Anyone currently using dust collection on the job? I’m a trim carpenter and have been sucking in the dust for years and wonder if dust collection is reasonable.
What does this situation in my life ask of me?
Anyone currently using dust collection on the job? I’m a trim carpenter and have been sucking in the dust for years and wonder if dust collection is reasonable.
What does this situation in my life ask of me?
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I'm not a trim carpemnter as such, but when I need to cut wood on an installation I use Festol equipment with dust extraction. Not only does it keep the workplace clean, and my lungs dust free, but it keeps the sawdust off the tools themselves and there is no need to continually sweep it away from the fences and stops
John
I love my mighty Fein, shop vac that is. Most any tool can be plugged into it and the vac swithces off and on with the tool. I can even run my table say through it as it has, I believe, a 19 Amp capacity for the swithced leg. The automatic on/off makes is much likelier to be used than having to turn the tool and vac on separately.
I do a significant 'trim' jobs in finised homes and it really helps to keep the dust down and the clients happier.
Let's not confuse the issue with facts!
I have the fein turbo III. I want a tool actuated switch so I can use any vac that happens to be on the job. I don't want to haul my fein to jobs.
I asked a electrician to make me one but he couldn't figure it out.
Sears sells such a beast, plug a tool and a vac into it and the vac comes on when the tool comes on, have one for when the Fein isn't handy.
Just can't justify 2-3 grand for a shop central vac system yet.Let's not confuse the issue with facts!
Is that something in stock or did you have to order it? Do you know part# and $?
I would like to make one just for the satisfaction.
I totally understand the 'just for the satisfaction' part, but electronics I'm not that savy on. It's a 'Craftsman' product and puttering around the home today I just brought it out for a look see. It's model: 24031.73335.23479.I believe it's good for 15 amps. Sears had them in stock when I purchased mine. Cost I can't remember, I'd guesstimate in the $15-$25 range.Let's not confuse the issue with facts!
Thanks
I use a vac with my router table. There is a switch on the table leg fgor the router, so i added a three-way outlet (the cheapie orange thingie) so that the shjop vac comes on at the same time. Works well.
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
When I worked as a trimmer on new construction, no, I never used it. About 9 years ago, I installed a dust collector in my shop. Knowing what I know now about the carcinogenic nature of wood dust, and the fact the certain species can cause an allergic reaction which can lead to pneumonia, I was foolish for too many years.
Now, I split my time between writing and carpentry. I always haul along my Festool vac these days. Life's too short to die young.
Andy
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
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I still wear a mask, but I've been using a portable dust collector on my jobsite tablesaw for 5 years or more.
Saw chips dump into a bin and the bagged blower comes off the bin. I empty the bag and bin daily, sometimes twice daily.
Really keeps the dust down.
Works great on any saw with a dust port.
One job had over 35 sheets of MDF for built-ins, shelving, columns, etc. It was amazing how little dust was laying around the saw.
The blower goes into the bin with some other stuff when I pack up.
Doesn't take up much room at all.
Gord
Edited 1/1/2006 11:04 pm by gordsco
I've been tossing around a portable Jet dust collector that sits on a trach can and the other option is what you use. Have you ever tried to hook up a hose where the dust bag is and stick it out the window? What about splitting the hose and hooking it up to a miter saw and did it work effectively?
What does this situation in my life ask of me?
Never tried to split the hose or set up stations where I could do that. Miter saw usually goes along the wall and the tablesaw in the middle where I can run sheet stock. I don't need any extra hose to pack or trip over or worry about switching.
I did build a box that sat behind the Mitersaw and plug the blower into when cutting baseboard in a finished house. Also a hose attachment for the router when troughing alot of flutes or making MDF mock panel doors, but they never get packed. I remake them when I need them.
Too much stuff to set up when you are moving from house to house. If I ever got a 3 or 4 month house job, I'd think more seriously about jobsite dust collection.
Gord
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And a dust mask.
I hook up the shop vac if I'm cutting MDF.
Dustinf,
Thats what I like about this place....always leave with a smileWhat does this situation in my life ask of me?
When dust is a issue I do a few things ,
- we use a portable shop air cleaner,
-place a standard 20" square fan, in a window facing out. Use cardboard to close off the remainig opening.
-When you run the fan you create a negative pressure in the room and the dust exits the room.
George
Dust is serious stuff, and beyond being a nuisance. It is a health hazard, and I'd venture that it's a bigger risk for smokers than for the rest of us. That's speculation, but based on the fact that non-smokers exposed to asbestos have a far lower occurance of asbestos related lung disease than do smokers.
For a lot more on dust, go to http://www.billpentz.com.
Andy
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.