Bench Tips To reply to those who want the best thing since sliced
bread for under bench vacuum while using abrasive wheels and such
for a very modest sum Under $20.00 For my situation I have adapted
a small amount of plastic plumbing tube and attached a 12 volt
rechargeable car mini portable Vacuum Cleaner The manufacture
is by Black and Decker but I am sure you will have a make if you
were to search out your auto repair shop. For a more professional
one if you would like to email me privately I will explain my
central vacuum system in more detail at no charge. How ever in
the face of tradition I still use my Rabbit’s Foot bench brush.
It does not need electricity to operate and clients when they
watch me work on there item of jewellery or silversmithiing that
I am making, just cant help themselves asking me what it is for.
Hi,
With any dust handling system that uses platic piping, make sure
you ground the piping as it can build up a pretty health static
electric charge. Fine Dust + Spark = Boom. This can be done by
running a copper wire through the pipe then to a handy water
pipe, electrical conduit or the door knob if you don’t like to be
disturbed while working.
Several places sell kits for using a shop vac for dust
collection including Sears and Lee Valley Tools. Lee Valley also
sells a high density filter that will remove finer particles than
the usual vacuum filters. You also can buy remote control
switches to control the vacuum systems - saves running back and
forth if you move the vacuum to preserve some semblence of quiet
in the shop.
I turn soapstone on a lathe so dust control is very near and
dear to my heart.
Hope this helps,
Cameron Speedie
Island Gem and Rock