Blue Collar Woodworking #34: The amazing, wooden, homemade Franken-Cyclone LIVES!

Dam! Your good! Was going to ask about two harbor frieght dust collectors but you have answered it! Looking a galvanized stove pipe today. Any thoughts?

-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher

Thoughts on stove pipe? Nope, I made my own ducts out of wood. But if I was to run ducts for a large shop I’d go with the standard galvanized stuff, all 6 inch. And use aluminum tape on all the seams. It’s actually cheaper than 6inch PVC ducts because the fittings are so much less.

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When did you put that anvil on the bench. You thought I wouldn’t notice you had it in focus and you were out of focus.
Good luck on you dust collection Stumpy I am sure it will suck.
Great show and great lighting.

-- Superdav "No matter where you go - there you are." http://chiselandforge.com

Franken-Cyclone looks good.

What’s all this talk of High Definition???
I didn’t see any “closed captioning”, explaining any of those multisyllabic words you used!!!

-- Randy-- I may not be good...but I am slow!

That’s a 1790’s Mouse Hole anvil. Been in my family for generations. I set it there just for you!

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200 + years old. WOW

-- Superdav "No matter where you go - there you are." http://chiselandforge.com

The back part is broken off taking the hardy holes with it, but it’s very high quality.

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Great video one more – loved the ‘how to get a price reduction’ scam!

Can you afford to get a non-reflective coating on the front of your glasses lenses to remove those reflections that are the one tiny thing that distracts from your superb prose?

-- Don, Somerset UK, http://www.donjohnson24.co.uk

I know what you mean, the reflection is a problem. I don’t know what to do about it. I’m looking into it…

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Very good stumps. I sure wish I had about 1500bux to buy one. If I could get 1500 good folks to send me a dollar, I would buy a cyclone, OR, just one person with 1500 extra bux they don’t need would do just fine also. I do have a tear runnin down my cheek as I’m speakin of this.. Any takers? How’s that stumps??

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

Stumpy, Have you considered big plastic frames with no lenses???

-- My mind is like lighting, one brilliant flash, then its gone.....

I’m looking into it…

Ho! Ho! Ho!

-- Don, Somerset UK, http://www.donjohnson24.co.uk

Mike said you have 400 square feet of shop space? how high are your ceilings? Cubic feet matter as well? The wooden ductwork and blast gates are very clever. I’m wondering about how much total time went into the project?

Are you running both cylcones on different machines? Liked the HF ampmeters. Given the size of your work space, although really well layed out, wouldn’t it limit how many workers at a time?

This is a significant health issue covered by OSHA, and you sir have done a great job adressing it.

Oh yeah do you have a variable speed control on the air filter. I use mine at low speeds to help circulate and clean the dust or fumes while I’m working.

HD is very professional.

-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher

another great video Stumpy ,i really enjoyed it got to do something on my dust situation, thanks the HD really looked grat

-- Jesus Is Alright with me

Doc- The shop is 17X24 with 10 foot ceilings, but there is a large loft along the back of the shop and another along one side that are 8 feet off the floor. Cubic feet matters for the air filter, but any furnace blower will move plenty of air for even a much larger shop. Mine has only one speed, but two speed furnace blowers are not hard to find.

The Clear Vue Cyclone runs along one wall and across one end of the shop, the wooden cyclone runs across the back end and up the other wall, so it’s an even split. But currently only the larger band saw and one of the mortising machines is hooked up to the wooden cyclone. A lathe will be hooked to it shortly and probably the big scroll saw.

I admit the duct work took some time, but I enjoyed it. If you have money, buy 6” metal duct work and fittings. If you have time, make wooden ones. :)

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