Jarrod showed me a ventilation unit composed of two squirrel cage fans that he wants to attach to the vent on the ceiling.<div>I'm here till the 31st, if you want my help figuring out how to get up to that vent and making a bracket or something pick a day and time.<span></span><br><br>On Tuesday, December 9, 2014, Jacob Fenwick <<a href="mailto:jacob.fenwick@gmail.com">jacob.fenwick@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Sure, harbor freight is fine, it's figuring out how to make connectors on the tools to collect the dust that's hard.<div>Like for instance on a table saw sometimes you have a riving knife that collects dust in addition to the collection bin underneath.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Drew Folta <span dir="ltr"><<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','drew@folta.net');" target="_blank">drew@folta.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">This guy built his own blower and cyclone, together making a dust collector:<div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBxFNUWD2GQ" target="_blank">Building a dust collector blower</a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-xhYnWDCd0" target="_blank">Building the two-bucket cyclone</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>There's also Harbor Freight Tools. Their stuff is cheap, but often reasonably functional:</div><div><a href="http://www.harborfreight.com/1-hp-mini-dust-collector-94029.html" target="_blank">http://www.harborfreight.com/1-hp-mini-dust-collector-94029.html</a><span><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Drew</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></font></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Jacob Fenwick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jacob.fenwick@gmail.com');" target="_blank">jacob.fenwick@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Ventilation is going to be hard. I guess you could go after that window in the ceiling...<div><br></div><div>Super short term solution to table saw dust collection problem might look like this:</div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8eNcGdroQg" target="_blank">DIY Table Saw Dust Collector</a><br></div><div><br><div>Longer term solution for all wood tools is a real dust collector:<br><div><a href="https://www.grizzly.com/products/1-HP-Dust-Collector/G8027" target="_blank">https://www.grizzly.com/products/1-HP-Dust-Collector/G8027</a><br><br>But then all your tools need attachments that hookup to that collector.</div><div><br>On Tuesday, December 9, 2014, Torrie Fischer <<a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tdfischer@hackerbots.net');" target="_blank">tdfischer@hackerbots.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Fun fact: The dirty shop has no ventilation. I don't think we've got a<br>
solution yet, so solving that or any advice would be excellent :)<br>
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On Tuesday, December 09, 2014 12:11:37 PM Jacob Fenwick wrote:<br>
> Hi I'm Jacob,<br>
><br>
> Sorry if you already saw this post on fab but I guess that was the wrong<br>
> list.<br>
><br>
> I've spent the last couple years hanging out at Artisan's Asylum learning<br>
> to use tools.<br>
><br>
> I came by to check out noisebridge last night.<br>
> I walked into the shop, and there was so much dust that there were clouds<br>
> thick in the air and I started coughing.<br>
> In general people should clean up after themselves...<br>
> I vacuumed up a bit and tried some of the machines.<br>
> One of the lathes seems to be broken, but one is functional.<br>
> I took some plastic and covered up the lathes and the milling machine since<br>
> sawdust + hot metal chips could = fire.<br>
> I also noticed the grinder doesn't have rests, which is a bit dangerous, so<br>
> if I can find some angle and a bandsaw I might try to fix it.<br>
> I'll be around for the rest of the month, so I may stop in a bit more and<br>
> see what I can do to improve things.<br>
><br>
> I was trying to use the milling machine and couldn't figure out how to make<br>
> the Z axis quill work, if someone knows something about that let me know.<br>
><br>
> If I make it to the meeting I'm going to mention a new vacuum would be nice<br>
> since the one noisebridge currently has sucks, the wrong way.<br>
><br>
> If anyone else is interested in fidgeting with the shop to make it better<br>
> let me know.<br>
><br>
> Jacob<br>
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