Thx for providing the info on where to find the dust collection.

Your video helped alot, thank you😊

A little demo showing the dust blowing around and how it works "while carving" would have been useful!... Thanks for your videos.

thank you so much...I am getting into this an so far I have been etching glass but my original plan was wood carving.. well today I carved out a couple turtles and ...BOOM when I was done my entire garage was COVERED... and um... it sucked.. so.. now I'm buy this get up.. thanks to you I found a solution.. nice . thank you

This was a helpful video! I have a Shop Fox dust collector for my lathe and thinking about using it for a carving station too. Just curious - when working over that 4 inch hose do you suck stuff in you don't want like stuff on your bench that might get knocked over and roll into the hole? I'm wondering if some kind of screen or mesh might be helpful over that big 4 inch hole. But maybe it's not a big deal. I've also been considering going with building a down draft table, but I do like to keep things simple. Thanks for the video!

The bag in your dust collector should be able to filter sub micron particles to protect your lungs. I bet that bag does not meet that. I would try to change the bag to a heppa filter. Not affiliated with Oneida but they have a bench dust collector with a MERV 15 filter. A bit expensive but i plan on just buying the filter set and making my own box with fans!!

hi ..... i know this video was done a few years ago but the 70 gallon dust collector you showed from Harbor Freight is fantastic. I have it set up in my shop for everything. It is connected to my table saw. router. bandsaw, lathe, chopsaw and scrollsaw. with the addition of the power carving and wood burning im going to add a hose in that can be moved around on my work table. The accessory kit you showed is also pretty handy for getting to all your tools. You wont find a better unit for the price. I have a 6" hose branching at the unit with a Y and then breaking off into 2 inch hoses at the tools. I use the hatch doors to direct the flow based on the tool i am using at the time.

If you use Velcro ties instead of the wire ties you can reuse them, it will make set up easier and cost less then the wire ties.

Hello, I have been subscribed to your channel for years and started on MDF bc of your recommendations. I started out carving outside while we traveled in our 5th wheel. We bought a home with an attached casita that is 175 sq ft. I have my jewelry supplies, beads, silk ok the walls. I bought a Harbor freight work bench that fits in the closet, took the sliding doors down and want to make it into a woodworking tent that contains the dust. I will have my bench lathe, bandsaw and drill press along with my SR Foredom and Ram Micro motor in there also. I know people have made painting booths but can't seem to find a sanding booth that is permanent or semi permanent. I have a Vacmaster with an Oneida cyclone attached to a 4" hose with a Big Gulp caring vent at the end. To help with air flow and air conditioning I'm thinking of making a hole from the outside of the closet but still in my studio/casita and putting a desk top portable air conditioning/swamp cooler unit over the hole to bring in air. My question is ...... Do you have any ideas how I can block off the closet and added space to have my dust collection system and me in it? Do you know of anyone who had done this? It will be a designated area but needs to be able to close up when not in use. The rest of my studio is metal forming, soldering, jewelers bench, beading bench, wire grid walls to hang tools and other equipment and a wet bar area that will be my lapidary carving area. I hope I can get some suggestions bc my air conditioner is a air/heat pump system with a huge vent in the middle of the studio.

Do you have a screen over the dust collector I would think if one of those small items were to slip out of your hand it would be sucked in the bag.

Thanks for the info. Is the harbor freight unit quit enough for inside the house use?

I really don't have a focused "set-up" with my shop vac. I simply plug in the hose to each tool as I need it. On attachments that do not fit perfectly I have a rubber band on the end of the shop vac hose that keeps everything together.

would you show your shop vac shop set up epic idea for power carving

Could you please make a video to show us exactly how you made your turntable all details of it as specs break it down piece by piece and show us from scratch how you set up the turntable and all your wood products to goes along with it show us how to exactly cut the holes in your wood and maybe you can print a blueprint off on exactly how you make it make a color blue print. And maybe you could charge a little bit to sell it for people that might have a hard time making it that would be very appreciative if you could do something like this for us I know this is asking a lot.

Tim, is the single 4" hole better than a downdraft table?

@TimVandeSluisArtist

7 жыл бұрын

The 4" hole is really handy for larger waste removal functions. This is great for 3 dimensional carving where a lot of wood is being removed. A down draft table could be effective for relief carving projects where the waste material ends up on the table, but it really comes down to what works best with your particular workflow.

Great video! I work with gourds and have now big problem what kind of dust collector should I chose. I keep the gourd on my thighs while carving so something like you have would be the best I suppose. The hose which can be put in the best position above the gourd. In that case what minimal cfm do you recomend? I have found something like this: www.recordpower.co.uk/product/fine-filter-45-litre-extractor--hplv#.UqBkasTuKSo and I am wondering if that would be enough. I live in Poland so unfortunately we don't have so big choice like in States. I will be grateful for any advices :-) Thanks!!

@TimVandeSluisArtist

10 жыл бұрын

Hi Przemek, The higher the cfm rating the better, but it depends on application. For power carving on wood or gourds I would be satisfied with 500 cfm's or more. That is as long as the dust collection hose or stand is close enough to the material being carved. My dust collection is 1000 cfm's, but if selection is tough 500 cfm's with good collector inlet placement should work well.

This is not quiet at all. I would not suggest this type of dust collection for anyone living in an apartment or someplace that needs quiet. A benchtop unit may be more suited for these types of situations, but I have not ever used one so this might not be true. I use mine inside my house. Everyone knows when I am carving. They just deal with it, but it is very noisy. You can always research ways to create a noise box to help silence the dust collector.

No offense intended but you could drop all those "All right?" and "OK?" comments. They add NOTHING to your presentation and they REALLY get tiresome after a few minutes. Otherwise, great video, good information...

@TimVandeSluisArtist

6 жыл бұрын

Definitely something I have noticed in older videos. I have consciously tried to work on the "pause words". Always a work in progress. Cheers...

15 minute video and you don't even show you using it...

Too much talking!!!!

@jayc3110

4 жыл бұрын

A little demo showing the dust blowing around and how it works "while carving would have been useful!