Charlie_W
Member
What is in your dust collector?....maybe you should better look!
I use my dust collector almost 100% of the time my lathe is running. As does my overhead dust filter....and use a dust mask as well.
Last week, I took the hose off my dust collector and got a surprise! It turns out that when turning wet wood as in bowls, some of the nice curly wet ribbons that become piled on the lathe/stand get sucked up the hose. I normally sweep up these and not fill the dust collector with big shavings.
Well, as you can see in the pic that the long wet curls (maple in this case) had hung themselves on the edges of the impeller!..remember the spinning carnival rides?.....these shavings were hung out to dry..literally.
They are dry and hung on the impeller cutting down on my suction. After cleaning them off, the DC has a much better airflow and draw!
So, be mindful of these little spaghetti like shavings. Even though they might be cute flying off the gouge across the shop, they are up to no good when they gang together and plot to foul up things
I use my dust collector almost 100% of the time my lathe is running. As does my overhead dust filter....and use a dust mask as well.
Last week, I took the hose off my dust collector and got a surprise! It turns out that when turning wet wood as in bowls, some of the nice curly wet ribbons that become piled on the lathe/stand get sucked up the hose. I normally sweep up these and not fill the dust collector with big shavings.
Well, as you can see in the pic that the long wet curls (maple in this case) had hung themselves on the edges of the impeller!..remember the spinning carnival rides?.....these shavings were hung out to dry..literally.
They are dry and hung on the impeller cutting down on my suction. After cleaning them off, the DC has a much better airflow and draw!
So, be mindful of these little spaghetti like shavings. Even though they might be cute flying off the gouge across the shop, they are up to no good when they gang together and plot to foul up things