Dust Collector for a KMG???

[sunshadow]

It is the same system as the old Rainbow vacuum cleaners (or for that matter bongs)
just make sure you have enough height that the splashed water stays in your chamber

-Page

 

[Troop]

Thanks, guys....got it.:thumbup: A 5-gal bucket looks like it may work.
- Mitch

 

[Bruce Bump]

Thanks, guys....got it.:thumbup: A 5-gal bucket looks like it may work.
- Mitch

I would think at least a 16 gal can would allow the height needed to keep water out of the hose to the vacuum source. The Rainbow Vacuum is exactly what Im trying to decribe. No fire hazard is the real advantage.

 

[Bufford]

Install a air filtering system that hangs down from the ceiling, this will catch the duct that are floating in the air and reduce the steel dust that's gathering around in the shop. I have one as well. You can get one from Jet. You can purchase one probably in your town at some hardware store.

You will be surprise the first-time you clean it out and see all the steel dust that would have been in your shop and lungs. As far as health issued it will be one of the best decisions you will ever make.

Hope this was of help to you. And have a safe day out in the shop because it a jungle out there.

These are a must especially if you have a small shop, or have cold winters where the exhaust fan sucks too much warm air out of the building.

I have two of these. I made one out of an old furnace fan, using good quality furnace filters to pull in the air from two sides of the unit that I boxed the fan in. The exhaust blows filtered air back into the shop. The other unit is one that I bought at the Canadian tire, it doesn't move as much air as the homemade unit, but the filter catches very fine dust.

My lungs and nose are much cleaner now as I don't hack up blobs of black goo any more, and the shop stays much cleaner too.

 

[Troop]

These are a must especially if you have a small shop, or have cold winters where the exhaust fan sucks too much warm air out of the building.

I have two of these. I made one out of an old furnace fan, using good quality furnace filters to pull in the air from two sides of the unit that I boxed the fan in. The exhaust blows filtered air back into the shop. The other unit is one that I bought at the Canadian tire, it doesn't move as much air as the homemade unit, but the filter catches very fine dust.

My lungs and nose are much cleaner now as I don't hack up blobs of black goo any more, and the shop stays much cleaner too.

If you don't mind me asking you....what was the approx. cost? - Thanks.
- Mitch

 

[Barkes Knife Shop]

These are a must especially if you have a small shop, or have cold winters where the exhaust fan sucks too much warm air out of the building.

There is no exults fan here. Its just filtering system that sucks air through one side and exits the other side. The filter collects the particles in the air. The cost of this was about $200.00 Thats all folks. :thumbup:

 

[Bufford]

The airfilter from Canadian Tire ran close to $200, and looks like a big tube, with a fan that pulls air through a filter that resembles a truck filter.

The homemade unit cost about $100 . The squirrell cage fan cost me nothing, but I had to buy a motor, and a belt, along with filters. If I would have scrounged up a motor the unit would have only cost a few bucks and about one day of assembly.

Do your lungs a favor, and put one together, it also cuts down on the clean up time with less dust on everything.

 

[Mark Terrell]

Sorry this took so long, I've been swamped......

Here's the pics I've got....hope they help (my diffusion *I.E. water trap barrel) is outside...

 

[Troop]

Wow, Mark, that is some set up! Do the ends of the "catch-pipes" get in your way when you work? They look like they could be annoying.
Thanks for posting the pics.
- Mitch

 

[Mark Terrell]

Nope, not at all. I just remove the cap on whichever station I'm working on, and viola...........

The length of the pipes and the bends also diffuse any sparks, so they seldom make it out into the tank while still hot enough to matter.



MT

 

[Dennis Paish]

Greetings
I just completed building the variable speed (with reverse) 9" grinder today. I will link it into the dust collector this weekend. Have a look.
http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u211/dpaish/grinder/?action=view&current=P1010074-Edited.jpg

I pull everything off my grinder into the separator can and then about 10' into the dust collector. I have about 2" of water in the separator can, just to be safe. I have ever seen any holes in the plastic dust collect bag to indicate a hot spark can travel 15' in the environment I have. I hope not anyways. I would say 1% of everything even makes it into the dust collector bag anyways.

http://s169.photobucket.com/albums/u211/dpaish/grinder/?action=view&current=P1010078-Edited.jpg

Dennis