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.

 

[Manny Yabar]

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

the big bag is the filter? what are the advantages ?

 

[John King]

Manny - Yes. The big bag is the filter. Large particles are rejected to the small bag on the bottom. Large filter bag yields low psi on the bag walls. Low psi on bag walls means dust particles are not forced through the bag fabric into the shop. The bag is felt lined. Traps small particles. Checkout "My Bag Design Worksheet Download" at https://americanfabricfilter.com/resources/. - John

 

[Steven Borruso]

Got tired of trying to hang/position my lathe dust hood using bungies so rig'd up an articulating arm (flat screen mount) mounted on
T-tracks for horizontal movement. Very happy with it now since adjustments are quick and easy.

Here's some more pics.

 

[Manny Yabar]

Got tired of trying to hang/position my lathe dust hood using bungies so rig'd up an articulating arm (flat screen mount) mounted on
T-tracks for horizontal movement. Very happy with it now since adjustments are quick and easy.

Here's some more pics.


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Do you remember what brand is that hose you are using? is it a good one (after 3+ years of this post)? thanks

 

[Steven Borruso]

Manny ... looked back through my Amazon orders and found that I had purchased a 10' section and a 20' section of this hose in the past for
all my dust collection needs ... both were made by Fulton Woodworking Tools ... here's a link

I'm also still drag'n around about a15' section of this hose to my table saw, planer, jointer, bandsaw and drum sander, from my Grizzly dust collector, and have yet to have any issues ( no rips/tear/etc.)
Still In the planning process of trying to get the dust collector and Dust Deputy mounted up on a wall with some 26g metal hvac pipe and fittings to the machines ... that project always seems to get pushed to the bottom of the list and will probably stay there longer now that the Sienci Altmill 4x4 CNC machine I finally ordered last month just arrived ... hoping that getting into more flat work again doesn't steer me too far away from turning

Sorry for going down a rat hole there ... been happy with the Fulton hoses ... have held up well ... would definitely not hesitate to buy again.

Hope this helps.

 

[Manny Yabar]

Manny ... looked back through my Amazon orders and found that I had purchased a 10' section and a 20' section of this hose in the past for
all my dust collection needs ... both were made by Fulton Woodworking Tools ... here's a link

I'm also still drag'n around about a15' section of this hose to my table saw, planer, jointer, bandsaw and drum sander, from my Grizzly dust collector, and have yet to have any issues ( no rips/tear/etc.)
Still In the planning process of trying to get the dust collector and Dust Deputy mounted up on a wall with some 26g metal hvac pipe and fittings to the machines ... that project always seems to get pushed to the bottom of the list and will probably stay there longer now that the Sienci Altmill 4x4 CNC machine I finally ordered last month just arrived ... hoping that getting into more flat work again doesn't steer me too far away from turning

Sorry for going down a rat hole there ... been happy with the Fulton hoses ... have held up well ... would definitely not hesitate to buy again.

Hope this helps.

Hello Steven, thanks for your reply. I will check it out. So a new CNC ? that is a lot of fun. I have one and have help a couple of friends set up full size CNC for panel construction.