Shop Dust Control

[Brad Smith, RPT]

Hi Terry,
"Dust tunnel" is just my crude term for a quickly constructed "downdraft
table".

A friend of mine has a huge fan in his shop window, and he put up angled
walls of plastic sheeting to create an area for sucking dust out the window.
It's kind of like a spray booth set up, but for dust. His is big enough to
put a piano right inside, so he can sand to hearts content, and all the dust
goes out the window.  Then he occaisionally blows compressed air to help the
rest.

I created a smaller version of it using a couple of pipes to my dust system.

Just today I tuned for a guy who does shaker furniture, and we discussed
this.  He says I should just make a 'down draft' table using peg board, and
the tiny holes create much better suction.
Here are some examples:
http://www.dualdraw.com/

But you don't have to buy such an expensive thing.  Here is a kit from
Rockler:
http://www.rockler.com/findit.cfm?page=6564&cookietest=1

Here is a cool home made one:
http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/plansshare/air_filter_downdraft_sanding_table.htm

It seems to me that all I need is a big rectangular box, with pegboard on
top, and a 4" hole for attaching a dust pipe and blast gate.

If anyone finds a good plan for this, please post.







On 3/17/06, Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Brad,
>
> What is a dust tunnel? I'm not familiar with the term.
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Good for you!  I wish I had seen this site before I set up my current shop
> last year.
> I have a Jet system  http://www.wmhtoolgroup.com/index.cfm?area=shop&action=detail&iid=12919
> <http://www.wmhtoolgroup.com/index.cfm?area=shop&action=detail&iid=12919+>
>
> I would be interested to hear how you end up organizing the shop around
> the new dust control. I am planning to renovate a huge barn on a new
> property, and want to create a shop plan that allows dust to flow through
> the shop and avoid the finishing area.
>
> With this cyclone, will you also be building a sanding table, or 'tunnel'
> area for capturing dust?
> I am using Bolduc's method for shaping pinblocks with an air grinder, and
> when I do it in the dust tunnel, it really saves on dust accumulation.  I
> just set up a cardboard enclosure, with two dust hose openings on either
> side, front end open...facing me and the workpiece...and put plastic mesh
> over the dust pipe openings to avoid having tools sucked into the pipes.
> Then as I sand, I use a bench brush to push dust towards this tunnel, and it
> makes the work much more tolerable.
>
> Looking forward to seeing your stuff in Rochester.
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Brad Smith, RPT
>
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Brad Smith, RPT
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