Archive for the ‘dust collector’ Tag
A full day of fun. The task was to install The Oneida Air System’s V-3000 Dust Collection System, and I drafted the Building Inspector and the Engineer to help out. Thank goodness.
We started at 8:15a with breakfast burritos. Work began at 9a, and we finally quit at 6p with a functional system that will only need a few tweaks to be complete.
Here’s how the day looked.
Tools gone mobile: in the driveway and out of the way.
Some packaging was more challenging than others … in this case, a foam pack that was created inside the box, making for an impossible to unpack foam cube.
V3000, in pieces.
Ductwork joints, in pieces.
Ductwork, in pieces.
Assembly begins.
We soon outgrew the workbench.
The stand comes together.
Weather stripping made for air tight seals between each component of the cyclone.
We only had to take things apart twice.
More & more parts & tools.
Lumber had to move so the building inspector could become one with the lumber rack.
The magic panel.
Assembly almost complete.
The building inspector, becoming one with the ductwork.
Lots of galvanized pipe going into the air.
Every galvanized joint was caulked, screwed & taped.
Working above the lights.
Cutting with fire: a manly pursuit.
Assembly on the floor was preferred to assembly in the air.
Installing The Oneida V3000 Dust Collection System
A found tool.
The end of the rigid run for the all-important table saw ductwork.
As the day wore on, it didn’t get any easier to work at odd angles.
Balance is important.
Oneida’s V-3000 Dust Collection System.
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If you’ve followed my adventures in sawdust, you know the dirtiest job in the shop is changing the bag in the dust collector.
No more.
I spent New Year’s Day reaching a new level of dirt. I uninstalled my dust collector, including the pipes, connectors and hoses that had been in the air for 10 years. And they were covered in dust.
And that’s not to mention that to actually get to all of the pipes, I had to move every tool in the shop out into the driveway. It looked like a really interesting garage sale … but it was not a clean one.
Then I had to move the sawdust out of the garage. I swept. I stepped up and blew it with my air compressor. That’s when I realized that to really to the job, I needed more power.
More. Power.
225 MPH. 450 CFM. I unleashed the dogs of war on my dirt problem … with my leaf blower. Then I swept. And then I did it again. Then I swept. And then I did it again. Get the picture?
Why am I so focused on cleaning out the garage woodshop? My Mrs M finally had enough of my imitation of Pigpen whenever I went into the house, so she approved my purchase of an upgraded dust collection system. I’m going from a 110v, horse-and-a-half hobbyist unit to a 3 horse, 250v unit that’s requiring a crew of 3 tomorrow just to install it.
We’re getting serious about cleaning my air. The dust collector has a HEPA rated filter, just as my new random orbital sanders do.
So, the woodshop is as clean as it gets. 8 boxes of dust collector and 8 boxes and a Jeep load of ducting and hoses (hosiery?) are awaiting the skilled ministrations of the building inspector, the engineer, and your humble scribe. Tomorrow promises to be a great day; I’ve been planning for this day for months!
50 gallon bag of dust, out of the shop.
The big dust collector sits unused when I go to finish sanding.
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My garage hasn’t seen a car in many years. What it does see is woodworking.
Here are the key floor and bench top tools that I use. I’ve built everything from our kitchen cabinets to curio boxes. Check out some of my work on my woodworking blog, which is a part of the Lumberjocks website. See my projects, here.
The workbench is the centerpiece of every project in the shop. I built this one with holes across the hard maple top. With the end vise (on the other end), I can clamp large projects using “bench dogs” in the holes to hold the piece in place.
The most important power tool in the shop. The table saw is the most versatile, and the most dangerous, of the tools I use.
My benchtop bandsaw gets the job done, almost, on this 1-1/2″ stock. If only I had room for a real band saw….
Making relief cuts on the radius of the circle makes for a much smoother arc to be cut in the stock.
The router table is a wonderful addition to the shop, but the best thing for better quality of life in the shop is a dust collector, shown inflated to the left. Now, operating the table saw or router table is almost dust free.
The router table also has a mitre guage mounted over the fence for easy work routing at a 90* angle.
This router table top was made by Jessem and sold by Rockler … but it has been discontinued. It’s my # 2 go to tool, after the table saw.
The drill press is essential for drilling holes at a 90* angle to the stock; you can’t match it with a handheld drill. In this case, I was using a 1-1/2″ forstner bit, which couldn’t be used in a handheld drill.
The benchtop sander makes quick work of corners and rough edges.
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