16 days ago
by 3fingerpat |
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I finished assembling the bandsaw today and ran into an issue that I could only laugh out loud at, just to funny.
I couldn’t wait for my friend to show up this morning to help, so I lifted the bandsaw onto the base cabinet and mobile base, then stood back to view my new toy. Hey wait a minute, that looks tall, wait…uhmmm, that looks very tall….is it going to fit thru the garage doors!!?? DOH nooooooo!!!! My heart sank, I quickly grabbed the tape measure (hmmmm why didn...
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17 days ago
by 3fingerpat |
9 comments »
I received a couple of deliveries today as well as picked up a good deal from a seller on Craig’s List.
The first delivery was from LV, a new woodworking knife (I lost my last one), their new mini shoulder plane and their new pocket marking guage. I am going to post reivews for two out of the three items. I quickly went to the shop to use the new tools while I waited for my next two deliveries.
A couple hours later the frieght truck arrives with my new Rikon Bandsaw, oh happy da...
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97 days ago
by lightweightladyleftie |
3 comments »
In case any of you LJs have a Shop Fox Dust Collection Remote Switch and didn’t get a recall notice, here is the website to visit: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09308.html
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124 days ago
by TheLandYacht |
11 comments »
OK. As I’ve understood it, the point of a cyclone DC is to slow the air movement down to allow the dust to fall into a receptacle before the air to move into the blower. Am I right on this?
So, my concept is this. Instead of a hard-to-assemble cyclone setup, just a 5gallon bucket, with a smaller (1 gallon or so?) bucket mounted inside of it…with the below modifications. Lets see if I can describe my concept well enough not to need pics & sketches.
So. A 5 gallon buc...
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142 days ago
by sjbob |
3 comments »
I’ve just finished adding a box to the back of my old contractor’s saw to enclose the entire motor/belt assembly, and a dust port below the saw.
I had replaced the motor drive belt previously with a Power Twist Link belt assembled to the same size as the factory belt. With this belt, however, the motor would rotate above the top surface of the tablesaw. I lengthened the belt by adding a couple more links, made sure that it did not hit anything throughout the rotation, and was...
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146 days ago
by Gary Fixler |
12 comments »
I got an exciting shipment in today – a canister filter for my Delta AP400 Shopmaster 1HP dust collector!
Suction has been declining a lot these last months. The bag has been getting dirty but I just hate spending an hour blowing dust out of the thing. I’m always in a rush, stealing time wherever I can to work on something. It’s also a really filthy task. Some people have backyard decks as big as my entire back yard, and I end up getting dust all over my house, garage...
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162 days ago
by Dick, & Barb Cain |
18 comments »
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, ...
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193 days ago
by sjbob |
6 comments »
I’ve just ordered my first dust collector, the Jet DC1100RCK.Here’s what went into my selection process:
I’d like to eventually try porting the air outside of my garage (no more worries about filtering effectiveness). This rules out the very attractive Delta 50-760, since it’s very efficient design includes the impeller as part of the dust bag housing which would make an outlet hose difficult to implement. So, on to all of the other contenders.
I’d like t...
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204 days ago
by MyOldGarage |
4 comments »
So this weekend we finally got the dust collector over in the final spot. I was anticipating perhaps working on my son’s gun rack, but he had other plans this weekend . . . but I knew I was going to need to do something about the dust collector hoses. When I moved the dust collector over the other night I noticed that the inlet side of the chip collector happened to fall right between the furnace ducts – the supply and returns. This gave me a great idea about running the 4 inch...
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242 days ago
by MyOldGarage |
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I guess spring fever must have hit, last weekend I spent some time changing the plugs in my truck . . . luckily a four banger with plenty of access. While I was out there I saw two eyesores beside my shed . . . testimonies to past “What was I thinking?” projects.
One was a boat step and the other was a boat . . .uh . . . air conditioner setup. The step worked, but since the boat moved and there was a plank to the dock, some people didn’t quite appreciate the movement o...
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