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”©”

-- Larry "Work like a Captain but Play like a Pirate!"

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

-- Larry "Work like a Captain but Play like a Pirate!"

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

Here is a cyclone model that looks very efficient.

This is more for an entire shop, not just power carving though…

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †