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Keepsake box made from ABW and Red Cedar. The inlay is Snakewood and the lining Sycamore. SmartButt hinges used with avoids the ugliness of a square knuckle.

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This was my HVLP set up when I first got an Oneida super dust deputy.

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I rigged it up to my extractor like this as I figured it would be for the quickest & that it would be handy to keep it mobile on the existing wheeled base.
In the nearly 3 years since I did this Iā€™ve not move it once šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø so clearly mobility wasnā€™t a necessity, also as expected I experienced quite a reduction in suction not only because of adding the cyclone (which I was expecting) but also the extra pipe & bends I used to keep it fitted to the original base.

My intention with re-jigging things was to reduce the pipework & by doing so increase the suction from its current 57% efficiency when measured against the impeller on its own.
First off I wanted to get as long & straight a piece of 5ā€ spiral duct as I could to the cyclone as this is beneficial for the cyclone to work effectively, although I had to incorporate a 45 degree bend on the inlet that is followed by a 2.8m piece of ducting that runs to roughly the centre point of the long workshop wall. From there the duct drops to the floor & a piece of flexible pipe is attached to it long enough to reach all of my machines, in doing this Iā€™ve halved the amount of 5ā€ flexible ducting I had on the system.
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A piece of 3/4ā€ ply was fixed to the wall & floor then braced at the top onto which the impeller unit was bolted.

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I built a simple unit for the fine filter to sit on the added bonus being it gave me some much needed storage space for a couple of systainers.

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The streamlining of the system has taken it up to 72% efficiency a gain of 15% which I really pleased with as a fine filter & cyclone are always going to take a toll.
But the real proof as they say is in the pudding & on Thursday it got it first real workout & performed admirably

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Having fixed up the router table and resigned myself that a spindle moulder will be in my future Iā€™ve been cracking on with the sash window.

Worked out the parting bead slot and the spiral balance slots and covers.

Iā€™m going to finish the slots above the sill to attempt to avoid/minimise water ingress points.

I was not confident with the saw down the side and bash out the pocket method, so I resorted to routing out the pockets and making covers for them.

Pulley recesses were also done with a router and template. The cordless palm router is my best friend.

Then I machined up all the staff and parting beads and the sill and head linings, as well as a couple of boards for secret Santa!

Sorry could get images in with the text, no idea why but theyā€™re all petty obvious!

Fitz


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