The cheap, plastic hose I use with my bench toppower tools was never my favorite. It was inflexible and hard touse. A month ago I decided to upgrade to a proper small tool hosedesigned for the task. Enter the
...The Hingmy - Dust collection
First and foremost, the Oneida
The Dust Deputy requires the use of bags in the collectionbucket. If a bag is not used, the only way to empty the bucket isto turn the entire shop vac along with the Dust Deputy upside down.This is more on observation rather than a limitation of the DustDeputy.
Is the Deputy right for you
For me the choice of whether or not the Dusty Deputy has a placein your shop comes down to two criteria: size and expectedusage.
The Dust Deputy is bolted to an existi
...Saw dust is one of the hidden dangers ofwoodworking. Prolonged exposure can cause a number of illnesses.The dust created by cutting some exotic species can even causeimmediate harm. Today it is widely accepted that commercialwoodworkers should wear a respirator around dust producingmachines.
In a residential environment where dust collection systems areoften not present or inefficient, this rule is of criticalimportance. In this environment it is unrealistic to assume thedust is going to be trapped at the source. A shop vac, forinsta
...Shop vacuums are a very versatile tool to have.They have a place in every home.
Shop vacs can remove water
Shop vacs, sometimes called wet/dry vacs, have the capability tosuck up both dust an liquids. This ability makes them the essentialcleanup tools for the smaller or larger mess in your home.
For example, if your sink is clogged and filled with grosswater, you can suck up the water with the shop vac. It will cleanlyempty the sink for you. Toilets are not a problem either.
A good
...Dust collection is often the last thing abeginner thinks about. We all seem to start in the garage with atable saw and nothing much else. Eventually fine wood dust coverseverything. The proper dust collection system comes much later. Idon't think this will ever change; even given the health problemscaused by dust. This is the way things are.
I hope to at least get people thinking about proper dustcollection. Here is the order I recommend new woodworkers on abudget buy their dust collection equipment.
1) Begin with
...After avoiding the issue for the longest time, Irecently bought the Grizzly G0440 dust collector. It will be thecenter piece of the new dust collection system in my shop. I havebeen working without dust collection for over a year now. I regretnot getting a dust collector immediately when I started my shop.Like so many beginners I decided to invest in machines first. Thedust got so bad I did not want to work in the shop anymore.
The G0440
Straight out of the box the G0440 makes a solid impression.Every part feels heavy
...After procrastinating and covering the shop in afine layer of dust for years, I finally decided to spend the moneyand get an air cleaner. I did my research, or tried to. There wasnot much data about air cleaners out there. Nobody seems to havetested them. I eventually bought the G9956 from Grizzly.
The G9956 Air Cleaner
When I unpacked the machine I immediately noticed why there wasso little data out there. The G9956 is nothing more than a box witha blower inside. I naively expected engineering the be involved.Some so
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