The 'Blokebox' drop-box

[big soft moose]

Oh dear the dreaded bandsaw

It's a shame you've given up... remember it took Dyson 5127 prototypes to get his product to market! I made mine with the intention of having to tweak it - hence the clear front. unfortunately, fluid flow is a bit of a black art especially with all the turbulence so fettling is needed.

Cheers
David

No, not this time...it's just been dumped outside the workshop, ready for the bin men. I was happy to have a little play with it to see if I could get it to work, but I haven't got the patience for this endless tinkering and my 'shop is for making furniture. I know that Mike advoctes a rough and ready approach to the build, but the constant use of a 'hammer and nail' to make it was starting to irritate :x It would be very useful if we could have some sort of rule, or ref guidlines on flow rates and suitable sizes of sucky machines and boxes etc - Rob

reading this with interest as i had thought avbout one of those drop boxes for work (not enough space in the home shop) , however like you i have limited patience for faffing about and want to be actually doing the job.

i think we'll look at a cyclone - though we may just wind up buying something like the dust gorrila to replace our DX5000 if space and budget permit.

 

[miles_hot]

Oh dear the dreaded bandsaw

It's a shame you've given up... remember it took Dyson 5127 prototypes to get his product to market! I made mine with the intention of having to tweak it - hence the clear front. unfortunately, fluid flow is a bit of a black art especially with all the turbulence so fettling is needed.

Cheers
David

No, not this time...it's just been dumped outside the workshop, ready for the bin men. I was happy to have a little play with it to see if I could get it to work, but I haven't got the patience for this endless tinkering and my 'shop is for making furniture. I know that Mike advoctes a rough and ready approach to the build, but the constant use of a 'hammer and nail' to make it was starting to irritate :x It would be very useful if we could have some sort of rule, or ref guidlines on flow rates and suitable sizes of sucky machines and boxes etc - Rob

reading this with interest as i had thought avbout one of those drop boxes for work (not enough space in the home shop) , however like you i have limited patience for faffing about and want to be actually doing the job.

i think we'll look at a cyclone - though we may just wind up buying something like the dust gorrila to replace our DX5000 if space and budget permit.

Thanks to some of the people on this and the other thread I have been doing some numbers and I fear that I may end up with a pretty massive box (some 2'x3'x5-6') and I'm still not sure that this would provide just the turbulent area or include the dust collection pod. At this point the size becomes an issue and I'd be better off with a cyclone.

I was going to get a gorilla however I've now got a fox 3hp collector so I have the motor and impeller so it's home made cyclone time (oh joy) however I have got the details of the Donaldson filter and I think that it will be enough to buy just one.

I think I still need to do some calculations etc and get off the fence - also have to find some time to actually go out into the garage to make the thing. I suspect that I may end up getting a small shop vac for the small diameter hoses element as whilst I'm pretty sure that the fox would be able to cope I think I remember someone saying that small hoses can cause the cyclone to stall dumping all the dust onto the filter which is what I'm trying to avoid. Thus there could be a use to having one of the original Mike design / size boxes for the shop vac - pr maybe just use a dyson cyclone.... Oh, I don't ruddy know!

Miles

 

[big soft moose]

Oh, I don't ruddy know!

Miles

thats the good thing about your project managers - the razor sharp decisiveness

my suggestion would be to ebay the fox bits and just buy a dust gorrila from onieda if you can afford it - if you only have limited time in the'shop you want to be spending it woodworking not faffing about fine tuning a home built rig

 

[Harbo]

Slightly off thread but has anybody used the Dust Deputy?

Rod

 

[miles_hot]

Oh, I don't ruddy know!

Miles

thats the good thing about your project managers - the razor sharp decisiveness

my suggestion would be to ebay the fox bits and just buy a dust gorrila from onieda if you can afford it - if you only have limited time in the'shop you want to be spending it woodworking not faffing about fine tuning a home built rig

When last I looked at the gorilla it was the thick end of £1200 - 1500 and the fox only cost me £270 so I've got some way to go yet. It's possible I will end up at that space and whilst I don't have that sort of money at the moment if I need to spend that sort of cash I will to protect the health of all concerned.

In the mean time I'd like to try to avoid spending that much as I also want a Jet 310 this year - and that's not a safety critical purchase and so has to go through a significantly more arduous spend approval process



Miles

 

[sometimewoodworker]

Slightly off thread but has anybody used the Dust Deputy?

Rod

I use the Clear Vue. However the DD is just as good.
There is more info here https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/under-development-garnham-style-dropout-boxes-t38213-60.html

 

[Doug B]

Slightly off thread but has anybody used the Dust Deputy?

Rod

Bought one 2 years ago, & i wouldn`t be with out it.

It`s hooked up to my Camvac, is easily portable (for sanding floors on site) & means i very rarely have to look inside the Camvac.

Easily paid for itself.


You might get the idea i really like it, :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[big soft moose]

as I also want a Jet 310 this year - and that's not a safety critical purchase and so has to go through a significantly more arduous spend approval process

you need to discover that its "essential" for some job that needs doing arround the house - then ask for spend approval on a really expensive model - when thats rejected you can say "yes dear" and go away and find the, cheap by comparisson, 310 as the "budget" option

I find this physcological model also works quite well with senior managers