboard box on my 4" DC hose for sanding and it works great. My cardboard box system comes with several different shapes (quick change, I might add) for different applications. To date, I have found the default collector box to be fine for all my work so far! The optional cardboard collector boxes are very reasonably priced.

Now, where is my can of white paint?

Bill

Eagle: Shall I mark you down as "Undecided"? :)-

Garrett in Victoria

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Re: A cardboard box *LINK*

Russ Fairfield

>It ain't pretty, but it works, and it is free.


Dust Collector at the lathe

Re: Eagle: Shall I mark you down as "Undecided"? :

EagleS.C.

>No just intelligent and practical(throw in a little frugality)

Re: A cardboard box

EagleS.C.

>Thanks for the link Russ.

You should name that the PT Barnum dust hood.:>)

Re: A cardboard box

Robert Cox

>wow, yours is a lot fancier than mine!

Really.

If I had a big Oneway, I'd have a fancy box too!

Bill Howatt

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Thanks Richard for the review-Gee?- long

Bud

>Thanks Richard for a Great review with lots of photos. What some of you folks aren�t considering is that with any Hobby, Sport, interest is the fact that part of the fun is with the �toys� that are available to the user. True a cardboard box may work at collecting dust, I once had a dependable $500 dollar beater Chevy Nova that would get me to work at the same time as a $20,000 firebird that I also owned, and the nova even cost me less in gas! I can catch fish on a $3 bamboo pole, but I have several flyrods in the $300-$600 range (that�s each, not counting the reel or line). I also have a $1200 pool cue that shoots as well as a $200 cue, but not as pretty. I know many people who drop 3, 5 hundred, or a 1000 bucks in a slot machine in a few hours. I can go on & on, and I�m sure most of you can also. Value?, It�s all a matter of perspective I guess. Some of the comments remind me of the unsophisticated person looking at a well turned vase, and sying "I seen one alot like this at Walmart in the plant department". Richard, the Dust Hood will do what it�s supposed to do- collect DUST, it will last you your entire turning life, and looks a hell of a lot better than a cardboard box.

Bud in IL

Re: Thanks Richard for the review-Gee?- long

EagleS.C.

>Bud your comments are valid... to a point.

What about the person who is just thinking about getting into turning?

Maybe they are lurking, reading all the posts they can and come across this particular review?

Is the One Way dust hood a must have?(Look what respected Russ Fairfield uses)

Do they need Sorby tools?(My Harbor freight chisels do just fine)

Do they HAVE to have a Wolverine sharpening jig(or can they make their own? My diamond stones do a great job of honing after I grind them on my HF wet dry grinder or the $20.00 POS Delta sharpening station purchased from Lowed last summer)

If you have discretionary income you don't mind wasting that's one thing,but there are some I would imagine that would like to do this "bare bones"

Re: Thanks Richard for the review-Gee?- long

Bill Howatt

>I won't entirely disagree with you Bud, I think the tone of some of the posts (including mine) could have been a bit more charitable. He put a lot of work into the review and we are all more informed because of it. My thanks to you as well, Richard.

A more enlightening approach would have been to say to Richard, "I am now using a cardboard box with good results, what advantages does the Oneway hood provide?".

Your analogy to the cars is a good one and if I look around my hobby shop there are a lot of things in it that aren't too far from the Oneway hood scenario.