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I'm just getting into turning and was amazed by the dust and chips even the smallest project generated. Because of that I looked into building a dust collection box that could control the dust. I saw several designs on the internet and ultimately settled on one by the Muyoung Workshop (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwal-SdU4fQ). I adapted it to the Mark V (had to put dust port on back rather than underneath) and modified it by adding detachable plexiglass sides which help confine the chips and dust. I also added magnets at the very front of the plexiglass lid to secure the lid to the book shelf hangers so that the lid won't vibrate (covered the hangers with felt that I pinched from my wife's sewing room).

The collection box has an inside diameter of 13" so it reduces the capacity of the Mark V by about an inch (it's essentially a 13" wide 14" high and 14" deep box). The things I really like are the hinged plexiglass lid that swings up and is held by a magnet, detachable side panels to improve dust collection and the fact that the box is bolted to the carriage and follows the tool rest as you move. In addition, with all the plexiglass you maintain a good view of your work (at least now while the plexiglass is not scratched! ). It also includes a 4" dust port mounted just above the lather center which pulls about 1,000 cfm through the box (ClearVue CVMAX). I've only experimented with it for about a day, so far so good. Most of the chips and dust are deflected back into the box and quickly exit the area via the dust port. In fact, the fine dust collection -- which i worry about the most -- is almost perfect.

Here are a couple of pictures. The front view shows the attachment to the carriage and the plexiglass top and sides. The rear view highlights the dust port (Rockler) and the magnet that holds the top when it is flipped up. I used one 24"x30" piece of 1/2" BB plywood, a 18"x24" piece of plexiglass, two bookshelf hangers, 10 magnets an assortment of SS hardware and about 5 hours to build it.

-Erik

Very nice! I like this design and it is well constructed.

Looks good! The bowl ain't too shabby either!

rogersk wrote: Mon Apr 04, 2022 7:08 pm Looks good! The bowl ain't too shabby either!

THAT is a gross understatement!!!!

Erik,

I have seen this 3D pattern on cutting boards before, but this is the first I have seen it on a bowl. I would be interested to know where you got the instructions from for constructing this particular 3D pattern. It is a very nice bowl design.

Attaching the box to the carriage is a really clever idea. I use a Universal Tool Rest, which at first I though would preclude this. But on second thought, the floor of the box could easily be sandwiched between the UTR and the carriage. I need to build something like this.

+1 on the awesome bowl design. I watched Alex Snodgra do his "3D cutting board on a bandsaw" demo at The Woodworking Show a few years ago. Do you make the bowl blank the same way, except extra-thick?

I started making cutting boards about two years ago and learned most of what I know from the internet. Here is the link to a post I made a couple years back on the topic viewtopic.php?p=275321#p275321.

As for this bowl, it was a failed cutting board that I then tried to repurpose into a bowl using the "board to bowl" method of stacked rings. The glueup did not go very well because the rings were not exactly flat and so the nascent bowl sat in the corner for a year (have since built a drum sander that attaches to my 520 -- it's perfect for getting flat rings for gluing). I dug the old bowl out this week to test the dust collection box which is why you see it on the lathe. The bowl turned out OK, but now that I have more experience and a drum sander I know that I can do a lot better -- this piece will likely stay in the shop collecting screws and dust while I make a worthy successor.

-Erik

Damn pretty hardware collector!

I built a dust collection box for my lathe earlier this week and wanted to share what I came up with.