Seems Dust Collecting equipment is the new cash cow for woodworking tool
suppliers.
Question: Why would I pay 15+ dollars for 10 ft of flexible clear tube when
I can buy a piece of thin walled PVC pipe at HD for a lot less? Is there
something inherently wrong with tha tsolution?
Also, I've had a problem with extreme static when vacuuming sawdust with the
shop vac. Could feel the sparks through the hose. What's the solution?
"Sammy" <[email protected]> wrote...
> Also, I've had a problem with extreme static when vacuuming sawdust with the
> shop vac. Could feel the sparks through the hose. What's the solution?
Spray the tube with an anti-static spray, like the stuff people use to
keep their skirts from clinging. It works great. I have metal pipe
in most of my DC system, but for the flexible duct and the plastic
ShopVac tubes, the anti-static spray works wonders.
I'm not worried about dust explosions, I'm just not willing
to endure static shocks while vacuuming up sawdust on
a typical dry Arizona day.
--
Dennis M. O'Connor [email protected]
Enjoy the electricity! Lots 'o talk about DC in the newsgroup. Some fear the
occasional spark could set off dust explosions, whilst others poo-poo the
possibility. Go ahead and buy the cheap stuff, keep your piping turns to 45's,
and search the pros and cons of grounding your system. Tom
>Subject: Dust Collector equipment...
>From: "Sammy" [email protected]
>Date: 10/14/2003 6:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time
>Message-id: <[email protected]>
>
>Seems Dust Collecting equipment is the new cash cow for woodworking tool
>suppliers.
>
>Question: Why would I pay 15+ dollars for 10 ft of flexible clear tube when
>I can buy a piece of thin walled PVC pipe at HD for a lot less? Is there
>something inherently wrong with tha tsolution?
>
>Also, I've had a problem with extreme static when vacuuming sawdust with the
>shop vac. Could feel the sparks through the hose. What's the solution?
>
Someday, it'll all be over....
Sammy wrote:
> Seems Dust Collecting equipment is the new cash cow for woodworking
> tool suppliers.
>
> Question: Why would I pay 15+ dollars for 10 ft of flexible clear
> tube when I can buy a piece of thin walled PVC pipe at HD for a lot
> less? Is there something inherently wrong with tha tsolution?
>
> Also, I've had a problem with extreme static when vacuuming sawdust
> with the shop vac. Could feel the sparks through the hose. What's the
> solution?
Lots of info and links here.
http://cnets.net/~eclectic/woodworking/cyclone/
-- Mark
"Sammy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Seems Dust Collecting equipment is the new cash cow for woodworking tool
> suppliers.
>
> Question: Why would I pay 15+ dollars for 10 ft of flexible clear tube
when
> I can buy a piece of thin walled PVC pipe at HD for a lot less? Is there
> something inherently wrong with tha tsolution?
>
Because the thin wall PVC does not bend??
Greg