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I have a house with a smallish basement. I say smallish because there
is enough space for my lathe, but not enough for the dust and debris
it creates.

Does anyone know of or have some ideas about how to confine the dust
and debris in say a 6' by 6' area?


Walls. I'd go solid material rather than plastic, because you can vacuum
solid walls without sucking them in. Real important to collect the sanding
dust as close to point of production as possible. Other turning doesn't make
dust, so you can drop the shavings right into a leaf bag as you're turning,
and scrape them from behind the lathe if you put a full tabletop to the
wall. Else you end up crawling and fishing into crevices to clear shavings.

I'd put the DC outside the walls for the noise problem, but bring
double-filtered air back into my space. The pleated canister-type filters
are pretty good, but you can also put them inside a pleated furnace filter
box and add a nuisance mask if you see too much or start to sneeze or
generate nose solids.