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Hi... get in touch with someone with a lathe....ask them to make an alloy one. File flats on motor shaft...this should be easy for someone with a lathe...

Hi simon... that looks great... perhaps I could do that for one of my ladies....ssshhh. Picked up some robinia today....quartered logs and a few small logs. It’s been in someone’s shed for 4 years......

I’ve got an old Tesco 1600w vacuum... using it with a £20 cyclone and a bin... It’s the best thing I’ve used....sucks it all..nothing in the hoover bin ..so filter is always clean.., Try it you won’t be sorry..,.i had to knock up a couple of adaptors but well worth effort

Hi Adam.. that would be great if it works out... we will have to keep n touch.. PM me if you like anytime...you might be able to get hold of some old tools on route.....hehe

Hi Adam... I left bournemouth in 1978....I believe it a bit of a dump now.... Don’t suppose you have any of that wood left?....I turn wood ladies for charity..

Great stuff there Adam...loving the bowl. What wood is it?... I could do with a piece about 12” long 4 “ diameter...lol. I grew up in Bournemouth...

Why don’t you find a local engineering firm... see if they will help out. Would be an easy job on a decent lathe...deep hole drilling and cnc machined morse taper... I am an ex turner .... it could be done with pulleys in situ...just take the whole spindle....

Check out amazon for barrel and cyclone and hoover tubing...mine came to £60

I’d get rid of both... but a small barrel and a cyclone unit. Use a small vacuum and attach leads to cyclone and then from there to the tool. I use be in my garage... bandsaw....no dust.....wooodlathe....sucks the lot up...plus all the cra..p off floor...Goes into the barrel and next t nothing...

Well there easy enough to make... just a motor and a disc and a little rest...

No idea... but. Could do with one...will have to look into it... if not make one

Hi ditch....I reckon it’s the best way of sucking up all that dust...people tend to waste so much money on things that aren’t needed...my little bin works fine ..total for the lot...£60....vacuum was free

I used the standard hose from hoover to cyclone ...then got a 5m standard 40ish mm hose which cane with 3 various connectors..I used an elastic band to take up the difference and bingo...nice tight fit..the one to the bandsaw needed a plastic collar to make fit...but boy does it suck the dust...

Buy yourself a 30litre by and a cyclone ...and connect that to Henry. I’ve jus done this to an old Tesco hoover...dust from bandsaw...totally negligent...nothing n the hoover bin....everything in the blue bin..brilliant.

Hi there... I have an old ELU bandsaw... circa 1993...aluminium table much the same as yours by sound of it...I was thinking along the lines of just adding a sheet of quality ply...and drill and bolt to table...if you used two pieces you could cut slot or form slot for mitre fence... I could be...

Nice little lathe fester...welcome to the site. I started off the other year by being given an old tube lathe....seeing as I’m an ex metal turner.....I had a go....got some old decent tools off gummy.....and a few lumps of old wood...by the time I’d messed around I had people wanting to buy my...

Hi all.....my little project is completed.., been hoovering the garage out this afty. Even without a filter in the little vacuum...all I got was about a half tablespoon of dust in the container. The rest was all in the bin....what a great result... Thanks for all your comments and guidance. Will...

What a brilliant idea this rag in the can is...I spent my working life in the aerospace industry and we used WD40 as a feeing agent , especially on old engine parts.

Hello there .... I bought one of those last year..... agree with comments . It’s a great Machine. And yes it is two speed....I even found somewhere to buy replacement inserts where the blade runs through table.... Keep it clean and you should have no problems.,,,

Hi there...that’s a great idea... that’s similar to the vacuum I have... Ines 1600w max...so hopefully it’s going to suck Woodturning and bandsaw waste It’s great to get ideas and help on this site.... Steve