Thread: Fletty's new shed WIP ....or is it a retrospective??

Originally Posted by Chris Parks

A very user friendly outcome which will eliminate the times that we do one or two cuts without the DE because it is too much of a hassle to change the system over to the machine you are using. Thanks for the updates Alan, the kids look in better shape than the person on the reins, I guess a good time was had by all?

I think that even the fairest of commentators would suggest that, after this photo, I was in even poorer nick than my beloved Bubs? The wedding had an “industrial/warehouse ethos” and my contribution was an “old industrial trolley on which to cut the cake”....

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and bar tables “crafted from recyclable drums and cable reels”...

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BUT, the leaky-eyed moment for me was the surprise of having one of my heirloom tables used in the ceremony.....

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Even the the band was made up from friends of my girls...

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.... and the whole event was an absolute HOOT!

hmmm

One of the weakest areas of my dust collection system is above the table saw and so I have come up with an ugly but very effective dust hood above the blade. However, to be really effective I would need to have the discipline to connect it to the DE AND turn it on ?
The easiest way for me to do this automatically is to leave the existing 150mm table saw duct work untouched and connect the above-blade-hood to the nearest 100mm gate and then ‘slave’ that 100mm gate to the saws dedicated 150mm gate. (If I could post a video...) I could confirm that the new automatic controller on the 150mm gate will also open the 100mm gate. However, this photo shows the 2 gates literally mounted in parallel although it can’t show them also operating in parallel... but they do!

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That looks like an awful lot of flex Flet.
According to my flex tests, 4 straight metres of that 100mm soft flex loses 50% of its flow and 100mm soft flex bends lose around 5X more flow that rigid PVC bends of the same radius.
Your DC has so much suck which is why its working for you but I reckon you can never have too much suck on OH TS guards.
I'm also thinking of others that might see this and try to do the same with a lower spec DC
Is there a way any of that flex could be turned into rigid PVC?

Thanks Bob. Yes, now that I’ve confirmed the automatic control and effectiveness of the hood itself, I’ll convert it to rigid horizontal and vertical runs (probably) joined via a short flexible hinge. I need to decide on an overhead supporting structure and/or finally fix the saw in position ... although I am growing fond of the fluorescent lime ocky strap?

Originally Posted by fletty

I think that even the fairest of commentators would suggest that, after this photo, I was in even poorer nick than my beloved Bubs? The wedding had an “industrial/warehouse ethos” and my contribution was an “old industrial trolley on which to cut the cake”....

1D8012D9-C502-4BA9-9AF5-ED3C7C5B2A2A.jpeg

and bar tables “crafted from recyclable drums and cable reels”...

4298857F-1BD9-4C60-A3F2-CC1066BA8242.jpeg

BUT, the leaky-eyed moment for me was the surprise of having one of my heirloom tables used in the ceremony.....

AAE5F67B-7578-4378-8018-EEFB638B755F.jpeg

Even the the band was made up from friends of my girls...

8124B8BF-3D94-45A3-9732-98983C9AB466.jpg

.... and the whole event was an absolute HOOT!

Alan the guy on the guitar looks like an old matebof mine Richard?

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Got to be the longest running shed thread ever. I guess the dusty ducting nick name is Spagetti-Junction?
Sorry we missed seeing all the changes when down in Dec,

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Has anyone experienced interference problems of any description from the LED panels discussed here earlier? Recently we have begun to experience a problem when sometimes after turning the lights on in the workshop our internet connection drops out and as far as I recall the only change has been to fit one of the LED panels. I am going to unplug it and see if the problem persists but another aspect of this is it is totally random and not every time. Mrs P complained about here SONOS connection dropping out initially but we never connected the two things until we found the internet feed itself dropping out then coming back on as though the router was re-booting.

in amongst the 70 pages of info and revolving bulldust,

I believe you have done a 'swivel arm' for your drill press dust extraction.
Would you be as so kind to point me to what relevant page this would be shared upon, and then please offer you unbiased pros & cons on the aforementioned addition to your workshop and dust extraction system.

Ever so grate/great ful of your expedience in this matter

Originally Posted by Chris Parks

Has anyone experienced interference problems of any description from the LED panels discussed here earlier? Recently we have begun to experience a problem when sometimes after turning the lights on in the workshop our internet connection drops out and as far as I recall the only change has been to fit one of the LED panels. I am going to unplug it and see if the problem persists but another aspect of this is it is totally random and not every time. Mrs P complained about here SONOS connection dropping out initially but we never connected the two things until we found the internet feed itself dropping out then coming back on as though the router was re-booting.

I've had problems with the microwave running and the internet dropping out but nothing with the LED lights or light panels Chris... Peter

Originally Posted by Tonto

in amongst the 70 pages of info and revolving bulldust,

I believe you have done a 'swivel arm' for your drill press dust extraction.
Would you be as so kind to point me to what relevant page this would be shared upon, and then please offer you unbiased pros & cons on the aforementioned addition to your workshop and dust extraction system.

Ever so grate/great ful of your expedience in this matter

Hi Tonto, that “70 pages of info and revolving bulldust” is very near and dear to me and mimics the chatter that would happen if any of the readers were to grace me by visiting me in my shed, I write like I talk as would be confirmed by the 50+ forum members who have already graced me by visiting and (hopefully) enjoying the chatter. I have been quite correctly chipped by others for writing my recent woodworking journey as a shed-blog (a shog?) and not putting various subjects in their correct sub forums. I accept that criticism and have happily directed people (who have asked) to bits that might help them. BobL once suggested that I put threads in (particularly) the Dust Collection forum and simply put in a link to the shog? That certainly merits more thought but the problem with that is that I don’t think of my work as being particularly noteworthy?
So, to your question, I haven’t made a swivel arm for my drill press but I have made a swivelling boom fitted with a 150mm duct which can swing over and provide dust extraction (and power) to my machines in the ‘dirty’ bay. These include my thicknesser, jointer, big bandsaw and drum sander. The reason for the swinging boom is that the bay is small, all of the machines are on castors and are parked when not in use but pulled to the middle of the bay and connected to the boom when needed. It worked very well on my old manually controlled system but works especially well now that it has been automated!
For my drill press, I made a drill press table which is, in fact, a shallow box. This box allows me to run bobbin sanders on the drill press with the bobbin operating in a hole on the top surface and a 100mm flex evacuating the box from the back. It is VERY efficient in controlling dust from sanding but not effective for normal drilling swarf? I am currently experimenting with boring another hole in the top surface and mounting a ‘bendable duct’ in that hole which picks up a lot of the swarf. It is a self automating system in that IF the workpiece, or it’s backing board, blocks the (bobbin sanding) hole then all of the airflow is drawn through the bendable duct. I’ll post some pictures in the shog and put an index post in the DC forum if it works well. If you were referring to the boom in the ‘dirty bay’ then I’ll post some new pictures of it as part of the dc automation project when I get back on to it after ANZAC Day.
fletty

Originally Posted by fletty

BobL once suggested that I put threads in (particularly) the Dust Collection forum and simply put in a link to the shog? That certainly merits more thought but the problem with that is that I don’t think of my work as being particularly noteworthy?

They may not appear noteworthy to you but IMHO I think they are especially useful for newbies. This thread has become particularly noteworthy for a whole lot of reasons but sooner or later these threads become so long it becomes harder and harder to find and follow up the stuff in them because the info becomes diluted throughout the post. I don't have any probs with cross posting the same stuff in other forums.

Anyway I thought that Tonto was a bit rough calling the thread revolving BS given we are mostly guilty of that

i am your humble servant, please forgive my expression of your chatter, I did not mean to cause any offence. BobL does make a point and its not just on this forum, It happens when people are building a workshop...wood/craft/car whatever. Their story is always interesting its when others make comments or ask questions the blog can blow out very quickly.

I haven’t made a swivel arm for my drill press but I have made a swivelling boom fitted with a 150mm duct which can swing over and provide dust extraction (and power) to my machines in the ‘dirty’ bay. These include my thicknesser, jointer, big bandsaw and drum sander. The reason for the swinging boom is that the bay is small, all of the machines are on castors and are parked when not in use but pulled to the middle of the bay and connected to the boom when needed. It worked very well on my old manually controlled system

in that hole which picks up a lot of the swarf. It is a self automating system in that IF the workpiece, or it’s backing board, blocks the (bobbin sanding) hole then all of the airflow is drawn through the bendable duct. I’ll post some pictures in the shog and put an index post in the DC forum if it works well. If you were referring to the boom in the ‘dirty bay’ then I’ll post some new pictures of it as part of the dc automation project when I get back on to it after ANZAC Day.

yes please sir, would love to see some pictures, because of limited space my jointer, thicknesser and sander all hide in the corner when not in use....err Tonz nothing is being used yet, your fluffing around trying to get everything done before you start woodworking.... so yes a swinging boom is what I am planning but would like to see what others have done.

Originally Posted by fletty

but the problem with that is that I don’t think of my work as being particularly noteworthy?
fletty

Methinks you are a touch too modest, good sir.