Thread: cheap gmc dust extractor - worth it?

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

Or about $12.00 AUD including postage from Lee Valley!
:eek: http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...t=1,42401&ap=1

Cheers,

P

****Including*** postage?!?!?!??!
Bugger (favourite WOTN)

Now I know where I'll be getting some replacements from...

Cheers!
Steve B

DONT BUY IT!!

GMC have the highest return rates out of all tool brands known to mankind!!

Ok Maybe Ozito have a higher return rate...............

But you would be better to go for something from Godfreys called a devilvac.......these things howl their head off and take some punishment!!


Smallnails

Originally Posted by smallnails

GMC have the highest return rates out of all tool brands known to mankind!!

hehe yeah i heard the exact same thing from a bunnings employee

i own 2 gmc products, a jigsaw and a router. jigsaw needed a new laser assembly, returned to bunnings and fixed immediately. router can't get the screws off to fit a template on, but didn't bother with this as i prefer using template bits for that purpose anyway (so u can flush cut)

i was thinking of getting a gmc circular saw but given how dangerous that tool is i'd rather save up a bit and get a better one (e.g. maktec)

Did u just say Maktec?

For only a bit more you can get a quality product like a Makita or Hitachi 7 1/4 saw..for around only $200...........Forget Maktec dude they wont be around in a couple of years.......Makita have realised it was a mistake no doubt and will probably drop it soon.......Brand name dilution and all that.

Smallnails

Boban, the beast has arrived.

I would do a mod to the triton but I couldnt be bothered (I will get around to it - to be frank - and i've already said this) I found sturdees instructions a bit hard to follow - when I get a chance I'll try to reinterpret it again and when I fail miserably (because im a clod) I'll give peter a call.

Originally Posted by Zed

Boban, the beast has arrived.

I would do a mod to the triton but I couldnt be bothered (I will get around to it - to be frank - and i've already said this) I found sturdees instructions a bit hard to follow - when I get a chance I'll try to reinterpret it again and when I fail miserably (because im a clod) I'll give peter a call.

Zed,


Just let me know and I'll see if I can clarify it more.


Peter.

Thought for the day.............

Is it possible that they will have found a cure for wood dust infections before chylld buys his vacuum ?

Steve B,

Thanks for the pics. It looks like you cut into the base of the alu casting :confused: if so you are a braver man than me.

I haven't used it much, I do have a set of woodrat bits, broke a dovetail one doing a sliding dovetail so am looking to connect some decent dust/chip extraction before tempting fate with any other HSS bits, I still use the router table for most things but am making some test corners when I find time (if anybody has some spare send it my way) and suitable scraps.

Mark

Originally Posted by mkb

Steve B,

I haven't used it much, I do have a set of woodrat bits, broke a dovetail one doing a sliding dovetail

Mark

Assuming you broke the bit because there was too much pressure on it when taking out the amount of wood that a dovetail cuts into and you can't take shallow cuts and keep raising the bit gradually with a dovetail like you can with a straight cutter. Try using a narrow straight bit first to get a fair amount of timber out of the slot, then run the dovetail bit through. (providing of course that the straight cutter is smaller than the narrow end of the dovetail.)

Gumby,

The bit I broke has a very narrow shank(?) I don't own a straight bit that is that narrow, otherwise...

I think I need to get the feel for the crank handle on the woodrat that is :eek:

Originally Posted by Gumby

Thought for the day.............

Is it possible that they will have found a cure for wood dust infections before chylld buys his vacuum ?

hahaha

well i'm taking the advice from this thread and sticking a regular vacuum cleaner to a cyclone, which is even cheaper than i thought because my parents still have their old one lying around, and are letting me use that. it obviously isn't as durable as a pullman, but it's free! hehe.

re maktec - yeh sounds like i'll hold off on that one. i know i must seem like a hesitant buyer, but really, ... well i am actually.

i have learnt a heck of a lot though, i'm glad everyone here actually bothered to say what they said, and didn't tell me to "go do a search already"

Originally Posted by simon c

They are not bad for the money as the unit, but there is a big sting in the tail for replacement parts. Using the old Gilette razor trick - the unit itself costs $99 but if you buy a replacement dust filter, that'll cost you $60 on it's own.

Simon, I know what you were saying now. I saw the filters at Bunxxxxx last night and they are $56 each. That is 56% of the cost of the whole unit.

I brought one back from the US and it is only US$12. Hmm... something is not right here.

Originally Posted by Phil Spencer

Used a through flow vacumme motor from an Electrolux ducted systen that I scrounged mounted it on top of a 13 Gal drum orignal pipe work was some old plumbing fittings since up graded with parts from a Godfreys sale. Inside I made up a filter that hangs inside its about 8" in dis and 12" long with a 3 micron filter fitted over the frame. Sorry there are no more specs I just built it.

There is an earlier thread on this and a fan that I made. I think it is Jigs and things around there.

I could say here that my scroll saw is my dust collector but I wont .

Phil would this idea work on a 300mm thicknesser you think , and any clearer link to your plans ? I've got a 1200w vacuum cleaner lying around .
Rick

I dont think a little vacuum cleaner will be good enough to draught a thicknesser... they are ok for smaller tools that have the dust port right near the cutter/blades. A thicknesser needs a fair amount of air movement to overcome this, remember its draugthing a 300mm wide area!