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Post by tortuga on Sept 22, 2010 10:00:46 GMT -5
For carving during winter in the apartment, anyone built a dust collector? I see a lot of stuff out there about making them with shop-vacs, or dryer blowers, etc. I've seen the commercial buffers with the smallish box dust collectors for $200+. I need something tabletop like that, but all the DIY designs I've seen probably sound like a plane taking off.
Anyone have ideas, parts to suggest, or have done this themselves? As quiet as possible while still being effective, and not the size of a huge box fan.
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drjo
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Post by drjo on Sept 22, 2010 17:51:24 GMT -5
Would you like fries with that order? ;D
I'll see if I can find pix of my old dust collector, it may take a day or so.
Dr Joe
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Post by tortuga on Sept 22, 2010 18:51:29 GMT -5
Curly fried with cheese dip on the side please!
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Post by johnjsgems on Sept 24, 2010 1:39:05 GMT -5
I know (or knew) two carvers. One used a bowl of water and kept dipping the stone in the water. He died of brain cancer, probably not related. The other guy worked everything dry and made a dust unit out of an old range exhaust fan with two a/c filters. It pulled dust away from him and blew through the filters. Not sure how safe it is but very low cost.
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rockdewd
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Post by rockdewd on Sept 28, 2010 11:58:56 GMT -5
Here's a shot of my dust collector. It's a Handler Red Wing. It's designed for the dental appliance industry. It collects the the dust into a disposable bag and has a charcoal filter to filer out the smell if you are grinding plastic and such. The unit is down on the right of the bench and the fishmouth collector is on the front of my bench just right of my bench pin. I like the unit because it is relativity quiet. I paid about $700 a few years ago from Rio Grande. You could go cheaper but remember your talking about your lungs... You could probably do something with a shop vac but it would be noisy.
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docharber
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Post by docharber on Sept 30, 2010 14:23:50 GMT -5
Silicosis is caused by very tiny particles and a HEPA filter is necessary to ensure capture. You might check out a benchtop machine made for woodworking but I think something could be devised from a small HEPA air purifier. You would have to create an intake and exhaust channeling system. The filters would be effective and easy to replace, too.
Mark H.
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