Dust Extraction for small workshop

Sep 01, 2003 25 Replies

No. There's just not enough grunt in a domestic vacuum. Black hoses help too - most are static dissipative (if not officially so), just because carbon black is still a favoured pigment. I've observed dust-cling, but never even got a tingle from it.

There is _no_ recorded instance of static discharge causing a dust explosion or fire with wood dust, shavings or wood flour in woodworking dust collection equipment. There is a robust theoretical risk-assessment as to why this is impossible.

Sucking up toluene is, of course, another story. Same for cigarette butts, grinding sparks, and finishing rags.

OK, but you'd be amazed at just how many people manage to kill their computer and or other similar sensitive equipment that way!

Take Care, Gnube {too thick for linux}

Aha, missed that. Thanks Gnube.

I'll flag that as plan B, as I am suddenly keen to try the idea with this spring I found in my bag of bits. The only disadvantage, if it works, is repeatability for others.

I have thought through the details of the valve design (slightly different/better/easier to the previous ASCII art) and will try it soon.

W.

Welcome!

That's what I liked about having those packs; I'm working on some rudder pedals for home PC based flight simulators and wanted to be able to post the instructions to the web once I got a design I was happy with, having a source for the springs was pretty important to me so others could get some too!

Best of luck, let us know how it goes, pics posted somewhere would be appreciated if there are any when done.

Take Care, Gnube {too thick for linux}

What you need then is rubber soled shoes and a spare hand so you can zap passers by.

Peter

True enough but when blocked it's not working so hard, if you notice the RPM will increase when blocked. Admitedly it could probably do with some cooling air flow but prehaps not as much as you think.

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