Thicknessers and dust collection

[zenwood]

I have a Ryobi thicknesser that comes with a detachable hood that squirts the dust and shavings out to one side. I generally clamp the shop vac to one side of the output end to try to suck up most of the fine stuff, but I still get a hell of a lot of shavings.

Has anyone had more success in sucking up the shavings from this or similar machines? Presumably the more expensive thicknessers have DC ports, yes? Do these work?

[Iain]

Mine works well with a minimum of garbage to clean up, I still give a squirt of compressed air when I've finished though to get the crud off the threads and anywhere else it may be lurking.
Do Ryobi make an aftermarket dust hood?
If not attempt to fashion one yourself, I saw one on this board that utilised a piece of PVC pipe across the outlet with the DC hose attached to the end (other end blocked off).
I can't recall whose it was butthe guilty party may see this and repost the picture.
I'm not doing a search as I have no idea what to put up as a prompt.

FOUND IT!!!!!
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=15661&highlight=thicknesser+dust+collector

[zenwood]

Iain,

SWR's PVC pipe solution looks brilliant. I think I've even got a bit of pipe and some cable ties lying around.

Many thanks.

One other thing: do you find the rollers get covered in dust and become ineffective? I have to clean the dust off mine (paper towel dampened with turps) just about every time I use it. Does the dust extractor solve this problem, or should I just get used to wiping the rollers?

One other thing; (the last thing was not one other thing, but I digress): how do you go about getting the blades sharpened? Can you get replacements blades? Where's a good supplier?


Mine works well with a minimum of garbage to clean up[...]
FOUND IT!!!!!
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=15661&highlight=thicknesser+dust+collector

[Ashore]

Zen wood

another method is to build a shute and catch box after the thicknesser

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=8807&stc=1
http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.co...ntid=8796&stc=1 (http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=8796&stc=1)
Then when i'm finished I vacuum it out adn a bit of air
Also this dosen't fill your dust extractor up to quickly
as to blade sharpening
I have a woodcraft 12" thicknesser and to re sharpen the blades I ran two grooves the same depth into a block of wood at 47* the angle on the original blades

When the blades are in the block the two cutting edges are then parellel and can be honed touched up relatively easily
Or if realy bad done on a belt sander if its long enough, The blades I do on the sander however I use on recycled wood getting rid of paint etc

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.co...ntid=9791&stc=1 (http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/attachment.php?attachmentid=9791&stc=1)


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[Gumby]

The current edition (June 05) of the Triton Woodworker has a good article about building a dust collector for a GMC thicknesser. Should be the same as your so check out:

www.tritonwoodworkers.org.au

and scroll down the menu on the left to the newsletters section.

[Schtoo]

Gumby, your typo is showing...;)

www.tritonwoodworkers.org.au (http://www.tritonwoodworkers.org.au)

[Iain]

I have never had a problem with my rollers, but then they could well be a different material.
My machine is a 12 1/2" Geetech, uses reversible blades and I am still on side one after three years, could explain a bit of the noise though :D

[Gumby]

Gumby, your typo is showing...;)

www.tritonwoodworkers.org.au (http://www.tritonwoodworkers.org.au)

Bloody hell !!!! That's twice in the past 2 weeks I've done that :mad:
bloody keyboard :D

(I've editied it now - I think I do more post editing than anything else :rolleyes: )

[Gumby]

Bloody hell !!!! That's twice in the past 2 weeks I've done that :mad:
bloody keyboard :D

(I've editied it now - I think I do more post editing than anything else :rolleyes: )


DOH!!! There's another one - i'm going back to work :mad:

[Stubchain]

I have a Ryobi as well. To be honest I find the clear up pretty easy. Mine all goes up against a plastic tarp then onto the floor. It makes good garden mulch.

[Iain]

Edited=Single edit
Editied=Multiple edits
All is well :D
These links show you are indeed corrrect :rolleyes:
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=editied&btnG=Google+Search&meta=

[zenwood]

Ashore's shute method is another attractive alternative.

The triton newsletter version [Gumby's] is an industrial-strength version of the one Iain pointed out with the PVC pipe etc.

The sharpening block is another great idea.

I wonder if the shute method could be combined with the PVC pipe method to make a hood that uses the momentum of the chips to deflect them sideways into a bucket or something before they spray all over the outgoing board etc. Sort of like a self-driven cyclone? Then the dust bag wouldn't get filled up with shavings in no time flat, and you could just empty the bucket straight onto the compost heap. The trouble with the shute method is it seems to require a fairly permanent thicknesser setup, which I don't have, just dragging it out when I need it.

[Ashore]

I wonder if the shute method could be combined with the PVC pipe method to make a hood that uses the momentum of the chips to deflect them sideways into a bucket or something before they spray all over the outgoing board etc. My idea only collects the chips a combi system sounds better as I still have to brush away the chips etc on the outgoing side
I tried a fixed brush but it didn't remove enough chips
The other added benifit was that I set the thicknesser height to the bench top each side this gives me a great infeed and outfeed tables helps to reduce snipe as well


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