Brian Peters
10-02-2013, 8:05 PM
I recently picked up this machine after seeing on craigslist with a feeder. It was a good deal, even though slightly less powerful than I wanted. I really needed a dedicated shaper with a feeder for doing small moldings and that's about it, so it's a great fit for that. US Made, it's simple but well constructed.
Anyhow, the only thing that throws a wrench in it is the dust collection. Either the engineer that designed it and didn't know dust collectors existed with this narrow chute or they had other ideas. The only thing I can find is an expensive vintage attachment, upon which is for a 5" diameter hose (who the heck uses 5" hoses)? and then you have to get a 5" to 4" reducer, all of which is expensive and adds around another foot of unnecessary depth to the machine. So I will just rule on the part that it's a rough design.
Has anyone seen any rigs for this machine and a 4" dust hose? I was at home depot imagining some ducts and vents that I could cut up, but I am not much of a metal fabricator. Thanks! I've attached a photo I found on vintage machinery for this machine.
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Anyhow, the only thing that throws a wrench in it is the dust collection. Either the engineer that designed it and didn't know dust collectors existed with this narrow chute or they had other ideas. The only thing I can find is an expensive vintage attachment, upon which is for a 5" diameter hose (who the heck uses 5" hoses)? and then you have to get a 5" to 4" reducer, all of which is expensive and adds around another foot of unnecessary depth to the machine. So I will just rule on the part that it's a rough design.
Has anyone seen any rigs for this machine and a 4" dust hose? I was at home depot imagining some ducts and vents that I could cut up, but I am not much of a metal fabricator. Thanks! I've attached a photo I found on vintage machinery for this machine.
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