Dust from odd sources

**rsser** · 22nd November 2010, 11:31 AM

I've been a bit obsessive about dust control as wood dust is carcinogenic.

As a faceplate turner (mostly) a lot of sanding is involved and to deal with that:

* Big Gulp inlet attached to 2hp dusty
* box type air scrubber hung from the ceiling
* fresh air source blowing from behind me twds the Big Gulp on the lathe far side
* filtered visor

I used to clean up the floor, bench etc after each session but have got slack.

I modded a dusty sweep but it was never v. effective so a clean up involved some time with the broom, dust and pan.

Last month or so, each time I went into the shed I started sneezing and put it down to a bad hayfever season. But now I think it's from fine dust particles that I'm kicking into the air and an increasing sensitivity to them.

So it's back to regular clean ups and I've ordered a vacuum wand from Carba-tec to make them easier.

Will report back on how well it works.

**Sturdee** · 22nd November 2010, 03:46 PM

Originally Posted by rsser

So it's back to regular clean ups and I've ordered a vacuum wand from Carba-tec to make them easier.

Will report back on how well it works.

I use something similar except I used an old pipe from a garden blower/sucker and put a handle on it. Makes cleaning up very easy and no sweeping.

Peter.

**rsser** · 22nd November 2010, 05:33 PM

Sounds good Peter.

With what bits I have I couldn't emulate the Wand at their price. So we'll see.

**rsser** · 23rd November 2010, 12:08 PM

Arrived and tested. Good result.

Plenty of suction. Enough to lift the carpet square in front of the workbench. That's at the end of a longish line from the 2hp dusty with plenty of flex duct in the middle.

Sucked up a good volume of admittedly fairly fine pigs tails and dust.

Bonus was a short brush-end wand.

A quick fit 10cm connector worked fine on the main tube end and the supplied dust gate.

For the money and the result, full marks.

**rsser** · 2nd December 2010, 10:30 AM

Update:

The quick fit connector on the end of the flex duct and the brush wand are not a good match but a wrap of fabric tape has fixed that.

The quick fit is also showing a tendency to slip off the clear plakky tube that makes up the main wand so that needs a fix too.

As always, max flexibility in use is served by the highly flexible duct from Carbatec but that consumes sucking power. Still, it works.

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