Lathe dust collection. Seeking info on Hot Rodding my Delta 50-850 DC. As the title says, I am seeking info on Hot Rodding (getting the most of) my Delta 50-850 Type 2 dust collector.
I mostly work with MDF in my shop. I do custom upholstery, mostly in older classic cars and hot rods. I use a lot of MDF and luan in my projects. I have been putting together the wood working part of my shop this year. I have a 1973 Unisaw that I have set up for my needs. J. Phil Thien's Cyclone Separator Lid w/ the Thien Cyclone Separator Baffle. The Thien Cyclone Separator Lid w/ the Thien Cyclone Separator Baffle After seeing one sexy cyclone after another (at the various woodworking forums), and with the understanding that cyclone lids aren't true cyclones and don't offer a full cyclone experience, I decided to try them nonetheless.
My shop is small, and I use a shop vac for "dust collection. " Without starting a debate over what constitutes dust vs. chip collection, I'm just going to say that my tools really were designed for extraction with a shop vac instead of a dust collector. I have a tiny Inca bandsaw w/ a 1.25" port, a table saw w/ a 2.5" port, and my router table's down-draft box works better with the larger static lift of the shop vac than it would with the higher air volume of a "true" dust collector. So for the time being, I decided to stick w/ models of cyclone lids intended for use with shop vacs. DIY Lathe Dust Collection Arm. Page 1: Intro For the past few years I've been fighting with my dust collection system.
Trying to get an inlet near enough to the working area of the piece I'm turning was usually at odds with my desire to keep everything out of my way. I needed it to have little or no footprint, full flexibility and adjustability (so as to position the inlet right AT the area of the work that would be the most effective and, because I'm cheap) something that would cost very little to produce. Forums: Dust Collection Upgrade ... Finished.