Thread: Got to check that dust bin!!

Donaldson are (were?) an Australian company and their factory is (was?) somewhere near Gosford from memory (Wyong?). I remeber seeing it next to the railway tracks going from Sydney to Newcastle. However this was about 25 years ago so who knoows what's happened to them in the meantime. If they still are a local company you may be able to contact them, let them know what you're after and get the cheapest (read highest volume seller) truck filter. Alternatively your local truck parts place should be able to help.

Mick

I dunno if they stated in Australia, but they are sure world wide now.

They list these offices in Australia....

AUSTRALIA
Wyong
Donaldson Australasia Pty Ltd
1 Lucca Road (P.O. Box 153)
Wyong, NSW 2259, Australia
Phone: 61-24-350 2000, Fax: 61-24-351 2036
Sydney
Donaldson Australasia Pty Ltd
26 Meredith Street
Bankstown NSW 2200, Australia
Phone: 61-28-713 1300, Fax: 61-28-713 1333
Victoria
Donaldson Australasia Pty Ltd
Uit 29, 41-49 Norcal Rd
Nunawading, Victoria 3131
P.O. Box 328
Phone: 61-39-874 2600, Fax: 61-39-874 2611
Queensland
Donaldson Australasia Pty Ltd
P.O. Box 212, Archerfield Queensland 4108
Phone: 61-43-854 9132


and in

New Zealand
Donaldson Australasia Pty Ltd
10E Burrett Ave., Penrose, Auckland N.Z.
P.O. Box 12-489
Phone: (0011) 64 9 579 2790, Fax: (0015) 64 9 579 0322

Cheers!

FYI: There is an Australian distributor that I found on the Donaldson website that Stu gave a pointer to.

Here are the contact details:

Australia
Wyong, New South Wales
Phone: 02-4350-2033; Fax: 02-4351-3849

Stu

Hey Hi. I been looking at the shop on your page and that is the true meaning of small shop. Good job of making the best of what you got.

I was wondering about the Pic you posted above with the dato balde setup. Was wonding if after the secound pass on your cut does the back feather board push you work to the side. looks a little odd to me.

Originally Posted by junkboy999

Stu

Hey Hi. I been looking at the shop on your page and that is the true meaning of small shop. Good job of making the best of what you got.

I was wondering about the Pic you posted above with the dato balde setup. Was wonding if after the secound pass on your cut does the back feather board push you work to the side. looks a little odd to me.

Thanks for the compliments on my small space!

The pic....


You can see the black board, at the back, holding the workpiece against the fence, this would be a HUGE No-No on a through cut, but with the dado blade is it OK

Maybe this shot shows it better...

The feather boards do not push the workpiece into the blade, the push before the blade and after it.

Again, I'll stress that this is on a Dado blade, not a through cut.

Cheers!

Yes that is a better angle. The other Pic looked like the top FB was more in front of the dado blade and not over it. I take it that the back FB is just set in to place to guide and not apply pressure on your stock. I would worry about the back FB pushing the bottom edge on the stock and rocking it in to the bale, being that there is only about 1.5 mm of the stock is touching the fence at the top.

My self, I would of cut them like this. But that is just me

Originally Posted by junkboy999

Yes that is a better angle. The other Pic looked like the top FB was more in front of the dado blade and not over it. I take it that the back FB is just set in to place to guide and not apply pressure on your stock. I would worry about the back FB pushing the bottom edge on the stock and rocking it in to the bale, being that there is only about 1.5 mm of the stock is touching the fence at the top.

My self, I would of cut them like this. But that is just me

Yes, I would have done it that way as well, in fact, if you read my original post........

" Next I needed to cut a groove in the pieces 2 cm x 2cm, so I set up the TS with my Dado blade.
Now I know it would have been a lot less dust and mess if I'd just made two cuts with the
regular blade, but, I wanted to see how my cyclone and ducting would work."

.......... I said that, but the reason I did it this way was to generate a large amount of dust, to put my cyclone through it's paces

Cheers!

Duh!!

Yes you did hehehe you must of changed it. I read it again and it must of just went in one eye (ear) and out the other