Help w/ Dust/spark management.

mpphoto said:
I'm not very knowledgeable on the subject but I had intended to use a cyclone separator and maybe put an inch of water in the bottom when working metal. I do woodworking as well so it's something I need regardless. Since it uses a bucket to collect debris it's easy to clean out the sawdust before working on metal.


Michael
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Fail. You cannot suck hot sparks into any container w/ saw dust. That unit is a centrufugal seperator of sorts & will just seperate out some of the heavier sparks but not all of them. Plus, if you have a nice layer of saw dust floating on top of the water in the bottom of the bucket your sparks will light them on fire. Even if you only use it for metal, some of the sparks will go into your vacuum. Unless you are just blowing stuff through a blower out a duckt w/o a filter you still can't use that thing. You need a dedicated system for sparks that just blows them outside into a bucket of water or you need to make a bong like we said so the hot sparks get sucked under water & cooled & trapped in the water.

I'll also use the bong to filter out tear gas in case THEY come for me!!!



Crap, no tin foil beanie emoticon.
 
I had a Sears that was like a jet engine and went to a Home Depot vac which is better but still LOUD! If there is one I haven't seen it yet?
 
There are a few Ridgid shop vacs that are pretty quiet, my dad's, I think, is the 10 gallon, and I ran it outside my brother's room while he was asleep, without waking him. That's a very subjective comment though, suffice it to say, the vac is quiet.
 
This is sort of off topic, but I thought I'd post here instead of create a whole new thread.

What are some ways to get rid of fumes while grinding, if you don't have access to a window, or have a ventilation fan in the shop? Right now I have a shop in my basement, no doors on it, no windows either. What can I rig up/buy to capture both dust and fumes while working? I would prefer not to just have a respirator, because of the shop being in my house, and I don't want to intoxicate the entire building with terrible fumes.
 
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