Dust collection thing-ee

[Grumpy Old Bear]

In the "Curious" post I mentioned the dust collection I installed on my saw. I've had requests for pictures, so here goes.  It works pretty good. I can saw, with the door closed, and my wife does not even have to turn the TV up. 

Sorry it took so long to post the pictures, very poor internet at home, and too busy at work, where I usually visit this site. 

Thanks for looking    Jim

Edited July 9, 2021 by Grumpy Old Bear

[WayneMahler]

Nice setup.

[rjweb]

nice set up, what kind of scroll saw is it that you are using, RJ

[OCtoolguy]

You have a great set up there but I would like to suggest one thing. Try to locate one of the Dust Deputy/Dustopper addons for your vacuum so that it will collect the fine dust and not burn out your vacuum. There has been an ongoing conversation or conversations regarding this subject. Rockytime and I have incorporated a mini cyclone that we bought on Amazon and when mounted in a coffee can or some type of receptable it captures almost all of the dust. I have a vac like yours and it has almost no filtration in it so it will soon lay waste to the motor in it. I'll try to find a link to the cyclones that we used. In the meantime make sure you keep a clean bag in the vac as that is just about the only filter. That little scrap of ??? hardly does anything.

 

[OCtoolguy]

Here is a link to the one we bought but it is no longer available. There was one like it in plastic but I can't find it. Anyway, this will give you an idea of what I'm talking about.

https://www.amazon.com/Itlovely-Cyclone-Vacuums-Generation-Turbocharged/dp/B07P5L8YPZ?pd_rd_w=L24Cd&pf_rd_p=8b38c2b6-9022-4264-97d9-42a79e72c68a&pf_rd_r=6JAM467KEX4JCQ1Q382K&pd_rd_r=e41c65c6-6f14-4ef0-a0d4-8f1479910250&pd_rd_wg=TX11p&psc=1&ref_=pd_bap_d_csi_day0_0_t

I did a google search and found that it is available through this link.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32888242549.html?albpd=en32888242549&acnt=708-803-3821&aff_platform=aaf&albpg=894486321593&netw=u&albcp=9760820159&sk=UneMJZVf&trgt=894486321593&terminal_id=255480ec239441168d8d17915fa70a35&tmLog=new_Detail&needSmbHouyi=false&albbt=Google_7_shopping&src=google&crea=en32888242549&aff_fcid=a7714fbe34c645b1b1f19db3d3d86f83-1625858093440-05401-UneMJZVf&gclid=CjwKCAjw55-HBhAHEiwARMCszl0HF-dLvPRSR8lK7Q44Xg6IvFaLHcgHUvjh88s-CytXGjGizIui_RoCoHsQAvD_BwE&albag=99451607003&aff_fsk=UneMJZVf&albch=shopping&albagn=888888&isSmbAutoCall=false&aff_trace_key=a7714fbe34c645b1b1f19db3d3d86f83-1625858093440-05401-UneMJZVf&device=c&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

 

Edited July 9, 2021 by octoolguy

[Rockytime]

Thanks for the Alie update. I just ordered the aluminum one. $17.44. I don't need it but I'll replace the plastic one to keep everything uniform. Why not? My kids don't need money. I think that is about what you and I paid several years ago.

[Rockytime]

8 hours ago, Grumpy Old Bear said:

In the "Curious" post I mentioned the dust collection I installed on my saw. I've had requests for pictures, so here goes.  It works pretty good. I can saw, with the door closed, and my wife does not even have to turn the TV up. 

Sorry it took so long to post the pictures, very poor internet at home, and too busy at work, where I usually visit this site. 

Thanks for looking    Jim

Your set-up looks very nice and clean. Ray is correct. The aluminum cyclone will be your vacuums best friend. Will keep you from constantly changing filters. Scroll saw dust is so very fine, it will clog a filter in no time at all. The little cyclones are very efficient. I know you will be happy with your DC.

[Grumpy Old Bear]

Rjweb, this is a Ryobi SC165VS 16 inch saw. Thank you Octoolguy for the link.  I'll be ordering a cyclone on Monday.  I know my setup looks kind of cheap-being held in place with electrical tape. I did that on purpose, so when I need to oil the bearings, I just have to cut the tape, remove the piping, and retape it when I'm done. Cheap and easy. Can't complain about that. 

[OCtoolguy]

3 hours ago, Grumpy Old Bear said:

Rjweb, this is a Ryobi SC165VS 16 inch saw. Thank you Octoolguy for the link.  I'll be ordering a cyclone on Monday.  I know my setup looks kind of cheap-being held in place with electrical tape. I did that on purpose, so when I need to oil the bearings, I just have to cut the tape, remove the piping, and retape it when I'm done. Cheap and easy. Can't complain about that. 

Cheap & easy wins the day. When you get that little cyclone you can mount it in a 3 lb. coffee can or look on Amazon for the flip top canisters. I used the small one, Les used the bigger one. I'm going to try the coffee can on my Hegner but if it doesn't work out I'll get one like Les's. As long as it catches the dust and is easy to empty is all that matters.

[Rockytime]

I used a 3lb metal coffee can with a plastic lid which I reinforced with 1.8" plywood on the top and bottom like a sandwich. Worked prefect until the flange on the plastic lid cracked and caused it to leak. Problem was the can was probably 20 or more years old and I believe the plastic finally deteriorated. Neither my wife or I drink coffee. I don't think coffee comes in metal cans but I don't know. If there are 3lb plastic containers they would work. I liked the plastic lid because it was infinitely easier to fabricate the lid than on the flip top canister. However both work really well.

[OCtoolguy]

14 hours ago, Rockytime said:

I used a 3lb metal coffee can with a plastic lid which I reinforced with 1.8" plywood on the top and bottom like a sandwich. Worked prefect until the flange on the plastic lid cracked and caused it to leak. Problem was the can was probably 20 or more years old and I believe the plastic finally deteriorated. Neither my wife or I drink coffee. I don't think coffee comes in metal cans but I don't know. If there are 3lb plastic containers they would work. I liked the plastic lid because it was infinitely easier to fabricate the lid than on the flip top canister. However both work really well.

Barb & I are coffeeholics. We buy both regular & decaf at Costco in 3lb cans. One end of the can has a pull-off thing for opening but I flip the can over and use a can opener. We put a plastic lid on both ends of the can to keep the can from scratching the counter when it is slid across the Corian. Anyway, to my point, I opened one can with the pull-off just to have a can with one end crimped and then did what you did with the 1/8" plywood.