Lathe Cabinet and Dust Collection

Very neat and orderly looking work space.

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

thats an awesome idea for the dust collection, provided you have enough space to work, I really like the cabinet

-- Randy - "I dont make mistakes, I make design change opportunities" www.knotheadswoodshed.com

Pretty cool solution to a large mess generator.

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-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

I will mainly be using it for turning small spindles so hopefully I will have enought space. I tried to envision using it as I designed the good. However, I haven’t used a lathe yet so maybe I am being overly optimistic! We’ll see….

-- DJG

Looks like a good setup for your small spindles. I think it is a bit restrictive if you decide to do faceplate turning (bowls etc).

-- Dwight - "Free legal advice available - contact Dewey, Cheetam & Howe""

Very effective and neat as a pin.

-- Love thy neighbour as thyself

I’m really interested in seeing what happens when you’ll start using it. If you can film yourself making big shavings to show us how it sucks them out, it would be great to post it too so we can check out how efficient your setup is. I had thought about using something a bit similar for my pen lathe but didn’t have the time yet.

And yeah, nice cabinet :)

-- Thomas - There is no such thing as a problem, there only are solutions.

Ideal for pen turning and I imagine it will take the fumes away when CA finishing. I aspire to being so tidy but fail miserably. Well done.

Super nice setup with the tool storage right at hand. I do like that you didn’t put a bottom in the tool drawer, gr8 idea. The dust collection should work fine for smaller spindles, pens, etc.

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Nice system. Lathes aren’t easy to collect dust from. This looks like it should work well.

-- Remember, measure twice, cut once

Superclean. I’ve got a big gulp on mine and it does nothing.

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

That’s a very nice cabinet. Well done! I really like the dust hood you’ve built. With the curved shape it may perform well for extracting the debris. I have one of those clear plastic dust hoods from woodcraft. The problem with it is that it has a box shape with a flat bottom and the dust doesn’t get picked up. One suggestion I have is to apply an anti-static solution to the plastic which may help. Also I would think if you wax the inside this might help as well. I’ll be very interested in how well it works while turning, please up date us. This is a very ingenious solution to an on going problem and you’ve done a great job on it’s construction. Thanks for posting!

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I really think that the key to dust/chip collection at the lathe is providing enough air flow over the work surface so that the debris becomes entrained in the air stream. This requires focusing the flow around the work piece so the workpiece is in the middle of the air stream. Should work in principle. I’ll be sure to post a video when I start testing it. Maybe it will be a miserable failure…either way I’ll let you all know!

-- DJG

If the dust collection works half as well as the cabinet looks you should be in great shape. Very nicely done.

-- Bryan