Normally I wouldn't be interested in having my chisels held to the wall with
> mere magnets, but these earth magnets sounded intriguing.
Sounds like they'd work. WIth the brittleness issue, you might want to go with the nickle plated ones or consider a thin layer of buffer to keep chipping down.
You can see them at Lee Valley:
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I bought the mystery sample pack off the site I ended up on.
Nickel plated with slightly rounded edges
Ah, well there you go.
presents a handling problem for us, so we sell them only in bundles of five,
I have used Lee Valley's 3/4" magnets successfully in one project. Two of them mounted in the advertised cups are used to attach a homemade dust collection intake to my bandsaw. They hold extremely well, even against the pressure of the "flexible" 4" dust collection hose.
I have a Jet 1200-DC, the version prior to the canister filter. I have it connected to all my stationary equipment via 4" drain pipe with short runs of flex tube where needed. It would be serious overkill for just a planer, but I really like the result after putting in the effort to build the everything-connected system.
Yeah, a Shop Vac is marginal on a planer, although one guy I know is just getting by with the biggest Sears vacuum and the vacuum-sized model of the Lee Valley cyclone lid.
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As long as he keeps the width of the board under about 9", the vacuum can keep up. When we tried an 11" hunk of oak we ended up with a mighty clog in the hose ...
I just recently added the cyclone lid to my DC system, using a fiber barrel for the collection container. I am loosing some suction, but I think a little creativity with weatherstripping might help! :-)
I can't say yet if it was a no-brainer, but it seems like I am not having to empty the bags on the DC as often. It was every other month before the lid, now it's looking like twice a year will be the schedule.
Now that I think about it, that *is* a win. Emptying the bags on the DC is a *pain*. Although I have come up with a few tricks to help.
Of course if you get one then you *have* to get the Lee Valley clear plastic model, so you can satisfy your curiosity about how the thing is working.
Well, with the cyclone lid, I end up with two classes of waste; shavings and dust. The dust I just pitch into the refuse stream, I haven't found a use for it yet. The shavings however make great mulch for flower beds. Although I avoid using walnut shavings since I have heard rumors that the shavings exhibit the same herbicidal effects that the trees themselves demonstrate in their understory. I have not yet found anything credible to verify the rumor, but I'm not going to risk the wrath of the wife by just trying it on her petunias! :-)
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