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You can take that same motor and plum it into a Cyclone chip separator. It will pull the material into that separator, spin it for a second and the heavy stuff will fall out the bottom. I ran a static free tube into a sump sleeve with a hole cut into the top of the lid since the top would be air-tight and keep the pressure up. The light stuff then gets sucked out the top of the separator, through another tube and blasted through a corrugated filter cartridge. The cartridge, as opposed to the sock, has FAR greater surface area. Now since it only has the small stuff in it, it gets very little work and with the significant surface area improvement, air has a lot of room to escape. It also has finer filtration so it captures a lot more; it has something like .5 micron filtration vs. the 5 micron on your average filter sock. It's just better at everything. So your vacuum pressure stays at peak capacity. I think I have some photos of my rig in here somewhere. I used the HF model to keep the cost down since all I really cared about was the motor and the impeller looked plenty strong. Some people suggest replacing or even reversing the impeller but I've never done it and mine will suck large shavings from about an inch away all around the plate on my table saw. It will be a miracle worker if you plum your jointer into it. A clogged jointer pretty much won't do a damn thing. By having a constant source of suction on the bottom for those massive shavings that come off, you'll fly through mill-work. It's a headache and it seems like money wasted because it's not a tool or any work product, but it makes all your tools run better.
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11-30-2017, 02:25 AM | #227 |
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Here's a pick of a small 2 stage from Grizzly ($900 or so):
They make some little units that fit on a trash can for super cheap if you can't afford a separator right away. A shop air filtration unit should be installed as well at some point. Fine dust from kiln dried or even air dried woods is highly combustible, so getting as much of it out of the air and off the floor as possible is a good thing. Also be sure to keep the vaccuum tubes clean. If a line gets plugged up, you're basically ramrodding gunpowder into a tube and hoping a spark or static doesn't ignite it. |
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11-30-2017, 02:50 AM | #228 |
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here's a vid of a kid doing the trash can mod...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBWjA7_ytic I do recommend giving Harbor Freight a look for entry level stuff. |
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12-18-2017, 12:58 PM | #229 |
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Finished product. Pretty pleased with it. Kreg joined was amazing for crafting the new top. Before pic/closeup.
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12-18-2017, 01:53 PM | #230 |
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Looks great! I bet the Mrs. is happy with it also |
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The challenge was my table saw had tabs sticking out over the slide slot. I found a you tube that addressed that very issue. Lots of hand work making the the slides out of oak, but it works nice! |
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05-16-2018, 05:26 AM | #237 |
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Anyone in here into making canes? Specifically crook-necked canes?
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05-16-2018, 05:58 AM | #238 |
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While I dabble (the wife and I are finishing up restoring an old Hoosier cabinet), you all might like what my Dad does as his retirement gig.
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I'm building in a small garage currently, but I am finishing sanding and I am about to stain a table for my printer.
http://oldbellamy.farm/content/AA/00...1/IMG_1640.jpg It's the first time I used a router to cut into table legs like this.. made a template and then it was fairly easy. http://oldbellamy.farm/content/AA/00...1/IMG_1636.jpg http://oldbellamy.farm/content/AA/00...1/IMG_1638.jpg Building a new garage/workshop on my farm property this year though.. which will have 25' x 30' dedicated workship and have enough other storage that my workshop shouldn't be too crowded. Looking forward to doing more woodworking there.
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