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Yes, I have finally been making something instead of just fooling around with my Shopsmiths, jigs and the like. I'm building my first 'real' workbench (and even it is just an experiment so to speak before I do the next one) and I have been happily cutting wood, using my SS jointer to flatten pieces, using my new Steel City surface planer to clean up pieces, etc. My dust collection system is simple but effective - a Dust Deputy cyclone on a 5 gallon bucket as a 'front end' and a old ShopVac as the 'sucker' for the system. Anyways I happened to notice the suction had fallen off, looked over at the Dust Deputy and noticed the saw dust level was right up into the cyclone:
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Holy sawdust, Batman! I had actually completely filled up my first bucket of sawdust! Maybe the darned wood pieces don't fit together as well as I would have liked but I certainly made some sawdust!

I purchased a dust deputy last year, I like it a lot, keeping things much cleaner and saving filters in the shop vac. I'm building a canoe and have run about three law bags of shavings through it so far.

newportcycle wrote:I purchased a dust deputy last year, I like it a lot, keeping things much cleaner and saving filters in the shop vac. I'm building a canoe and have run about three law bags of shavings through it so far.

What model canoe? Cedar strip?

newportcycle wrote:I purchased a dust deputy last year, I like it a lot, keeping things much cleaner and saving filters in the shop vac. I'm building a canoe and have run about three law bags of shavings through it so far.

That is a project I always thought about doing. I had a chance once to go help someone on one and I really enjoyed it

algale wrote:What model canoe? Cedar strip?

Yes, started it early summer, strips are all on, sanding and fairing the exterior, just received my epoxy will start that next weekend. I was going to post photos of the build but the files are too large to upload. I used the shopsmith through most all of the process, planing the rough lumber, cutting the strips, cut out the station forms with the band saw, neatened the edges with the disk sander, strips were also beveled with the disk sander. The canoe design is from Gil Gilpatrick a local guy, lives a couple towns over from here, teacher, has built over 500 in his lifetime, simple and functional design, not furniture, perfect for a Mainer like myself. Dont mean to hijack the thread.

newportcycle wrote:Yes, started it early summer, strips are all on, sanding and fairing the exterior, just received my epoxy will start that next weekend. I was going to post photos of the build but the files are too large to upload. I used the shopsmith through most all of the process, planing the rough lumber, cutting the strips, cut out the station forms with the band saw, neatened the edges with the disk sander, strips were also beveled with the disk sander. The canoe design is from Gil Gilpatrick a local guy, lives a couple towns over from here, teacher, has built over 500 in his lifetime, simple and functional design, not furniture, perfect for a Mainer like myself. Dont mean to hijack the thread.

I'm reading Gil's book right now and have exchanged a few emails with him. Which of his models? I'm leaning toward the 16 foot "wabnaki." Love to see a few photos. I'll PM you with an email address if you wouldn't mind sharing the photos.

Al

algale wrote:I'm reading Gil's book right now and have exchanged a few emails with him. Which of his models? I'm leaning toward the 16 foot "wabnaki." Love to see a few photos. I'll PM you with an email address if you wouldn't mind sharing the photos.

Al

I see your in Maryland, we used to live there, nice state, good place for a canoe. Dont mind sharing photos at all, send your email and I'll send what photos I have and help anyway I can. That goes for anyone. It is the wabnaki that Im building as well, like the lines and size. I'm not a serious white water canoe person, we have some slow streams and lakes here which that canoe would be perfect for crusing on. The whole build came about after making cutting boards with my grand daughter last christmas, she was encouraged to think that you could build something that looks as good as she put it "store made" so I wanted another project for her to participate in. She has participated in all the steps so far, as much as a 9 year old can, but heads to the garage every time she comes to the house to check progress.