Carvers and Woodworkers.....let's talk dust collection

Dave Sikorski

Dave Sikorski

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It's definitely time for a dust collector in my shop, what do you use? Should I make my own? What should I expect to spend?

Gonna need to remove dust from a foredom and maybe a bandsaw if I feel like hooking it up.

-D
 
I like the dust it lets me know I did something :)


the store bought units are nice if you can spend the money but there are homemade units describe on the internet that basically you just need a old squirrel cage fan out of something like a broke AC unit some screen and flex duct
 
Hi Dave,

I have a low end Delta and it doesn't work all that well all the time. It is a 1 hp, two bag setup. I bought it because it was relatively inexpensive <$200 but it had the delta name.

Seems to work okay for the table saw, but it must get clogged or something when I use my jointer. Hooking it directly to to dust port my jointer with the included (short) 4" hose you'd never know it was on for the little amount of suction I get.

I may need to hook up one of the trash can pre-filters to take the big stuff, not sure.

Given my experience with the jointer I don't think I can recommend it without some reservations.

Charlie
 
Carve carve and make a big ole pile: sweep and use a leaf blower to the driveway for the rest. My lwife loves a nice layer of cork polish on her car...
Seriously: look at bulding a little lap unit with a shop vac for your lap.
 
Hey Dave

Finewoodworking/Tauton Press market a pretty good book that explaines all the basics of dust collection and how to get the most out of the dust collectors themselves. It is money well spent. I had a copy and loaned it to somebody and havent seen it since.
FredT
 
Well I hope to spend as little as possible. Don't know what that might be. I went with the shop vac and lap board method for a while but the contraption I made didn't fit the bill, or flat out didn't work.

One of those portable jobs look nice, maybe I'll just spend the damn money. It'll sure beat all that damn dust.

Thanks for the input folks.

-D
 
Check out decoysbyfrank.com There is a tip section. I made the dust collector he shows. IT WORKS GREAT! For my other tools I picked up a grizzly G1029z2 dust collector for $90 on ebay. I know I LUCKED out!!
 
Dave, definitely go to the billpentz.com site that was mentioned above, and there's alot to read, but read some of the info before jumping right to the "build your own" section. It may or may not have an affect on how you proceed.
I just went through a major shop overhaul and after all the reading and shopping around, I went w/ a big Oneida. Highest level of customer service and support of anything I've ever purchased. I was impressed w/ everything from packaging to operation.
 
So the dryer here just went up and the motor is still good.

It's a 115/60 1/3 hp motor and is already set up for esentially dust collecting. There's a white, blue and purple coming from the motor. I'm gonna see what google has to tell me, but does anyone know what to hook up to what so I don't burn the house down?

-D
 
It's definitely time for a dust collector in my shop, what do you use? Should I make my own?

Gonna need to remove dust from a foredom and maybe a bandsaw
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Dave,

If you look at my archived series on making cork birds over on the MLB forum (In Resources somewhere). There is a drawing of a lap collector for attachment to a two stage dust collector so you can use it with a Foredom. I also have dust collection adaptors on my bandsaw and table saw. In addition I use an air exchanger unit.

Good investments, all. I'd start with a good two stage. I have the large Delta.
 
I have a Jet 2 hp. I recomend spending the money. Remember the dust is toxic. Alot of the woods have natural allerigens in them. I have nearly ended up in the hospital from tupelo respiratory infections. Cork has all kinds of toxic binders. Cedar will eat your lungs as well. I have not had any problems since investing.
Jason
 
Thanks guys. I am gonna try and make my own out of this blower I have here now and after that I'll go commercial. Heck I might end up dipping into the savings and getting a good one sooner than later. Even with my respirator my sinusus suffer for a few days after a lot of carving.

-D
 
Hi Dave,

I have an in-lap dust collector that I bought off of a CT carver some years ago. It originally came with a laundry bag to catch the shavings, which I promptly pulled off and ordered an Oneida 1 micron bag. It works OK for grinding. Are you making something just for grinding, or hooking your saw up to as well? I think Grizzly also makes a cyclone-type dust collector that has gotten some good reviews.

I can take some pics of my dust collector if you want.

Nate
 
I can hook up my shop vac to my band saw, so I am planning on just building a lap board like Bob sketched out on the MLB page he mentioned. I'm gonna try and wire this motor today, and if all goes as planned I'll just need to get a good dust bag and I'll be in action.

Any pics you can share would be great. Can always use some ideas, that is until I break down and just buy a good one.

-D
 
Hey group ..

About dust collector ...

i used a King, 2 bags since few years , it very noisy .. but made a good job...

My boy have a very hard halergy this week, maybe because the dust, maybe after a deer trip .. or the place in the subasemant where water go inside few time ... ???

So i decide to work on that....

I will made repair on the place on the contreat where water go inside the home .....

With the deer trip , i cant make nothing ...

With the dusts, some drill or saw is not on the dust collecting . i will put on ..

I will rebuilt all my studio ( carving section ) , clean all the piece and change the bag for a micro filter ...

I will post photo when i finish all the studio

Stef
 
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