I told you what happened to me the other day about my sawdust storm.
You can check out my forum topic about this.
Whenever I had to operate the cleanup flappers, I had to climb a ladder.
It was really awkward.
Besides that I could only turn the lever a little over 180 degrees,
because it is located in a corner.
So I put my thinking cap on, & jerry-rigged a cranking mechanism.
I dug around in all of my stash of junk, & found just what I needed.
The pulleys, & belt came from an old clothes dryer.
I was recently going to throw them out. Now I’m glad I didn’t.
The shaft for the drive pulley is a steel dust mop handle, just the right size 7/8”.
I had to break down, & buy a few parts.
A 3/8’ drive universal joint socket, so I could use my speed wrench for a crank.
Also a couple of 10 MM nuts, so I could have something to clamp the driven pulley onto.
All in all this project set me back $5.00
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Here is the before image. The top of the canister is 9 1/2 feet high.
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This is an image of my new cranking mechanism.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the final installation, & it really works great.
At first I thought it may crank hard with the driving pulley being larger, but it turns quite easy.
With this set up, I get a lot more vibration because it turns much faster..

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By the way, I never showed you pictures of the corner of the shop floor completed.
I still have to finish the L area of the shop. I decided to move my lathe in there.
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18 comments so far
a1Jim
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posted 161 days ago
neat idea well done
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 161 days ago
Thanks Jim!
My dust collector really sucks!! now,
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cabinetmaster
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posted 161 days ago
Hey, I wasn’t there so how did we jerry-rig this thing?.......................................LOL
-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps
Karson
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posted 161 days ago
Dick. A great revision I wonder why the MFG would make it so hard.
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 161 days ago
Thanks Karson,
This set up would work great on yours also.
You wouldn’t have to walk around the filter.
The lever is inconvenient.
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Tony
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posted 161 days ago
Ingenious – Just goes to proove, you never throw anything away it might come is useful one day.
I wonder how many normal people with DC could reach the handle without standing on something or modifying the DC as you have done?
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posted 160 days ago
Thank you Tony.
Some of the time, I get kind of disgusted with hanging on to a lot of junk,
but it makes me feel good when I finally put it to use.
If I had to go buy all of the items for this project, I might not have done so.
It is very rewarding when you get to make use of it.
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jockmike2
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posted 160 days ago
That is quite a contraption Dick. But a beautiful floor.
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kerflesss
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posted 160 days ago
Now thats some “Yankee Know How”! Good idea… Who said auto tools don’t belong in the wood shop :)
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posted 160 days ago
Thank you Mike, & kerfless!
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Grumpy
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posted 160 days ago
Great solution Dick. I’m a bit like you, hate throwing things away that I might use one day.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
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posted 160 days ago
Thanks Grumpy,
If it weren’t for guys like us, the landfills would overflow. <(;O}#
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Grumpy
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posted 160 days ago
Very true Dick. We are doing the community a service.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
SnowyRiver
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posted 158 days ago
Great idea Dick. You missed another calling…you should be designing machinery too !!
-- Wayne - Plymouth MN
Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 158 days ago
Thank you, Snowy, that’s the fun about a shop, it keeps the mind nimble.
More fun than golf.
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Dusty56
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posted 156 days ago
Great job….now to invent an easy way to empty the bag from that height ! : )
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posted 156 days ago
Thanks Dusty56,
Emptying the the bag is no problem, because it’s much lower.
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Dusty56
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posted 156 days ago
From your pictures , Dick , I thought it was all over your head….unfortunately for me , my shop is in my basement and I barely have 7’ of room from floor to floorjoists …Have a great weekend , folks : )
-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .