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Dust collection
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I can tell you from Experience that the most important thing thing is to clean out the collector after you have shaped woods and before you shape steel!
It can make for some intense moments as you find yourself running for the fire extinguisher as you smell smoke coming out of the collector bin!
I can tell you from Experience that the most important thing thing is to clean out the collector after you have shaped woods and before you shape steel!
It can make for some intense moments as you find yourself running for the fire extinguisher as you smell smoke coming out of the collector bin!
This looks pretty good. I am looking at installing something similar, and I have a couple of questions. Do you put water in the drum? Any concerns about sparks melting the dust deputy? Are the inlet/outlet holes too small for the 1HP Harbor Freight dust extractor?
thanks for posting!
thanks for posting!
Dave, as far as sparks are concerned I offset the collector hood/ trap so that the sparks hit the metal foil just next to the hole while the dust is still getting sucked in. I'm also putting a wire mesh over the intake hole to see if that helps. I do like the water in the bucket idea.
For connecting the dust deputy to the extractor I picked up a rubber 4in to 2 in reducer in the plumbing section of Lowe's.
For connecting the dust deputy to the extractor I picked up a rubber 4in to 2 in reducer in the plumbing section of Lowe's.
J. Hoffman
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I'm afraid that is going to be a fire waiting to happen. The PVC will melt and burn if it gets a spark on it. A spark with lots of air flow over it (from the vacuum) will get really hot. Any wood dust in the system is going to make it even worse. The system you have is good for wood, but not metal in my opinion.
A spark bong would be a better solution.
[video=youtube;8hHpVpoI4Cs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hHpVpoI4Cs[/video]
A spark bong would be a better solution.
[video=youtube;8hHpVpoI4Cs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hHpVpoI4Cs[/video]