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1. 
   RogerL | May 26, 2005 04:39pm | #1

   Dale;

   I have a shelf behind my lathe level with the bed.  I have a 5" hose in the shelf at the point of the headstock.  I also have a wooden hood made fron 1/4" plywood that I can place behind the hole to help scoop the dust when I sand bowls.  I don't use it at all for  wood chips.  It doesn't take long to fill the duct collector with wood chips and they are easier to sweep off the floor than empty from the dust collector.  My main concern is to keep the fine dust out of my lungs.  I turn mostly bowls and the system works well.  I also have an air scrubber on the ceiling for anything that gets out of the system.

    

   Roger

2. 
   frenchy | May 26, 2005 04:39pm | #2

   I would use one of those floor sweeps underneath.  You want the dust controlled first!   Shavings etc. are minor compared to the risk of dust damage to your lungs..   I use both a dust collector and an Air cleaner..  One piece of equipment goes on and they both  go on..

3. 
   jim | May 27, 2005 01:25pm | #3

   DaleK;

   Here is what I did.  I put a attic vent fan in the window  behind my lathe.  It works great for taking the sanding dust and blowing it outside, does a good job on the heat also. The shaving fall to the floor and go up the floor sweep.

   I've tried several different boxes attached to my DC and they work for shavings but not sanding dust. I've decided it is easier to clean up centrally located shavings rather than a shop full of dust.  I have an air filter but usually the dust gets all over everything before getting filtered.

   Good luck;

   Big Bird   

4. 
   WillGeorge | May 27, 2005 09:53pm | #4

   Dust collection for lathe

   Your shoes or smock?

5. 
   forestgirl | May 28, 2005 07:25pm | #5

   Here's a post AlanMikkelsen made re: his lathe collection (in response to a question from moi).

   http://forums.taunton.com/tp-knots/messages?msg=23183.12

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
   Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>)