Any Frugal Woodworkers Out There?

[mccool]

I was thinking about buying a Dust Deputy to put infront of my shop-vac when I realized I had quite a few materials that could be used to make the same thing. A five gallon bucket, few pieces of PVC pipe, large plastic planter, scrap peice of plywood, liquid nails and duct tape did the trick. Made a box to put the bucket in, put some cheap casters on it and strap the box to the shop-vac and I have a dust collector that has been very effective. It has worked well with every tool in the shop so far!

My next attempt at keeping the shop dust free will be making an air cleaner. I have an old box fan that I'll attach a few air filters (like those for a home furnace) to and see how well that works.

Brian

[dlbristol]

Brian[/QUOTE]

My next attempt at keeping the shop dust free will be making an air cleaner. I have an old box fan that I'll attach a few air filters (like those for a home furnace) to and see how well that works.

Brian[/QUOTE]
I have done this for the last year or so, and it works pretty well. Habitat for Humanity ReStore always has filters about the right size. One of the wood working mags did a comparison on various filters and just for fun put in the old box fan idea. It was not as good as the commercial filters, but it was very close and much cheaper. I am now using two when the shop is closed up.

[rlkeeney]

I was thinking about buying a Dust Deputy to put infront of my shop-vac when I realized I had quite a few materials that could be used to make the same thing. A five gallon bucket, few pieces of PVC pipe, large plastic planter, scrap peice of plywood, liquid nails and duct tape did the trick. Made a box to put the bucket in, put some cheap casters on it and strap the box to the shop-vac and I have a dust collector that has been very effective. It has worked well with every tool in the shop so far!

My next attempt at keeping the shop dust free will be making an air cleaner. I have an old box fan that I'll attach a few air filters (like those for a home furnace) to and see how well that works.

Brian

We need to see pictures of this.

[fiatben]

If I get any more frugal in finding things I think I can repurpose, I'm gonna have to build another barn! I hate not being able to throw things away, but I hate it worst to see something wasted. Still, I have started burning some of my cutoffs and old rotted boards previously salvaged, just to make room for more junk.