<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for the info Brad. That home-made down-draft table looks pretty slick. I've thought about building something similar to that, but the trouble is, that for my needs, the table would have to be a little bigger than 8' by 5' to accommodate a soundboard panel for a 9-foot piano.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One thing at a time, I guess.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BR>"Dust tunnel" is just my crude term for a quickly constructed "downdraft table". <BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>I created a smaller version of it using a couple of pipes to my dust system. <BR>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.  <BR>Here are some examples: <BR><A href="http://www.dualdraw.com/">http://www.dualdraw.com/</A><BR><BR>But you don't have to buy such an expensive thing.  Here is a kit from Rockler: <BR><A href="http://www.rockler.com/findit.cfm?page=6564&cookietest=1">http://www.rockler.com/findit.cfm?page=6564&cookietest=1</A><BR><BR>Here is a cool home made one: <BR><A href="http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/plansshare/air_filter_downdraft_sanding_table.htm">http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/plansshare/air_filter_downdraft_sanding_table.htm </A><BR><BR>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. <BR><BR>If anyone finds a good plan for this, please post.</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>