tuner Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) I am going to try a box fan and filter for my saw and Wonder were do you set your fan to work best , on the floor or or higher. do.you hook it up to your floor switch or just leave it run Edited June 5, 2017 by tuner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 Mine is level with and about 2 feet away from my saw. When I am in the workshop scrolling I leave it on the whole time I am in the shop. Does not hurt anything and does continue to remove dust even when not scrolling. WayneMahler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandaideman Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 I have a a Jet filtration on the ceiling and 2 box fans one keeping me cool and the other on the floor near the saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 I keep my box fan on the floor about a foot away...20 inch bx fan .....Ihave a small fan on the oppisite side at table height. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye10 Posted June 5, 2017 Report Share Posted June 5, 2017 55 minutes ago, Scrolling Steve said: I keep my box fan on the floor about a foot away...20 inch bx fan .....Ihave a small fan on the oppisite side at table height. That is how I have mine set up Steve. I don't have to use the tube that blows dust off the table. The fan does it for me. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 4 hours ago, Scrolling Steve said: I keep my box fan on the floor about a foot away...20 inch bx fan .....Ihave a small fan on the oppisite side at table height. Steve, by doing it this way, you are just distributing the fine dust throughout your whole shop. The fan will keep the dust off of the pattern line, but it also puts more dust into the air you breathe. Sure the box fan will pick-up a lot of dust, but it will not take a lot of floating dust out of the air. It picks up the majority of the dust falling from the saw, but it does little to nothing for dust that is being continually blown into the air. If this is the set-up your going to use, please make sure to wear a good quality respirator. Len Sambo19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 I have a stand about the same height as my saw.. have the box fan on the stand about 1.5 - 2 foot away.. I then aim my air blower somewhat toward the fan and back toward the back of the saw.. Works ok.. get a lot of dust on that filter.. but I still get quite a lot of airborn dust. I bought a filteration system that hangs from the ceiling last fall.. but been too busy to get it put up... hoping that will help too.. thought about one of the vac machines that hook to your scroll saw.. think it was called scrollando? seen one hooked up to a DeWalt.. not sure if it could work well with the Hawk or not.. Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 8 hours ago, Lucky2 said: Steve, by doing it this way, you are just distributing the fine dust throughout your whole shop. The fan will keep the dust off of the pattern line, but it also puts more dust into the air you breathe. Sure the box fan will pick-up a lot of dust, but it will not take a lot of floating dust out of the air. It picks up the majority of the dust falling from the saw, but it does little to nothing for dust that is being continually blown into the air. If this is the set-up your going to use, please make sure to wear a good quality respirator. Len Len, we were talking about using box fan filters so I did not mention the air cleaner that i keep running while i am in the shop for the fine stuff ! Lucky2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 The best dust control system would be to suck it up and contain it.. rather than using blowers and fans to make it go air born.. that said.. it gets pretty complicated with scroll saws trying to have some sort of vacuum in your way.. I often thought about trying the scrollando or other homemade type dust collection for my saw.. maybe I will run some experiments this summer with it.. too bad the saws aren't built to have a built in dust vacuum rather than a dust blower.. Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhudson Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 (edited) I use a 12" box fan with a trimmed down 3M filter taped to it. I get it as close to the table as I can running it when cutting. I also run a dust collector. If you look in the bottom right corner of the pic you can see the hose resting on the bench. Additionally I have 2 - 24" fans. One runs all the time I'm in the shop. The other I move into place to capture the most dust for a given operation other than scrolling e.g., routing. Edited June 6, 2017 by oldhudson Mark SW and Lucky2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC Scroller Posted June 6, 2017 Report Share Posted June 6, 2017 The closer the better. You want to trap the dust before the air currents in your shop and you do have air currents, move the dust around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted June 11, 2017 Report Share Posted June 11, 2017 yes catch it where it's produced for your best all round dust collector Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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