I finally found a Dust liner to put in the bucket of my dust collector. I try to keep the dust collection in the shop one of my top priorities but once collected, it has always been a hassle. Here how I made a very simple helper Finding a bag By accident, when emptying […]
Router table – Storage and dust management
I have equipped my shop with a router table for quite some time now and had set my target on the Jessem router table combo. My local dealer had combos with the table top, stand and 3HP router. Had my eyes on the standard kit with the white top, fence, lift and open base. […]
Dust Collector – Project usage
I’ve been using the setup described in my series of post for my dust collector retrofit for about 6 months now and I am still satisfied but need a few improvements, mainly in managing the dust in the bin once collected. I had the opportunity to run the dust collector for milling lumber for some […]
Dust Collector – post upgrade
I finally hooked up the dust collector and the machines are now connected. I am still working on the arts and craft bed series and had to mill some board for the mattress support, which was the best excuse to test out the setup. Barrel I wanted an easy way to collect the debris once […]
Dust Collector – Up and running
My new dust collector is now up and running and is collecting dust. Finished the last details Saturday morning and had a chance to see it in action. Generated some dust from tools. I also picked up a bucket full from the Oneida Dust Deputy, generates from smaller tools. The dust seperator is currently in […]
Dust collector – Supporting structure
I finally got around to built the dust collector structure to support the motor from the old one. Sourced the different material to complete the project, but the first item on the list to make the project moving again was to build the structure. So went to the big box store and sourced a few […]
Oscillating spindle sander
Last christmas, I added an oscillating spindle sander to my power tools arsenal. The acquisition has mainly been driven based on project that I either had in the pipeline or future project. for the time being, it’s a little bit of both where I have a project, still on the bench and waiting completion, one […]
Dust collector Reconstruction
I’ve been looking for while now to soup up my current dust collector. The one that serves up up for the bigger tool, producing a variety of type of dust. The bigger tools produce chip like dust (jointer and planer) and the band saw produces finer dust while cutting. These are the 3 main tools […]
Small tool dust collection – Update
Was looking at the Festool Youtube channel about an episode on the CT26 regarding the self-cleaning bag. This got me thinking about the state of my setup described in an earlier post, describing my small tool dust collection setup, not requiring the big dust collector. Included footage showed the difference inside the CT vacuum of using a bag (virtually […]
Small Tool Dust Collection
As I am still working on the entertainement center for my sister, I got to sand most of the parts and was faced with not really being satisfied with the dust collection for my sander and in the way the connection for the dust collection was designed. Also, the dust collection was not the only thing […]