Lathe dust collection

[Tom Hamilton]

Greetings fellow Creekers:

The new Oneida is hungry for some lathe turning dust but getting the six inch hose onto the lathe and in the best position is a little vexing.

Over the years I've seen several photos here of shop made systems to collect the dust from lathes.

If you've got some of those photos stashed away in your hard drive or the link to the original thread, would you please post them here? Perhaps we can gather all the good ideas in one place.


Thanks,

Tom, now in Georgia, and almost ready to post pics of the new shop.

[Mike Lipke]

I tried a homebrew hood made out of a cardboard box with a piece of 1/4" plywood glued inside, extended out of the box about 3" wide such that the plywood fit between the ways, holding the box with the hose attached near the workpiece. It worked ok, but when WC had $15 off on a floor stand dust hood, I bought it, and it works better, more easily adjusted, something you are constantly doing.

[Brian Novotny]

www.grizzly.com (http://www.grizzly.com)

try models

t10117
g2754
g2753

[Richard Allen]

The oneway dust hood is well thought out and very effective. This dust hood encapsulates the turning insuring that sanding dust won't escape into your lungs. The oneway dust hood is very pricey. This design could be made with cardboard and 1/4" plywood for a LOT less.

The goal is to surround the turning as much as possible with a large enough enclosure that you can work with it in place. On the Oneway this goal is achieved by making the right hand side swing away in a two stage configuration.

I can power sand a 20" platter at the rim and the dust hood (along with the 3 HP cyclone) captures all the fine sanding dust created.

As an unintended bonus the hood provides a place to "store" tools while turning. The hood also provides a mounting for two moffit lights. I constantly store small items on the top of the hood.

I have a review on my web site but a link here might be a violation of the TOS and the value at the end of that link adds little to this discussion.

Lets just leave it at: The Oneway hood or a home made hood which incorporates many of the features of the Oneway hood is a terrific solution to sanding dust produced at the lathe.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Tom I use these hoods I got from PSI. I have one on my Rikon and one on the Nova. I have PVC piped to the lathes and have blast gates on each. It works really well for sanding and I don't run it when turning because it doesn't do well with chips.

[John Frigillana]

:confused:Bernie I have the same DC hood, how did you rig it to the lahte. I am looking for ideas for mounting. Right now I have some bungee cords holding it in place. Can you post pics, if anyone else have a rig ,can you share ideas. This is besides using the adjustable stand they sell.:(

[Ron McKinley]

Here's my solution for mounting a dust hood........Ron

http://www.webstorehouse.com/inlandwoodturners/images/PDF/DustCollectionForBench.pdf

[Mike Lipke]

Mine is from WC, and is attached to a floor stand, much like a short microphone stand.

[John Frigillana]

:( Ron, my Jet 1220 lathe is on the stand, I don't use a bench. You set up looks great but won't work in my situation. What I'm looking for is a homemade mount that I can attach to the bed. I don't have room for a stand. I have it clamped to a piece of plywood fastened to the bed. Not to much adjustment,very limited room. Any more ideas?:confused:

[Fred Morton]

Hi all,

Here are some pics of the articulated arm set-up I have been using for several years. Dust can be easily picked up anywhere along the bed, it's easy to adjust and works well. I've posted them before in another thread, here is the link (post #6).

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=114496

Hope this helps,

Fredo :)

[Reed Gray]

I made some thing like the Oneway dust hood out of a 55 gallon food grade white plastic drum. You can some times get them from beverage companies, mine cost about $15 (soda pop). It only goes on when sanding my warped bowls. With my Oneida and the hood, the bowl is 75% inside the hood, with about 4 sq. ft of open area so I can sand all day with no dust mask. I tested by sanding black walnut for 6 hours once. A little dust on my shirt and arms, none on my glasses or up my nose (that would be one photo I would not post). A piece of plywood on the bottom of the plastic to go in the ways, a cut out for the headstock spindle, cut away about 40% of the round part of the barrel, and you have an excelent dust hood.

You can also buy sheet stock of that type of plastic fairly cheaply, and make a frame.

I really need to learn camera work and posting of pics.

robo hippy

[Chris Rae]

I've been thinking of a way to mount one of those hoods also. This is what I've come up with so far. Hopefully you can understand my drawing. The gray is the ways of the lathe, the mottled brown is wood, probably pine 1x4 or?, the black being the hood obviously. I haven't tried this yet so it may need some revision and the measurements would depend on each individual lathe, it's just the bare bones idea. Not sure if it will work but my thought is, with it hooking under one side of the ways it should be quick and easy to take on and off, also to slide back and forth.

[Bernie Weishapl]

:confused:Bernie I have the same DC hood, how did you rig it to the lahte. I am looking for ideas for mounting. Right now I have some bungee cords holding it in place. Can you post pics, if anyone else have a rig ,can you share ideas. This is besides using the adjustable stand they sell.:(

Keoni I mounted mine with 1/2" wide by 1/8" strap iron. I bolted it to the hood and then bent it to what I needed to mount it on the lathe. I did the same on both and works pretty well. Sorry for the mess as I have been turning quite a bit and haven't cleaned up for a while.

[John Frigillana]

;) Thanks for the photo, B.W.. It gives me another idea of mounting my hood. Aloha:)

[Brian Novotny]

:( Ron, my Jet 1220 lathe is on the stand, I don't use a bench. You set up looks great but won't work in my situation. What I'm looking for is a homemade mount that I can attach to the bed. I don't have room for a stand. I have it clamped to a piece of plywood fastened to the bed. Not to much adjustment,very limited room. Any more ideas?:confused:
see above post $40 at grizzly....or go buy a 2x4.

[William Payer]

I purchased the Woodcraft stand/big gulp type hood and find it surpasses all the previous home brew attempts I've tried. It was on sale last month for $59.95 and the stand telescopes up and down (held in place by a locking screw/knob). The only thing I would see as an improvement is the dust collection fitting from the hood is 4 inch---larger would have been better.

I also use the powermatic hood ( 3520b) although it is often difficult to position the tool rest and the hood when turning a larger bowl. It works great for spindle turning and since you don't have to deal with a tool rest, it is acceptable for collecting sanding dust when sanding bowls. THe PM unit is pricey (list at $95, can get for $65-70 range).

[Tom Wilson66]

Here is how I attached my dust hood, using one of the hoods as mentioned earlier. I used a board with a space beneath it to slide a 1/2 inch plywood stand, using a threaded rod to hold it in position (most of the time don't need to use the rod, has enough friction to hold in place), The board is 1" maple, and the rest is 1/2" plywood, held together with screws. The bottom of the hood is high enough to get the tool rest underneath it, else can't get in close enough with the hood to do a lot of good. I also cut the sides of the hood back to get it closer to the work. Sometimes have a little trouble with the handle on the tailstock hitting the hood, have to move the hood out of the way till the tailstock is locked,then move the hood back into position.

[Tom Hamilton]

Greetings and thanks for the pics and ideas. It seems the consensus is use a hood, lots of CFMs and all is good. Makes sense to me.

Mike, Brian, Richard, Bernie, Ron, Reed, thanks for the pics and ideas. If any royalty's are due for using parts of your set-up let me know.

Ron, thanks for the PDF very thorough and instructive.

Fred, I'll order an articulated arm set up for a PM 3520, Ferrari Red with PM Gold pin stripe. Should be an attractive combo! What is the total cost with shopping from Down Under? :o

Actually I'm only half kidding, if you get into a production mode let me know!

Reed, the food drum idea makes great sense, light weight, huge and cheap.

Chris the drawing is clear, but one thought is ability to adjust forward, back, left and right. Perhaps that included and I just didn't catch it.

Tom, turned pegs and chased threads is very cool. Nice set up.

Again, thanks to all for providing very specific and useful info.

Tom, in Georgia, off to the shop for the day!:D

[Ray Binnicker]

I finally got around to taking some pictures of the central dust collection system I recently installed in my shop. I added a small "lean-to" on the exterior of my shop and placed my dust collector (Jet) out there. I then ran 6" S&D through the shop wall, across the ceiling and made a drop down for each of my dust/chip producing machines (7 total). Each drop down has a gate that stays closed until I use that machine. The collector is equipped with a remote on/off. I ran the 6" pipe as close as I dared and finished off with 4" flex hose. I did not do any sort of grounding to the system. I live in the midlands of South Carolina with a very high humidity and didn't feel like I needed it. So far I don't regret it. Of course, the question here is on collection at the lathe. I wanted to be able to have my lathe hose at the work piece at a moments notice and then be able to move it just as fast. My solution (I hope the pictures show it) was to attach the hose to a section of pvc pipe fitted with a 90 deg fitting w/another piece of pvc (forming a 90 deg) that dropped down into a bit larger piece of pvc that was mounted stationary to the wall. The hose is now able to move back and forth and is kept in the desired position for collecting with a small bungy cord. I have noticed a big increase in the amount of dust being collected. I hope this explanation and pictures makes sense and perhaps helps someone.
Ray Binnicker

[Tom Hamilton]

Ray, very clever and functional. Thanks for the pics and explanation.

Best regards, Tom

[Mark Hubl]

Here is how I rigged a larger hood on my mini. The mount lets me move the hood in several different directions. Just made out of plywood scraps. I also have a small fan overhead that turns on with the lathe to help direct the dust. This works well for the fines but as can be seen in the pics, the curlies still fly. It is attached in tchannel.

[Robert Schmidt]

Hi all. I'm new to Sawmill Creek and came across this thread. I built a 'roll-around' dust hood that may be of interest to some of you. For me, it works great, and I use it routinely.

The best way to see the article on my dust hood system is to go to our local turner's club website: http://www.inwwoodturners.com

Click on the 'articles' tab and you'll see a pdf file called 'dust collection at the lathe'

Hope this helps...

Thanks,

Bob Schmidt
Spokane, WA

[Keith Spaniel]

this works the best for me, though im still working on getting a little bigger collector over the wood.

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[Rob Cunningham]

I've been thinking of a way to mount one of those hoods also. This is what I've come up with so far. Hopefully you can understand my drawing. The gray is the ways of the lathe, the mottled brown is wood, probably pine 1x4 or?, the black being the hood obviously. I haven't tried this yet so it may need some revision and the measurements would depend on each individual lathe, it's just the bare bones idea. Not sure if it will work but my thought is, with it hooking under one side of the ways it should be quick and easy to take on and off, also to slide back and forth.

Chris,
If it hooks on the ways like that, would it possibly be in the way of the banjo or is it only for sanding with the banjo moved out of the way?

[Chris Rae]

Used mainly for sanding with the banjo moved out of the way.