Dust Collection

[jimbo]

Wind are you saying it's windy at my place?
Jimbo

[northie66]

No... I was talking to Juvy.

I picture your place very hot, dry and still.

[Intarsia92]

Merlin, I forgot to mention, to get more suction on the upper pick-up, I cut a round disk, with slightly tapered edges, and put it in the lower pick-up tube. The hole I cut in the disk reduces the suction on the lower pick-up by about 30-40%. I wasn't worried about the lower area because what drops there falls into the collection box in front of the saw.     

Al

[juvy]

Actually I do scroll outside sometimes..... but it's such a hassle to keep moving the saw around. Also sometimes the wind will put that saw dust right into your eyes... bad enough we have to do that when we go demonstrating somewhere, so it's nice to saw indoors at home.

I do try to take the sanding outside .... if it's not too cold....

and yes.... in the winter it does get cold here ..... ok... mostly stays above freezing... which for PA would be spring? lol

Then in the summer it's just too hot outside....

[jimbo]

Hey Janet have you been here?
Jimbo

[Judy Hunter]

Good plan Janet, except the mosquitoes would suck me dry in no time.
So I got inspired today and used my industrial air compressor with  a reach wand and blew all the dust out of my shop.  I have a big extraction fan in the wall but it is too noisy to run all the time. Then I set up a 20 inch box fan with a furace filter to the right of my saw and a smaller house fan on my left.  It ain't perfect but it sure helps.

[Marcellarius]

on request a photo of the inside of the upper bucket.

It still needs improvement because if I set the vac to full power (2400W) it will empty the bin to much.

[Dawie]

Thanks for posting pic Marcel.
David.

[northie66]

No Jimbo... never been outside the US.

[Marcellarius]

Have bin searching for DIY ideas.
cyclone dust collection

http://www.rockler.com/gallery.cfm?Offerings_ID=22062&r=3&TabSelect=Details
http://garagewoodworks.com/garage_blog/2010/05/26/diy-cyclone-dust-collector/
http://lumberjocks.com/SimonSKL/blog/10097  !!!
http://www.nartube.net/13ebcac5a7:l-ovtmTUhkg.html Video
http://www.instructables.com/id/Mini-Cyclone-Bucket-Dust-Collector/ verry nice in a few steps
http://www.nartube.net/852a33b2d3:hOi-CUx4v6U.html video 




have some homework to do now....

[jon]

ha i got ya all beat iv got the best dust collection system all i do is say sidney "my daughter" go clean up my mess and she dose a darn good job the only down fall is she allways wants $$

[Paw Paw Ray]

I went to the plumbing section at the big box store and got a metal ac vent that I screwed to the bottom of my table.  My dust collector (with an adpter) fit into the back of it so everything that fall under the saw is sucked away.  For this reason I never use reverse tooth blades as I want all the sawdust under the table.

[budprine]

Just as you asked your question I was in the process of acquiring parts for my dust collection system.  My shop is my garage and I have several tools I need to hook up.  Here's my plan.
I will be getting for free a used furnace fan, the squirrel cage type.  I will build a plywood box to house the fan with one side open to provide for exhaust.  On one of the plywood sides there will be an opening to hook up a hose probably 3" diameter.
That hose will go to a purchased cyclone probably from Oneida

http://www.dustdeputy.com/index.htm.

From there I will install a ceiling mounted hose system with "drops" to above the various tools.  The only thing I expect to take up floor space will be the can to collect the dust, droppings, etc.
I intend to include a couple of "floor inlets" that, when operating, I can use a push broom to push the sweepings into.  The system will then suck it up to the collection can.

[tvman44]

Russ I would love to see a couple of pictures of your connection to the scroll saw as I would love to do the same thing to my new EX21 and the dust collector just got this afternoon.  Please and  thank you.

[zgrimsley]

I dont have a dust collector. I just vacuum every few days. Don't do enough scrolling right now to have to have a dust collector.