Dust collection at the lathe

[Cary Hulse]

Slowly building out my kit and finally acquired a dust collector. Now the question is - how to mount/configure the hose with an inlet of some kind at the lathe so it doesn't get in the way. My shop is an outdoor shed with doors to the outside (think woods) so I am not worried about catching chips and shavings, but only looking to minimize dust from sanding. Anyone have any suggestions for a low budget approach to mounting/holding the hose?
Thanks

 

[John K Jordan]

Slowly building out my kit and finally acquired a dust collector. Now the question is - how to mount/configure the hose with an inlet of some kind at the lathe so it doesn't get in the way. My shop is an outdoor shed with doors to the outside (think woods) so I am not worried about catching chips and shavings, but only looking to minimize dust from sanding. Anyone have any suggestions for a low budget approach to mounting/holding the hose?
Thanks

I bought this yellow pickup nozzle and the fairly stiff flexible 4" hose from Woodcraft. I bought a cheap version of the Nogo style dial indicator holder (generally for machine shop use) from Amazon, similar to this buy a cheap knockoff (save the good one for the milling machine):

Amazon.com

The arms of the holder are adjustable with the turn of one knob, allowing me to position it where needed. Works well. (I have two 4" hoses connected to a 6" duct by a splitter with blast gates:


Works for me.

There are other, perhaps better but more expensive options.

JKJ

 

[John King]

My rig. Works great. Feeds to Jet 1200 CFM, 2 hp, dust collector fitted with after market bag by American Fabric Filter Co. - John

 

[Dean Center]

Slowly building out my kit and finally acquired a dust collector. Now the question is - how to mount/configure the hose with an inlet of some kind at the lathe so it doesn't get in the way. My shop is an outdoor shed with doors to the outside (think woods) so I am not worried about catching chips and shavings, but only looking to minimize dust from sanding. Anyone have any suggestions for a low budget approach to mounting/holding the hose?
Thanks

Cary, there have been several robust threads on this subject over the past few years. If you do a search, you'll immediately get a wide variety of solutions to this issue that all of us have.