dust buster set up--finally

[marekz]

so here is what i decided to do as far as dust collection.i went with the HF 2 hp dust collector. i have a 4" plastic black hose running 12ft to just in front of my cyclone alum can, then i connectef a duct wire hose to go into one end of the cyclone. inside the aluminum garbage can i silver brazed some sheet metal that goes down about 1/2 to 3/4 of the way to the bottom. on the bottom i have say 2 " of water.then on the heet metal i loaded it with magnets. now on the other side of the cyclone i attached another 4" duct aluminum that goes to a wider extension and sits under my grinder. on top of it all i copper wired for grounding static electricity. did i miss anything? whatta ya dink--thanks mark

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

I think the coper wire-static sparks is a bit of a non-issue..... when you are already sucking in hot metal sparks . But, you can't be too safe.
Just keep wood dust and steel sparks apart from each other as much as possible.

Also, a magnet full of steel shavings will ignite from a hot spark very easily (They are all fluffed out on the lines of flux). Not much worry of it going anywhere, but may become a spectacular display of glowing sparklers if in a moving stream of air. Put the magnets laying loose around the bench top, to catch stray steel dust and shavings, and let the tank catch the vacuumed up steel by gravity . I have about six welding magnets setting along the "dust path" of my grinder on the bench top. They catch a lot of metal.
Stacy

 

[Tinbasher]

I think the coper wire-static sparks is a bit of a non-issue..... when you are already sucking in hot metal sparks . But, you can't be too safe.
Just keep wood dust and steel sparks apart from each other as much as possible.

Also, a magnet full of steel shavings will ignite from a hot spark very easily (They are all fluffed out on the lines of flux). Not much worry of it going anywhere, but may become a spectacular display of glowing sparklers if in a moving stream of air. Put the magnets laying loose around the bench top, to catch stray steel dust and shavings, and let the tank catch the vacuumed up steel by gravity . I have about six welding magnets setting along the "dust path" of my grinder on the bench top. They catch a lot of metal.
Stacy

If you wrap those in a bit of cloth ,you can just peel it off and shake it into the bin.
Richard