Bandsaw

pjwillms · 2024-12-23T08:55:48+0000

Have any body got Idea the doors on the bandsaw have gaps around them wood it be ok to put foam strips around them to stop dust coming out .

kinverkid · 2024-12-23T10:33:58+0000

I put draught excluder which maybe similar around the doors of my record bandsaw years ago with no problems.

Terry - Somerset · 2024-12-23T10:36:08+0000

pjwillms said:
Have any body got Idea the doors on the bandsaw have gaps around them wood it be ok to put foam strips around them to stop dust coming out .

I have done precisely that - not so much to stop the dust coming out, but to try and get the dust extraction system to work more efficiently.

There is no point in having a large dust extractor, which uses a lot of energy making a lot of noise, to simply suck fresh air into the bandsaw and then expel it (dust free) through the filter.

pjwillms · 2024-12-23T11:28:46+0000

I will do that on my record bandsaws Ty v m

Sideways · 2024-12-23T11:56:28+0000

If you are going to suck air out of a hole 3" , 4" (?) diameter on the back of the box, you need holes and gaps that add up to the same area everywhere else to let the air in otherwise you are choking the airflow.
Just worth bearing in mind.
Assume you are using a high volume extractor not a shop vac. A vac wil be near useless unless you focus all its suction where the blade comes through the table.