J. Phil Thien's Projects

Quote from: phil (admin) on January 27, 2014, 02:09:23 PM

Quote from: Harnell on January 25, 2014, 07:17:48 AM
My latest project has been making a Michigan shaped cutting board, photo attached.

Welcome!

Nice cutting board, did you cut that w/ a bandsaw or scroll saw or something else?

Used a Craftsman 12" band saw.  It was my first attempt at detail work on the bandsaw.

OK...maybe that's the way to go...keep the motor in the same orientation and use 2 45's from the separator to the impeller.  Next question is flow straighteners - should they be installed just past the bellmouth at the separator or after the last 45 ahead of the impeller?

I'm planning on a very similar design but have a concern about rotating the motor/impeller assembly from horizontal to vertical.  This will place different loads on the motor/impeller bearings.  Is there any data/information on this?  Is it a potential issue?  If I don't rotate the motor/fan I would have a 90 deg. elbow between the separator and impeller.  Does adding an elbow here add enough restriction to be concerned about?  I have a DC-1200 which is borderline if I want to keep airflow speeds high enough to effectively remove the fines from my tools.

I've been following this forum off and on for over a year and am finally getting around to building my dust separator.  I have a Jet DC-1200.  I will be redoing all of my runs from 4" to 6", adding the Thien separator, and exhausting outside.  My basement shop has a 6" planer, 10" table saw, 12" band saw, planer/molder, oscillating sander, and a portable 12" planer.  I need to get the fine dust under control from all of this equipment and am hoping my DC redo will do the trick.  My latest project has been making a Michigan shaped cutting board, photo attached.