Hi Terry, <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. <br><br><br>
<br><br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/17/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Farrell</b> <<a href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">What is a dust tunnel? I'm not familiar with the
term.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Terry Farrell</font></div></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><span class="e" id="q_10a09d58da1c7853_1">
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">----- Original Message ----- </div>Good for
you! I wish I had seen this site before I set up my current shop last
year. <br>I have a Jet system <a href="http://www.wmhtoolgroup.com/index.cfm?area=shop&action=detail&iid=12919+" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.wmhtoolgroup.com/index.cfm?area=shop&action=detail&iid=12919
</a><br><br>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. <br><br>With this cyclone, will you
also be building a sanding table, or 'tunnel' area for capturing dust? <br>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. <br><br>Looking forward to seeing your stuff in
Rochester.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Best Regards, <br>Brad Smith,
RPT<br></blockquote>
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