MEANWHILE! "WHEN I'M OUT IN MY SHOP". #12: Today, I renovated my dust collector canister shaker

neat idea well done

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Thanks Jim!

My dust collector really sucks!! now,

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Hey, I wasn’t there so how did we jerry-rig this thing?.......................................LOL

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

Dick. A great revision I wonder why the MFG would make it so hard.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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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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?

-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)

Thank you Tony.

It is very rewarding when you get to make use of it.

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That is quite a contraption Dick. But a beautiful floor.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Now thats some “Yankee Know How”! Good idea… Who said auto tools don’t belong in the wood shop :)

Thank you Mike, & kerfless!

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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

Thanks Grumpy,
If it weren’t for guys like us, the landfills would overflow. <(;O}#

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Very true Dick. We are doing the community a service.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Great idea Dick. You missed another calling…you should be designing machinery too !!

-- Wayne - Plymouth MN

Thank you, Snowy, that’s the fun about a shop, it keeps the mind nimble.

More fun than golf.

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Great job….now to invent an easy way to empty the bag from that height ! : )

-- 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 .

Thanks Dusty56,

Emptying the the bag is no problem, because it’s much lower.

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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 .