Sanding Table

On Apr 21, 3:31 am, Gerald Ross <[email protected]> wrote:
> Phisherman wrote:
> > On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:06:47 -0400, Gerald Ross <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
>
> >>I posted pictures of my sanding table at
>
> >>http://s575.photobucket.com/albums/ss194/gwross/
>
> >>Hope that works. In the closed picture note the velcro patch on the
> >>left front of the top. That is what holds my sanding curtain which
> >>directs air from the lathe to the air cleaner. The furnace filters
> >>are 14 x 25. The cloth bag filter is labeled 12 x 24, but measures
> >>11 1/2 x 23 1/4 at the top frame.
>
> >>I use it mostly as an air cleaner to catch what escapes the dust
> >>collector, but it works well as a sanding table with the top down.
> >>I calculated the total square inch of the holes to equal the area of
> >>the exhaust port.
>
> > Nice job. I made a downdraft table years ago that uses three furnace
> > filters and a 1/5 HP squirrel cage blower. The box sets on lockable
> > rubber wheels and has a piano-hinge mounted door. Used MDF for the
> > box, hardboard pegboard for the top (I enlarged all the holes with a
> > countersink bit). When I made the table I decide to add an
> > electrical outlet to the side. As it turned out, that outlet proved
> > very convenient. I set the blower to low speed yet it can clear
> > dusty air in minutes.
>
> Thanks! The switch on mine is a combination switch/outlet. I agree, it
> is convenient.
>
> --
> Gerald Ross
> Cochran, GA
>
> Start off the day with a smile and get
> it over with.

Nice work. Nice big blower, too. Thanks for the inspiration. Tom

Phisherman wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:06:47 -0400, Gerald Ross <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>I posted pictures of my sanding table at
>>
>>http://s575.photobucket.com/albums/ss194/gwross/
>>
>>Hope that works. In the closed picture note the velcro patch on the
>>left front of the top. That is what holds my sanding curtain which
>>directs air from the lathe to the air cleaner. The furnace filters
>>are 14 x 25. The cloth bag filter is labeled 12 x 24, but measures
>>11 1/2 x 23 1/4 at the top frame.
>>
>>I use it mostly as an air cleaner to catch what escapes the dust
>>collector, but it works well as a sanding table with the top down.
>>I calculated the total square inch of the holes to equal the area of
>>the exhaust port.
>
>
> Nice job. I made a downdraft table years ago that uses three furnace
> filters and a 1/5 HP squirrel cage blower. The box sets on lockable
> rubber wheels and has a piano-hinge mounted door. Used MDF for the
> box, hardboard pegboard for the top (I enlarged all the holes with a
> countersink bit). When I made the table I decide to add an
> electrical outlet to the side. As it turned out, that outlet proved
> very convenient. I set the blower to low speed yet it can clear
> dusty air in minutes.

Thanks! The switch on mine is a combination switch/outlet. I agree, it
is convenient.

--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA

Start off the day with a smile and get
it over with.

On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:06:47 -0400, Gerald Ross <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I posted pictures of my sanding table at
>
>http://s575.photobucket.com/albums/ss194/gwross/
>
>Hope that works. In the closed picture note the velcro patch on the
>left front of the top. That is what holds my sanding curtain which
>directs air from the lathe to the air cleaner. The furnace filters
>are 14 x 25. The cloth bag filter is labeled 12 x 24, but measures
>11 1/2 x 23 1/4 at the top frame.
>
>I use it mostly as an air cleaner to catch what escapes the dust
>collector, but it works well as a sanding table with the top down.
>I calculated the total square inch of the holes to equal the area of
>the exhaust port.


Nice job. I made a downdraft table years ago that uses three furnace
filters and a 1/5 HP squirrel cage blower. The box sets on lockable
rubber wheels and has a piano-hinge mounted door. Used MDF for the
box, hardboard pegboard for the top (I enlarged all the holes with a
countersink bit). When I made the table I decide to add an
electrical outlet to the side. As it turned out, that outlet proved
very convenient. I set the blower to low speed yet it can clear
dusty air in minutes.