Dust extraction on lathe

**CanFly** · 19th January 2005, 03:53 PM

Hi Ern,

You seem to go to great lengths to remove the dust in your workshop. That can only be healthy!

I have worn a mask when sanding but when I am able to position the extraction tube very close to the work by attaching the magnet I find that the mask isn't necessary. As we know the closer the tube gets to the turning the better it will extract.

The magnet allows more flexibility for me and I am sure that others who use this method will come up with different ways to move the extractor even closer. I made a dust hood but it won't collect anywhere near the amount of dust that I can collect by using the magnet approach. It can be "stuck" virtually anywhere there is a piece of ferrous metal. It can be stuck to an adjustable metal stand too that would make it even more flexible.

I have used the elastic and string approach but that takes time and too much adjusting is needed. The magnet is very quick to apply and easy to move around, consequently I move it more frequently.

One of my next projects will be to build a ceiling mounted air filter such as you have. I am also playing around with the idea of making my own filtered visor and bringing in the air from outside the workshop. I found an idea for that in one of the Australian woodworking magazines and I will follow that up. They didn't use outside air but a hair dryer fan mounted around the waistline. I would like to explore the idea of running a tube to the exterior and mounting a small fan in there to blow the air to the visor. It would be a simple matter to control the flow of air by making a blast gate similar to those I have made for my large dust extraction unit.

Ray

**rsser** · 19th January 2005, 04:05 PM

Well Ray, healthy yes, paranoid probably! Wood dust is now a declared carcinogen.

The air filters are now dirt cheap, courtesy of volume and I guess Asian labour.

I've seen (a long time ago) a design somewhere on the web for the kind of filtered visor you mention. The wrinkle is being tethered to a hose.

But that's minor compared with cancer of the sinuses

**Sprog** · 19th January 2005, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by CanFly

One of my next projects will be to build a ceiling mounted air filter such as you have. I am also playing around with the idea of making my own filtered visor and bringing in the air from outside the workshop. I found an idea for that in one of the Australian woodworking magazines and I will follow that up. They didn't use outside air but a hair dryer fan mounted around the waistline. I would like to explore the idea of running a tube to the exterior and mounting a small fan in there to blow the air to the visor.
Ray

Here is a link to the article for the home made dust mask.

Home Made Dust Mask

**rsser** · 19th January 2005, 06:30 PM

Thanks Sprog, that's the one.

(BTW How did you come by that moniker?)

**Sprog** · 19th January 2005, 06:49 PM

Originally Posted by rsser

BTW How did you come by that moniker?

It is the name of my little friend

**CanFly** · 20th January 2005, 05:07 AM

Thanks Sprog, I will go to work on that and see what I can do with it.

Tons of snow here in British Colimbia and that has to be attended to first.

Thanks,

CanFly

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