Holding and Positioning Your Dust Hood

[Tom Gall]

I have a piece of mesh from a discarded fly screen over the mouth of my dust hood to catch the sandpaper that I inevitably let slip while I'm sanding.

Regular (fly) screening probably inhibits maximum air movement. I have a section of 1/2" hardware cloth over my opening.

 

[Dave Mueller]

If you want it for collecting sanding dust, use 2 1/2" Loc-Line. It is self supporting, adjustable to any position and stays there. I mounted it using electrical strut channel from Lowes. I also mounted a light using the same strut channel, and I'm going to mount the monitor for my video hollower when I get a chance. Loc-Line 24" long can be purchased at Amazon for under $30. Had to turn a coupler to connect the shop vac to Loc-Line, but otherwise it was a simple installation.

 

[Tom Gall]

@Dave Mueller Is that used with a shop vac or dust collector? Most dust collectors that I'm familiar with have 4-6"ø hoses & fittings. Shop vacs are noisy and could overheat with continued use.

 

[Asher Langton]

I have a plastic dust hood held up by a microphone gooseneck like this:

The gooseneck is mounted to the lathe stand with a flange mount:

The hood is connected with a small adapter piece fastened with a bolt to a hole drilled in the hood:

 

[Kevin Tompsett]

Anybody have a solution for the front of lathe? When I am turning the outside of a bowl all the dust chips etc shoot in the opposite direction as my dust hood. Behind the lathe I have a 6” port attached to a 38” tv bracket attched to a metal pole near the cage mount.

 

[Steve Chaplin]

Anybody have a solution for the front of lathe? When I am turning the outside of a bowl all the dust chips etc shoot in the opposite direction as my dust hood. Behind the lathe I have a 6” port attached to a 38” tv bracket attched to a metal pole near the cage mount.

Dust collection doesn't work well for chips. There are way to many unless turning small items. It is best used when sanding.
I clean up chips using a snow shovel and put them in 65 gallon trash bags.

 

[Michael Brown]

Made mine telescope toward the lathe 4" powertec duct slides into 4" S&D

 

[Michael Brown]

@Dave Mueller Is that used with a shop vac or dust collector? Most dust collectors that I'm familiar with have 4-6"ø hoses & fittings. Shop vacs are noisy and could overheat with continued use.

I can confirm this! When I first started I used my old shop vac.. one day it started billowing dark black smoke. I took it to the driveway to cool down and took apart. The armature wrapping was roasted

 

[Dana Paul]

Hi Walter. I'll add a couple of pictures to this old thread, just to keep it interesting. I have an old Rockler dust intake that I used for years at a sanding lathe, and I've attached it to the wall behind my turning lathe. I'm not sure if the part is still available from the source, since things come in and go out of fashion.

I'm typically make dozens of same-sized parts in runs, in the current case handles for custom coffee scoops made from upcycled steam radiator vents. That means that I can keep the same setup for weeks at a time, once I have a setup that works for the specific size part I'm making. I have the dust hose connected to a small Dust Deputy and a stand-alone vacuum because the main shop Clear Vue is overkill for the small amount of dust I get from turning those small spindles.