Owen,

What's the white thing on the black cabinet?
Kinda like to see pictures of the rest of the shop if you got time.

I've got a 15x17 area downstairs with a 6' doorway facing the woods that I'd
like to temporarily setup for the shop. My dream is a rough cabin with BIG
doors on one side facing a porch and the bottoms at the back of my property.
Cool birds and deer down there. Wouldn't have to worry about dust or stuff
and could store wood under it.

TomNie

"Owen Lowe" wrote in message
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I am new here and want to say hi to everyone and post a question.
Those of you in basement shops, how do you handle the dust and chip
issue? I am setting up a shop in a side room in the basement so I would
like some input . Also, do you have your sharpening equipment in there
as well or in the garage?

I moved all of my turning activities out of my unheated garage last
winter so that I could develop some work for a show this past summer.
The only thing related to turning still left in the garage is the band
saw but that's gotta stay where it is; besides, my basement turnery is
only 9'x12'.

I enclosed this portion of the basement years ago to be used as a small
darkroom in a previous career path. Given it's small size and that the
area's separated from the rest of the basement, containing dust has been
somewhat easier, I'd think, than trying to capture the dust and shavings
in a full basement.

I use a Jet-1100 dust collector with the filter canister to collect
sanding dust as close to the point of generation as possible. Also use
it to vac up chips after a sweep up of the floor. This dust collector
captures most dust down to something like 2 microns in size. Secondary
collection is a JDS-750 air cleaner hung from the floor joists above.
This is run on medium speed during any sanding and on low speed for an
hour after I leave the room when finished for the day (unit has an auto
timer feature). This air filtration unit captures air-suspended dust
down to sub-one micron - as I recall. Since the bottom of the JDS is a
mere inches above my head, I positioned it over the grinder and disk
sander cart. I oriented the dust collection tools such that the JDS
intake is closest to the Jet's canister output.

Since my wife does the laundry in the basement plus keeps some of her
work dresses there for ironing and my daughter uses part of the basement
as a play area, I try to be very conscientious about cleaning up before
leaving the turnery for the day. Tracking much wood stuff out would be
tough on relations and so far it's been fairly easy - at least I've
heard zero complaints so far.

Here's a pic of the DC setup I have (kinda messy at the moment as I'm
waxing some odds and ends):

http://users.easystreet.com/onlnlowe/misc/TurneryDustCollection.jpg

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Owen Lowe

Northwest Woodturners,
Cascade Woodturners,
Pacific Northwest Woodturning Guild
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Tips fer Turnin': Pour your end-grain sealer into a clean, wide-mouth
clothes detergent bottle. The lid makes a handy dipping container for
your brush and the leftovers will drain back into the bottle when you
recap the jug.