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    Dust collection: not an optional extra

    Dust Collection Research - Home

    If you don't read this, 'you're a fool to yourself, and a danger to others' as Roy and HG used to say (amongst others).

    I now have a cyclone and collector pipe...
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    "You open my toolbox, and I'll make you a coffin,...

    "You open my toolbox, and I'll make you a coffin, put you in it, and fill it up with concrete" usually works.

    They were too polite in the old days.
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    Veritas 1-4-2015

    Quit horsing around and SEND ME MY BLOODY PLANE, GODDAMIT!

    (Seethe)
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    I've got a Lie Neilsen scraper plane– thought it was a bit of an extravagance at the time I bought it, but with a bit of fettling of the blade (Ron Hock has some very good points on sharpening them)...
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    And just about every Japanese chisel currently...

    And just about every Japanese chisel currently available, some in metric.


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    Why does no one use them in industrial settings...

    Why does no one use them in industrial settings anymore? You have to ask yourself that question.


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  7. The $35 10" 36T Chinese Bosch blade I bought for...

    The $35 10" 36T Chinese Bosch blade I bought for ripping possibly naily stuff had 4 different diameter washers in it. Haven't hit any nails yet and it's quite a good rip blade.


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  8. The Festool isn't a site saw, like Aussie...

    The Festool isn't a site saw, like Aussie builders treat their site saws. It's an interior fitout saw, to be carried in a van, not a ute. Hence the breakages, I suppose.
    It's the most accurate saw...
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    Very nice! What's the tooth profile: rip or...

    Very nice! What's the tooth profile: rip or crosscut (I guess crosscut)? Also, did you consider another handle screw? Another also: where did you source the blade plate?


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    "Big box" hardware doesn't operate on person to...

    "Big box" hardware doesn't operate on person to person interactions: they are incidental. They operate on data analysis: what do people buy, in what quantities, at what times of the week, month or...
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    True. However, ANYTHING that gets caught in them...

    True. However, ANYTHING that gets caught in them doesn't bounce off, it wraps around, like wire, cord, etc. 'Twasn't pleasant when I saw it happen, once.
    I think Byrd in the US will make custom...
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    Square cutter block? Start investigating a helix...

    Square cutter block? Start investigating a helix one, or at least get a round one made. Square blocks are death traps.


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    There are very few good hardware stores left:...

    There are very few good hardware stores big, small or medium-sized. I used to work near one, and they closed down the moment Bunnings moved in down the road.
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    Which side of the cannel was the bevel originally...

    Which side of the cannel was the bevel originally ground? Am it looking at your before and after pics wrong to think you might have ground it differently? If you turned it from a firming gouge to a...
  15. Please share your workaround? I have one also -...

    Please share your workaround? I have one also - you show me mine …


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  16. I like my Kapex too, after weighing up the Bosch...

    I like my Kapex too, after weighing up the Bosch as well. I agree with all the above, including the depth stop limitations, which annoyed me once again yesterday.


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    Yes, it's a lump of wood and metal designed to...

    Yes, it's a lump of wood and metal designed to remove thin bits of wood from other pieces of wood. The end. A Veritas plane does the job as well or better, costs the equivalent of 19/6 like the...
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    Its a wonder Tormek haven't sued them.

    Its a wonder Tormek haven't sued them.
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    150mm OD 2-3mm wall metal tube?

    Apart from the local scrapyard, has anyone had success locating a company willing to sell a short length of this for not mega-$$$? (VIC). I'm fitting a Shelix head to the planer/thicknesser and...
  20. RIght. That's it. I'm running a 4" line from the...

    RIght. That's it. I'm running a 4" line from the vacuum cleaner outlet to the nearest down-drop of the DC main. What about just a loose hood with airflow around the top of the vac to stop blower...
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    I was an idiot when I bought my JPT-310, didn't...

    I was an idiot when I bought my JPT-310, didn't get the HH. It was $2000 more. However, Wanita at WWWH in Melbourne matched an overseas price and it now costs $1295 as an upgrade, delivered....
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    Look at the arrangement of cutters on CTS head...

    Look at the arrangement of cutters on CTS head vs. Byrd head. Byrd head has angled cutters - more like a shaving rather than a chipping cut with a straight-on cutter.
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    Block plane's almost a squirrel-tail arrangement

    Block plane's almost a squirrel-tail arrangement
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    I used BP's quick and easy muffler on my JET...

    I used BP's quick and easy muffler on my JET DC1900 blower/homemade cyclone: a 2.5 m length of 6" insulated HVAC flex-tube from the blower to the elbow taking the air outside to the DC bags/ Not too...
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    After they've come very close to sending me (and...

    After they've come very close to sending me (and probably others) to hospital, removing the cause of their bad driving as an example seems to be a public service. A bit like pouring an alky's booze...
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    Up in dunes

    Up in dunes
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    Twice on my bike I have, after being sideswiped...

    Twice on my bike I have, after being sideswiped or very close called, in stopped traffic, their window wound down (2nd time i tapped on it to make the guy wind it down) grabbed their phone off them...
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    Give that man a raise. And a poetry scholarship

    Give that man a raise. And a poetry scholarship
  29. Thank you all for your chiselly wit and wisdom. I...

    Thank you all for your chiselly wit and wisdom. I took the offending item unto the flat side of the Tormek and managed to grind and polish about 1/4" of shiny metal next to the edge on the flat side,...
  30. Disappointed - another UK icon gone to pot?

    Having to do a lot of 10mm wide mortises soon, I bought a Robert Sorby corner chisel from Classic Hand Tools in the UK. I thought I'd get a 1 1/4" paring chisel as well, having wanted one all the...
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    I'm afraid I must agree. The only time that I've...

    I'm afraid I must agree. The only time that I've bought a big piece of machinery off them ( horizontal borer), it was a song and dance production til it arrived, largely due to the branches not...
  32. … ellipses come in threes, indicate a gap, a...

    … ellipses come in threes, indicate a gap, a tacit understanding or an implication to be drawn in the logical flow of the sentence. If you overuse them you can break them :) There are always gaps in...
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    I don't reckon there's anyone on the Gold Coast...

    I don't reckon there's anyone on the Gold Coast who gives a rat's about Anglo organised religion anyway. But thanks for your concern.
  34. @ ochaye Oh! Ok :) Hope it's going ok. @...

    @ ochaye Oh! Ok :) Hope it's going ok.

    @ Robot - I put the top together conventionally glued with broomstick dowels, but all the base can be disassembled for transport if necessary. I just used...
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    Ok - who's made one of these before?

    What is it?

    It's a bell wheel! One of the ones that live up church towers, has a rope running around it, and turns change-ringing (not striking, or clanging) bells upside down so that they make a...
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    I'll post some pics of my bandsaw extraction...

    I'll post some pics of my bandsaw extraction setup, but I use 2 x 4" flex hose off a 6" branch that is the first down-drop in line from the cyclone (2HP JET DC1900 blower) One hose goes into a shroud...
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    However, it's hand-making to a pretty high...

    However, it's hand-making to a pretty high standard. For £170-£220 (AUD$265-350) you'd want to be sure about it . Thomas Flinn gets my vote.
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    We're (except Bob) missing the point. The primary...

    We're (except Bob) missing the point. The primary reason for dust extraction in the workplace is not to make it look pretty and tidy (which is a great byproduct, especially if you do your finishing...
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    Did anyone say they wanted a plane? sorry, planeS (plural)

    Planely a collector of taste and discretion.

    PLANES BAILEY RECORD STANLEY 14 VINTAGE PLANE COLLECTION GREAT ON DISPLAY | eBay
  40. i bolted a Jet DC1900 fan and motor on top of a...

    i bolted a Jet DC1900 fan and motor on top of a home made cyclone (with shock mounts), put HVAC flexible insulated duct on the exhaust side of the blower for sound damping, exhausted it through the...
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    This looks like a good price for it

    Camellia Oil, Organic - Aussie Soap Supplies

    If it's good enough for Lie Nielsen . . .
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    Where did I put my push stick? . . . ah, bugger...

    Where did I put my push stick? . . . ah, bugger it.
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    Camellia oil? Can you buy biggish quantities of...

    Camellia oil? Can you buy biggish quantities of it?
  44. Bill's Cyclone Dust Collection Research - Medical...

    Bill's Cyclone Dust Collection Research - Medical Risks

    Pretty much all there. If you want to use indoor filtration, I'd say . . . good luck.
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    Why is the Jet 18" bandsaw less than half the...

    Why is the Jet 18" bandsaw less than half the price of the Powermatic? What is WMH not telling us?

    (p.s. Wanita at WWWH gave me a very good price on my PM cabinet saw and planer)
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    Ok, you've cheered me up. :) I went for...

    Ok, you've cheered me up. :)

    I went for Powermatic with the table saw and planer because of this - now made in Taiwan (China), but streets ahead of many out there. You just can't beat a well-made...
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    Yes - their head office to branch communication...

    Yes - their head office to branch communication sucks the proverbial. They can't update their stock holdings and communicate them between branches at all. I bought their horizontal borer (eventually)...
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    Nice to look at lovely to hold . . . However,...

    Nice to look at lovely to hold . . .

    However, the ecosystem that produced those two particular lovely birds of paradise and those like them has now been clearfelled and bulldozed. The patterns...
  49. Thanks all for advice. I received a gracious...

    Thanks all for advice.

    I received a gracious reply from Mr. Hock, who pleaded a jammed-up mailing system as the cause of emailus interruptus. He advised the same, which I did, and it all works...
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    Not just woodworkers, but designers and artists....

    Not just woodworkers, but designers and artists. I was started off by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, then William Morris, then the Bauhaus, then Shaker furniture, then Chippendale, Hepplewhite etc....
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