Power Carving Dust Collector Plan

Glenn take a look at these one of them should get you started.
http://www.fishcarver.com/making_a_dust_collector.htm Lap style dust collector
http://www.woodworkersworkshop.com/plansshare/air_filter_downdraft_sanding_table.htm Downdraft table
http://carverscompanion.com/Ezine/Vol3Issue3/Vol3Issue3.html look for “Thierry’s “Air Curtain”©”

-- Growing older but not up!

One more article worth reading: http://carverscompanion.com/Ezine/HelpFiles/DustCollection.html

-- Growing older but not up!

Glenn, there are shop vacs that operate only when you turn on your power tool. It senses when you turn your machine on. How you would adapt it is another matter. I hope this helps.

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

i’ve found that someone else’s plans only will do so much for me. I use them as starting points and then put the thought into what i’ll be doing with it and how i’ll be using it. then i build it to my specifications. I do alot of carving or spoons and use my dust collector connected to a box that clamps to my bench and then use the carver so that it blows the dust into the dust box.

-- Joey, Magee, Ms http://woodnwaresms.com