Dust

[jimbo]

The the new saw I have bought does not have a dust extracter port and I found dust was every where down my trousers all over the floor and the work shop so I have made an extraction box that has a vac plugged into it, the base id screwed to the stand nad the sides and front are removable, they are held by a hole I have drilled and an nail inserted on the left hand side, if you are haveinfg a dust problem try it it cost nothing to make only a small amount of time, here are couple of pics
Jimbo

[attachment deleted by admin]

[Merlin]

Good job Jimbo, is the vac an ordinary one or a shop vac.
What about the noise factor, I use a shop vac and the noise is quite off putting, but have plans to install the vac outside the shop inside an old fridge, to keep the noise down. Well when I find an old fridge that is.

Merlin

[Russ C]

Good idea, necessity is the mother of all inventions. Try using an old clothes dryer motor and fan. Vent it to the outside. Very low noise. 

[dankc908]

I wear an apron and then shop-vac when I'm done cutting or when the dust completely covers the pen blanks I have sitting under the front of "Old Yeller".

[GrayBeard]

That's neat! Good use for some MDF scrap I have!

I note the sunglasses by the saw! You must have REALLY polished that table!!!

I am looking to pick up a Whole house Vacuum unit some day from FreeCycle or ReUseIt and mount that in the closet in the garage to get rid of the shop vac noise!
Patience and ingenuity!!!

~~~GrayBeard!!!

[sp_343]

Very good idea...I could use that on my DeWalt.  Thanks for the pics!

[jimbo]

I use a domestic vac I had given to me, ther is a plastic pipe on the side that I put the vac hose in, the noise factor is not bad, I have tried a small heat exchange fan with a 4" hose with filrter, that wasnt  to bad, the vac is a lot better.
The glasses you see Graybeard are a stronger reading glasses I use for finer work, not sunnies
Jimbo

[GrayBeard]

Sorry...I thought they were mirrored like those of the  local 'redneck' law enforcement types in the south!

I know whereof you speak! I have medium glasses and 'close-up' glasses in every location around the place! Plus the close-ups I wear around my neck.
If I could reach across the street I could scroll just fine but up close I am in trouble!

~~~GrayBeard~~~

[jimbo]

Believe it not it was a sunny day when I took the photos and it must have been the reflection, BUT we are back to 7c today
Jimbo

[GrayBeard]

Better that than the 98? F we had yesterday! [humidity was way up too!]
You can always put more clothes on but there is only so much you can take off and still go out in public or work safely!