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Sanding hood

A dust hood for sanding is a wonderful thing. It looks like your's would be very effective for capturing sanding dust. I have been using a similar dust hood since 2004. I wouldn't want to turn wood without it.
 
That's cool. I would like to make a smaller version on a portable stand so I can easily move it in and out of service. My projects tend to be one at a time and I would constantly be removing and installing it.
thanks for posting. It may give me the incentive to actually build something.
 
Very nice. I suppose that the DC has to have a pretty large flow to keep the dust moving towards the intake port.

I also looked at a couple of your bowl turning videos and noticed that you are using your hand to slow down the lathe after hitting the stop button. I also have caught myself doing that after getting my Robust, but then I had to remind myself that it has a programmed ramp down in speed when you hit the OFF button (or reverse) and doing "hand braking" not only is not necessary, it also doesn't cause the lathe to stop any faster than it would if you did not touch the bowl. With this type of deceleration, applying hand braking will only cause the motor to increase its torque output so that it can stay on track with the programmed deceleration ramp down. On the other hand, if you hit the main power/emergency stop with your knee, the controller and motor are now just coasting and hand braking will work.
 
Very helpful. In addition to attaching to the ways, how about attaching to the dust collection system? And a view of it in action. And how long/wide did you make it to keep from banging into the end portion? thanks
 
The vent in it is like a floor vent, long rectangle with the hose coming off the back parallel to the lathe bed. You can just see it through the acrylic. The hood itself is about 2 ft. wide, enough for a 6 to 8 inch deep bowl and my angle drill to fit inside.

Since the hood covers most of the bowl, and when sanding I am straight in front of it, the air flow is very well funneled into the hood. I have a 3 hp Oneida system so I can run 2 machines at once. I would think that a 1 hp. dust collector would perform just about as well.

Bill, I never thought about my hand as a brake, which, now that you mentioned it, looks like what I am doing. I actually like to feel the wood, and am not applying any pressure.

robo hippy
 
robo hippy said:
... Bill, I never thought about my hand as a brake, which, now that you mentioned it, looks like what I am doing. I actually like to feel the wood, and am not applying any pressure.

robo hippy
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That's my story too!! ;) And, I'm sticking with it. Even though I know that it won't stop any sooner, I still like the feel of the wood as it takes about five seconds to ramp down to a stop.
 
Bill Boehme said:
That's my story too!! ;) And, I'm sticking with it. Even though I know that it won't stop any sooner, I still like the feel of the wood as it takes about five seconds to ramp down to a stop.
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Reed believes in rounding edges. I imagine that would be a lot safer than risking those burn/cut injuries that come from edges left sharp.

Hope to NEVER do that again.
 
Great design! I'm sure a lot of us are now designing something similar in their heads. I, like John, would like to have a more portable design so I'm thinking in that vein. Thanks for sharing.
 
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