dust collector/positioning

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Russ Fairfield

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Re: dust collector/positioning

gary clarke

>I made a rube goldberg attachment for my 6in hose. I bought a register vent from Home Depot and made a plywood hood for it and put 1 inch rare earth magnets to the bottom platform to hold it to my lathe. I also put 1/4 inch wire mesh in front of the intake to catch anything that is loose like sandpaper etc. My 2hp cyclone has a lot of suction. good luck.

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JamieDonaldson

>I think I have posted this collector made of heating/AC duct in the past, but it still works very well and the price was right!

Sort of what I do but

Bill Howatt

>I have a wall behing my lathe so I rest the box on the lathe and let it fall against the wall. I have a handy pedestal on my lathe that gives a place to support the box near the spindle.

I previously clamped a piece of wood with a couple of large rare-earth magnets onto my 4" DC hose. I then stuck it to the lathe at the back of the bed. Works best with a small box on the hose too since the 4" open pipe lacks DOS (Direction of Suck), hows that for a technical term?

Bill

Dust Collector/Positioning

Dennis J. Gooding

>Before you go to a lot of trouble building a hood, try my method. Get a steel band clamp and attach it to your hose about 8" from the free end. Epoxy a small rare-earth disk magnet to the band. (Available in several of the woodworker catalogs.) Run the hose under the lathe or around the headstock so that the end points up and attach the magnet to the appropriate part of the lathe bed so that the end of the hose is near the source of dust. A hood is great for stopping chips from flying around but will not collect very many. The real enemy is dust and IMHO a hood will not be more effective than a hose that is positioned close to the dust source. Dennis

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EagleS.C.

>A 2" hose will cut down the air flow too severely on most D.C's not enough static pressure.

I use a4x10 floor boot with a 4"hose.

A better configuration would be something along the lines of 3/4x13".

This would increase teh speed of the air flow and make dust collection a little more effective.

I also use a more flexible hose used for bath vents.

It "slinkys" up a little but it still moves air/dust.

I found the stiffer"flex" hoses unmanageable especially ion a cold shop.

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Earl

>I think the key to most of the responses is to not have the collector attached to the lathe. I use a Big Gulp, which is similar to several of the responses in that it is a big box affair that is very easy to position anywhere for maximum effect. It sits on a tripod behind the lathe and can tilt up, down, or sideways. I had to move the lathe out from the wall to use it but found that also makes cleanup much, much easier.

I have the same PSI DC and

Dominic Greco in Richboro PA

>I tell ya', it surprises the heck out of me with performance. At times, it wants to suck the sandpaper right out of my hand!

I used 4" sewer piping, and (2) 90 deg elbows (the sewer type, not the long radius type I SHOULD use) to connect to a multipositional dust pickup I made from the lower section of a office chair, and some spare parts.

With the extend-able nozzle, I'm able to position this baby as close to the item being turned as I want.

Of course, this pickup doesn't do diddly to get the big hunks I make when roughing out bowls. rather, it is meant to be used primarily when sanding.

See ya around,

Dominic

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Dominic Greco in Richboro PA

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Pete L

>A shop vac will work sucking dust.....for a while. Dust collectors have huge bags that allow a lot of surface area for air to flow thru. In fact, they rely on a layer of dust as part of their filter media. A shop vac has a paper pleated filter that will clog up very quickly and cut back on air flow. Your thought of reducing the 4" duct to 2" will also significantly cut back on the cfm (Cubic Feet per Minute) of air flow. Try it. Might still work adequately for your purposes, then clean out the vacuum cleaner filter often. Good luck !