Introduce yourself...

[DBomer]

Greetings,

First, thanks to Mr Thien and all on this forum for sharing your knowledge and experience.

The name is Don and I live in the Texas Hill Country (AKA God's Country). In April of this year I had an urge to become a beekeeper (Beek). After
doing a lot of research on the subject  I decided to jump in with both feet. However purchasing hives is but one of the many expenses a Beek must
face. After seeing several plans to build hives I decided to go that route.

I haven't done any woodworking since I was in Jr High and I wasn't a whiz at it then (almost 73 now). But, after many more hours of research, a
favorite pastime, I bought a Craftsman 113.197251 Electronic Radial Arm Saw to make sawdust during the hive builds. I quickly discovered my choice
of a RAS was made in ignorance so I bought a 10" Rockwell Homecraft Table saw. With money for new blades, accessories and other tools I could have bought my first two or three hives. Oh well...

The bottom line is I have a start on becoming a woodworker as well as a Beek! I don't need my beehives until next spring so I'll start by
reconditioning my old power tools and building a Thien DS so I can keep my Ridgid vacuum and my lungs healthy.

Thanks again and Warm regards,
Don Bomer...

[Flutemaker]

Hi Everyone,I am Mike and I just joined.I am a wood turner and make flutes,bowls and hollow forms.I just love turning and so I have a lot of opportunities to make dust and want to learn a lot on here.I know I will.Thanks in advance for having and helping me!!

[sploo]

Hi all - just joined.

I was hoping to get input on a potentially unusual/constrained design for a separator but it appears I can't post new topics. I assume I need a certain length of time/number of posts before I can start a new topic?

[Tim]

Hi, I'm Tim, just joined. I make saw dust in my garage and sometimes there is something else leftover. I am intrigued by the separator lid...hope to take it on. Thanks for all the future information I will be absorbing.

[fitzhugh]

Nope, no spam here.
I'm a real dust hating wood wasting person.
I'll post elsewhere later, but first have a lot of reading to do.

[watch4it]

 :) A Big Hello To You, One and All.
My name is R Serr and I am new too this site and process's. I have found through the Years that I truly can still be classified as a Newbie, I am at that good ole ripe age where it takes along time to get it straight in my head what I read and what I see, for this I apologize! I didn't mean to do it!
I am Relatively new at my new end ever of becoming a wood master (hope I have time), I just turned 70 yrs old. Still have all my movable attached Body Parts and I hope too keep on Panting on to the end.
I hope I can keep My smile cause the good looks and the physic are suffering a big set back. That is what I hope everyone
here can keep in mind, if I loose my smile I will have lost everything. Thank You all for Your Patience and understanding, I am looking forward to Keeping ALL my fingers and meeting you all as the time gathers around us too swallow us all.
Sincerely: watch4it

[bark-eater]

Hello all, I just unloaded the bones of a Delta 50-851 into my shop. I will have questions. Thanks, Woody

[lakrissen]

Hello im a carpenter from denmark ... saw the Thien baffle concept by chance on youtube and now i bulit my own ... and already modified a few things .. i'll post pictures a a video later ;)

[Mad Mal]

Hi, I'm a new member from Sydney, Australia.I'm new to woodworking, I started a class 2 years ago and discovered my new obsession. I was using a workshop vac for dust extraction. To protect the vac I used a 15 litre bucket with a lid with 2 pipe entries, the outlet had a simple filter cover. A simple but effective separator. I've now upgraded my machines and the dust extraction needs to keep up. I've purchased a Carbitec 1hp dust extractor  air flow is 500cfm. This machine is supplied with a needle felt filter bag, I replaced with a pleated filter cartridge( this should increase performance markedly). My new task is to build a separator to catch the first line of dust and chips. My first question is when constructing a Thien separator, what dimensions are required to accommodate the dust extractor with a 100mm inlet. To complicate matters further My space is limited, I am happy to have a small separator( which would require more frequent emptying, as long as it could handle the air volume)

[nucww]

Hi all,
This is an amazing site full of DC information. Many credits to all the contributors. I have enjoyed wood working most of my life as a hobby.  I am looking to retire in a few years.  Based on the information in here, I am making a top hat prefilter for a HF DC.  My biggest concern is pressure loss when adding the TH.  When I finish, I will post it some where in here.  I am trying to do a spiral wall so that the incoming flow is parallel with the return flow.  It will be easier to show pictures when its done.  I thought that this would reduce turbulence and minimize pressure drop. I'm using a bellmouth exit pipe and intend to use a simple X straightener.  I am toying with the idea of putting in a flow diverter between the bellmouth and the bottom baffle to help guide the air up the pipe rather than allowing it to spin.

[ramorgan]

Hi!

My name is Rich Morgan and I live in west central Wisconsin. I just completed a half-day project to build a chip collector for my Jet DC so I can use my planer without plugging up the ducting with long gnarly planer chips.

I used a leftover 4" blast gate and elbow, an old Rubbermaid garbage can and some scrap wood. Only out of pocket cost was $5 for the vinyl foam weatherstripping to seal the top. Works great! No more running back and forth to clean out the Jet inlet.

Thanks, Phil!

[ibefishin]

I'm Bill and mostly build wooden boats, canoes, paddleboards and oars. This makes piles of saw dust. I have a Delta DC but....well you know. I have tried some of the things Wood Craft offers that aren't much better. Then I discovered J Phil Thien and his unique design. I'm building one now. Thanks Phil!

[EdBDen]

Hi, my name is Ed and I live in the suburbs of Denver, Colorado.  Definitely not the place I grew up anymore!!

I have done tons of DIY things over the years, helping my father with projects at his house constantly and then purposely (insanity) buying a fixer-upper when my wife and I got a house of our own, 20 years ago.  I always loved the wood work when we did any project and have recently turned to WW with a passion.

I am in IT as a profession and I have found that that same troubleshooting/fixit mentality is how I approach WW as well.  I strangely derive FAR move pleasure in making new jigs/tweeking equipment, etc than the actual WWing projects....  Troubled :)

LOVE the tweeks I have found on the website and the sharing of knowledge is inspirational.

Upgrading my HF DC with a baffle now, have added the Wynn filter and looking forward to continuing my tweeking :)

Thanks all!

Ed

[guyd]

hi.

names guy. no formal wood training. mechanical engineer, ex aerospace. small garage style workshop. extractor is a kity 692
Technical data: KITY692 
Air capacity 100m3/h
Filter 1m2
Hose connection 100mm
Motor input power 230v 600w


ive made a plate from a bit of 18mm ply and a 205litre (55 gallon?) plastic drum

[Hassman]

Greetings and salutations!

I am rekindling the hobby of wood working and have created an impressive amount of sawdust already -some but not all has entered my lungs and/or the house through the kitchen door.

I shall need to build myself a separator as my little shopvac is not enough (it gets full in about 2 minutes).
I am sure I will have questions and ideas...

Many thanks to all contributors!
Hasse