What is the Dirtiest Machine in your shop?

[Don_Z]

What tool or machine in your shop is the the main culprit for making the most mess no matter what? And what modifications have you made to make it better?

[dabullseye]

without a doubt its my wood lathe. chips go everywhere, in my pockets in my shoes, everywhere in 8' i have put up cheep roll up shades to contain the shrapnel which helps but chips still pile up on the table and down along the sides below the shades

[Don_Z]

I personally have not done very much turning. Although as I drift further away from cabinetry, I have gravitated more to furniture and sculpture and I think that turning is one of the final evolution's I will achieve. But I know very well the mess those things can generate. What do you think would make for better chip/dust containment?

[dabullseye]

short of building an enclosed box around hooked up to the DC not much can really be done. there is a tool that is more like a pipe with an edge on the end and it hooks up to a shop vac but i dont think there all that good (never used one) i i dont want to have to wrestle with a hose. like i said i use cheep pull down roller blinds to contain most of the chips, sanding is not so much a problem since the DC hose can be placed rt behind the area being sanded or if a longer blank is sanded a small box can be made to with movable baffles (magnets)direct the air   

[retired2]

Here's one of my favorite Youtube video's of all time.  It's a little long, but it's relevant.  At times it's a little humorous, but mostly it's a tribute to man's ingenuity.  Have a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEhzV7Xl-v8

[retired2]

What tool or machine in your shop is the the main culprit for making the most mess no matter what? And what modifications have you made to make it better?

Without a doubt the dirtiest machine in my shop is my compound miter saw.  Eventually, I will get around to doing something to improve the situation, but a compound miter saw can point in so many different directions that any hood design that attempts to catch them all is so big it becomes ineffective.   

The problem is a little easier to solve if your miter saw is stationery along a wall - I don't have that luxury.  Mine is on casters and is moved out whenever  I need it.  I recently did some trim work in my house and after a few hours of cutting MDF molding everything in my shop was covered with silt!!

I guess other machines in my shop, like my thickness planer, might have won this dubious honor, but most are now under control with some kind of dust hood piped to my DC.

[WayTooLate]

Retired -
I agree the compound miter saw can spray dust all over... 

Here are some solutions that I found - I have made my variation and they contain almost everything.  Some small fines can blow back out.  But that is a combination of needing more CFM to suck it in and a deeper hood to trap the dust.  It seems that having more volume in the hood (deeper box) allows the 150mph dust to decelerate instead of bounce out of the hood. 

I can tell you that it works VERY well! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRCgwTqJhqM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AIITfs51PE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9Ll10MZMmg

Hope this helps!
Jim