New Dust Collecting Trick!?

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:57 pm

Today I tried a new Dust Collecting trick at the lathe and it Worked!! I was kind of surprised, but happy!

The Lead-in Story: I had decided to make 4ea. 10 1/2" long, 3/4" oak dowels for my current project. This saved a trip to the store and guaranteed the dowels would fit the project.

Since the dowel stock was ripped from scrap wood that measured 26/32" thick, I had to be careful while centering and turning, so they didn't come out less than 3/4". After rounding, I elected to finish sizing by sanding. On most of the dowels, I only had to remove from 25/32" to 3/4" -- BUT--This put lots of fine dust in the air!! As we know, this is the worst kind of sawdust, and can be really bothersome!

The Trick: - At least it is new to me! I pulled the DC3300 over to the SS and opened all 3 ports on the manifold, and turned it on. The manifold actually overlapped the carriage and/or way tubes. Much, if not most of the sanding dust disappeared into the DC, and it was a good experience.

I had previously tried the DC small floor utility pickup http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/item ... =Find+Item but found it didn't work very well, all by itself. The method of using all three inlets located as close to the turning as possible works better.

kalynzoo · Post by **kalynzoo** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:06 pm

What a cool idea. I can see myself clamping and wiring the vacuum hoses to the way tubes...just pull the vac close. Thanks

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:21 pm

Thanks for the tip Chuck. In the past, I've used the small floor utility pickup. Which is about my only choice at this time.

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:18 am

Great idea, Chuck!

bucksaw · Post by **bucksaw** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:59 pm

This hood is kind of cool. Could work for quite a few tools.

Big Red Super-Sized Dust Hood on a Rolling Stand

fjimp · Post by **fjimp** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:43 pm

Bucksaw, I have a similar but smaller hood from Woodcraft. It works but is not a total solution. fjimp

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:34 pm

After some thought, I think I've figured out why the small floor utility pickup didn't work, while the open manifold on the DC3300 did. The difference is about 200 CFM of air movement.

As I remember the D3300 fan pulls in about 300 CFM while one hose only will move about 100 CFM. The trouble with a pickup or a hood is it has to be attached to a hose.

Solution? - - lose the hose(s) to suck up lathe sanding dust!

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:36 pm

charlese wrote:Solution? - - lose the hose(s) to suck up lathe sanding dust!

I'll have to try using the small utility pickup, with the other 2 ports open.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:55 pm

Today, I had another idea- How about ordering a spare DC3300 manifold. Then you could hook up three hoses and use the backside for sanding dust collection.

Maybe better yet- one of the "inventors" could make a wooden manifold similar to the one Nick made, and put a hood on it.