2011 upgrades complete...

[Rockfish9]

I can never just do one thing... this year it started with the addition of a drop box... which after turning 4 dozen plugs this week end is working exactly as I had hoped...

I removed the remaining 4" pvc branch duct going to the main lathe and replaced it with 6" dropping to 5".. by doing so I gained back almost 1" of lost staic pressure... I also made an enclosure for my main lathe it keeps about 80 of any chips contained in the enclosure and funneled into the collector hood... no dust escapes at all... and in the end.. that is my biggest goal..

Using the same scrap lumber ( 7/16 sheeting) and a 1000 cfm blower I had hanging around I built a AFD ( air filtering devise ) to complement the 650 cfm one I had installed a few years ago.. i fitted it with a 12 X 24" smoke filter ( bought from Penn State industries) and a disposable pre filter.. set up at the opposite end of the shop it keeps the air moving in the boxed in end of the shop...