Phillip Mitchell
11-22-2021, 10:10 AM
I have an original Lamello “minilo top” biscuit joiner that I got on eBay a handful of years back for a good price and have used it plenty in that time (more lately) and really like it except for one big thing. It has no active dust collection and really spews dust at you if you’re standing in the wrong position in relation to the tool. Being that the tool sometimes is used flat / straight ahead and other times upside down / plunging down and the operator has to be at least close enough to line up the cut to the mark at some point before plunging, certain positions are hard to avoid the direct dust cloud.
It seems like what happens is that some of the finer dust gets sucked into the fan of the motor which is “open“ on 3 sides and blows in line with where you want to stand. I have safety glasses that curve around the sides of my eyes, but the dust is so fine that it doesn’t matter and really just assaults you directly to the point of having to stop, recover from the dusty cut and continue on at your own peril. See photos.
Is anyone aware of off the shelf adaptors or any other potential solutions to solve this issue. I’d love to be able to hook this up to my Midi dust extractor for obvious reasons. I have looked on Lamello’s site and at Colonial Saw’s site, but haven’t seen anything appropriate, but maybe am missing something simple.
The joiner is still accurate even after 30 (?) years and is dependable, but it may get shelved for a new Top 21 if I can’t solve the dust issue.
It seems like what happens is that some of the finer dust gets sucked into the fan of the motor which is “open“ on 3 sides and blows in line with where you want to stand. I have safety glasses that curve around the sides of my eyes, but the dust is so fine that it doesn’t matter and really just assaults you directly to the point of having to stop, recover from the dusty cut and continue on at your own peril. See photos.
Is anyone aware of off the shelf adaptors or any other potential solutions to solve this issue. I’d love to be able to hook this up to my Midi dust extractor for obvious reasons. I have looked on Lamello’s site and at Colonial Saw’s site, but haven’t seen anything appropriate, but maybe am missing something simple.
The joiner is still accurate even after 30 (?) years and is dependable, but it may get shelved for a new Top 21 if I can’t solve the dust issue.