Hi all,
I've been using the SUV 14" quite a bit over the last few weeks. I really like it, but it has quite a few irritations I'd like to overcome.
Since I'm not a bodger, but a serious over-thinker and spender of money/time on trivia, I was sitting on a log and having a beer to wash down the days dust (sorry BobL!) and was studying the dust collection mechanism on the Laguna.
It's terrible. Terrible in that it doesn't work.
My DC is as it is. It's a crappy 1hp 600cfm which would be argued as useless, but that's the limit I have. I suspect many are in this inadequate boat.
So, I took a few high resolution photos, pulled out 3D Studio and made up a dust sleeve that can be inserted into the side of the bandsaw...below the table and above the existing dust port.
It won't work if you tilt the table. It slides and clips in, with walls on the sides and underneath with a small notch for the blade. It effectively creates a chanelled cavity so the DC sucks air directly from the under left-side of the table, over the bearings and blade and to the right, just above the existing dust port. What I'm hoping will happen is the dust is collected within millimetres of where it generated. It is removed to change blades, adjust bearings or open the lower door. (I made one using PVC for my old 12" and it was magnificent)
It will be printed on a 3D printer in ABS plastic (won't damage anything, but very strong) and will cost only a few dollars.
I'm hoping to get enthusiastic volunteers to take one and provide good high quality feedback. Based on that, there may be a few versions/iterations to get it right.
Anyone interested?
There are a few more ideas too...a table tilt fine adjuster (the six cent bolt doesn't do it for me) and an ABS printed insert for the throat. I also hate the yellow blade guard, what a disaster of bad design, such a sloppy add-on.
I've been using the SUV 14" quite a bit over the last few weeks. I really like it, but it has quite a few irritations I'd like to overcome.
Since I'm not a bodger, but a serious over-thinker and spender of money/time on trivia, I was sitting on a log and having a beer to wash down the days dust (sorry BobL!) and was studying the dust collection mechanism on the Laguna.
It's terrible. Terrible in that it doesn't work.
My DC is as it is. It's a crappy 1hp 600cfm which would be argued as useless, but that's the limit I have. I suspect many are in this inadequate boat.
So, I took a few high resolution photos, pulled out 3D Studio and made up a dust sleeve that can be inserted into the side of the bandsaw...below the table and above the existing dust port.
It won't work if you tilt the table. It slides and clips in, with walls on the sides and underneath with a small notch for the blade. It effectively creates a chanelled cavity so the DC sucks air directly from the under left-side of the table, over the bearings and blade and to the right, just above the existing dust port. What I'm hoping will happen is the dust is collected within millimetres of where it generated. It is removed to change blades, adjust bearings or open the lower door. (I made one using PVC for my old 12" and it was magnificent)
It will be printed on a 3D printer in ABS plastic (won't damage anything, but very strong) and will cost only a few dollars.
I'm hoping to get enthusiastic volunteers to take one and provide good high quality feedback. Based on that, there may be a few versions/iterations to get it right.
Anyone interested?
There are a few more ideas too...a table tilt fine adjuster (the six cent bolt doesn't do it for me) and an ABS printed insert for the throat. I also hate the yellow blade guard, what a disaster of bad design, such a sloppy add-on.
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