Metal dust Cleaning Options

[emmknives]

Just recently got into knife making and I been cleaning up the metal dust around my work area with just a broom and pan. Any recommendations on ways clean or machines to suck up the dust to make it a little more manageable? I remember seeing a guy on youtube using a some equipment by JET with a big hose attached set up under his grinder to get the dust before it hits the ground, it looked expensive though.

 

[Busto]

Commercially available Dust Collectors come in many sizes however a makeshift shopvac will work also. You will have to determine how you want to funnel the dust from your grinder to direct it down where the vac can suck it up. Search can be your friend finding solutions.

Here are some good ideas you can use for designing your system

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1292898-Dust-Everywhere?highlight=Dust+Collectors

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Use the BF search engine and search "dust collection", "dust collector", "dust extraction", etc.. There are many threads on the subject.
https://cse.google.com/cse/publicurl?cx=000051236030827549219:_i6taktwi50