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Covered Bridge City ,Euharlee Georgia ,5 miles from Cartersville ,where all the snow birds pass going to see MICKEY , and Kevin !!.

Nice ,Well done ,goes well with the frame !

As far as the young folks think ,Your , Brother had a proceedure , !And your looking for her & her new friends hang out ~The transister battery ! TIMES SURE HAVE CHANGED !

Gloves to me are sometimes ,when they really help and I need a better grip or protection ,I have a pair in my dremel cab for what you described .detached and separate from the sleeves ,I don't use often ,but when I need that extra I have them ! They really help ,I don't see a safety issue on a scroll saw , In a cool shop they may be just the ticket !Go for it !

Showing my age again ,the youngsters over here call it dry wall too ,I went in and ask for linoleum ,everybody looks blank (say What)so I explained it's use (Oh! you want, vinyl sheet goods!) I forgot, I came over on the May Flower again ! Silly me I still refer to Gay as Happy ! You can guess the rest !! I AIN'T Cool NO MORE!!!

Not much to look at,vac .bag made special for sucking up sheet rock sanding dust after sheetrocker use big orbiting sanders finishing houses ,started out as speciality item ,but is now available for renters of those machines , DIY,Stops ultra fine dust ,if you ever dealt with sanding sheet rock ,that stuff is like talcum powder and will go straight thru a standard vac (like a dose of salts) It's a special type Paper ,vac bag designed to fit larger shop vacs . I think it would catch flea dust ! (If you know what I mean! They make DIY manual smaller rock sanders for sheet rock ,but smaller bags are hard to find ,maybe on the net ,for those using smaller units ,4-5 gal size,I'm guessing ! Rental places should have as well but usually higher priced !

For those of you using a big shop vac interested in saving your vac unneeded wear and eliminate a lot of extra fine dust in your shop ,from the vac allowing ultra fine dust to recirculate in and out of your vac. put a sheet rock bag in your shop vac .stops ultrafine dust from getting to your motors ,bearings & brushes and exiting your vac, thru the exhaust port ! Available Lowes or HD in 3 pack ! cheaper than hwd,store ! Not real cheap but very effective and cheaper than a hepa by a dam site .with a separator ,Fein or dust dep.last very very long time !

It's better than the funnel on the hose or most other diy's I have seen for the bottom ,But I hope you did not pay much for it ! or expect too much out of it ! Their original was better but had other issues .that was the one I was talking about in my prev. post .that thing you could build .I can see why its falling apart ! It is better than nothing !

Sounds like you got some of the bugs addressed ,collecting at the source is the key ,you will find ,with use ,other tweeks you will want to do . You should be able to reverse your vac ,and pull thru the blade hole to clean out any hang ups in the unit ,,Now for the challenge of getting the top dust at the source ,and you will really be a happy camper . The pain is the simple octopus hose that works pretty good but is constantly in the way and requires constant adjustment ,and the need to balance the vac pull from both units ,keep it up you headed in the right direction .

Ok !IKE here are some pix of the trap ,normally I take out side and dump ,and brush out ,today I did it on the second desk ,so you could see what was caught and the dust with it .A dust deputy would have done just about the same thing .! But first you have to catch all the dust !

Ike ,The dust deputy or the DIY fein style units I have made are really only for separating the large stuff your vac.-ing before it get to the vac bag ,increasing you cap.in the vac and bag cleaning. Has no other advantage ,The main problem with most collection systems is they don't catch the dust at the source ,some equipment it is nearly impossible to do ,table saws ,planers ,edgers even routers ,combined with the high speed the run at and the wind that creates over comes the vac if not at the source in most cases that is impractical because it interfears with the safe operation of the tool ,so they are marginal in effect . The scroll saw is a different breed of cat ,and does not produce huge amounts of dust ,but the finest ,which is the stuff you inhale .most is nearly weightless and floats in the air for hrs.allowing you to keep inhaling long after you quit sawing. Even larger blade and thicker stuck on a scroll saw produce a lot of ultra fine dust as well as the larger stuff you see on your table .Not nearly the volume the smaller blades produce let alone what spirals produce .I just finished a mill pc. and I am going to empty the chip trap ,I will take some pix and post for you to see what is in there and how the chips themselves create a basic filter media in the trap and ho much dust is caught before going on to the vac.I'll post again in a bit as I have no pix to add to this post .The money you will spend on a deputy would set up you saw to catch it all ! After your catching it all then you can decide if you need it .I am going on the idea you are talking about you scroll saw and not your whole shop !

Thanks everyone ,Steve, the alum. L-shaped partitions give it .it's strength and allows me to rest my arms on it in cutting small stuff as well as keeping blades and tools from sliding down on the tilt of the table !

Ditto ! pix would help !

It's 91/2 x 11" , after cades mill ,this was easier ,or I was used to the tolerances better ,notice ,there was no saw dust or chips , on the saw or on the floor ,anything the vac didn't get & send to the chip,trap , the chip tray caught before they could hit the floor ,big stuff went in the trash can as they were cut out ,the only clean up is empting the chips out of the tray with the vac.hose , Sweet ! Some day all new saws with be like that ,and they will be house broken so you won't have to freeze or sweat using them !

This is the results of cutting out the latest mill ,I took the pictures as everything was ,just after I finished cutting slipped a background sheet under it moved the chair and took the pix. That's how good everything works !

I was just thinking ,I would be very tempted to incapsulate w/ that High gloss epoxy bar top stuff mine is called (Parks Super Glaze) That should really protect it for as long as you and I will really care from most anything .as well as keep it cleanable from dust and the elements ,Be such a shame to see that get damaged !

Buddy ! If your going to display on a table ,I would make dam sure that table was covered with Glass .I just had a horrorable thought of something getting spilled on it ,Then I would want to castrate the spiller ! Truly breath taking ! A glass sandwich sounds even better !!

I understand the problem ,everything I have used is recycled ,less a few cheap pvc Items ,even my main vac hoses you see came from discarded house vac units . Were on a very fixed Income ,not looking for sympathy just stating facts ,Thats why everything is DIY ,blades and wood I have trouble getting around !

I saw that ,at the time they didn't have a prices on it . This is a version that I have been using for quite a while on the bottom of the saw ,my only issue with it is that the location of the design puts the P.U. hose right in the way blocking unfeathered access to controls and in my mind in the way ,It should get the bottom,Dust very well ,They haven't addressed the upper collection at the source or catching , pcs.you may need before going in the dust filled vac. or Pre-vac separator .As you will note on mine ,it blocks nothing and interfers with nothing and is out of the way .Goes directly to a sealed chip trap .from both top and bottom vac.s before going to cyclone separator then the vac . The blower While cheap and moves it off the line , is the reverse of what is needed ! I think the upper is more important due to smaller dust (especially with spirals and fine blades)& the effect that stupid blower has on it ! It's certainly is a step forward ,from anything else posted ,I am glad the interest level is gaining ground ,and people are seeing benefits of going toward DUST FREE scrolling , The extra chip collection tray surrounding my table catches the larger cutouts and is handy for other things as well .(Chips on the floor cause my castered chair major stoppages at the wrong times ) as well as un-needed clean up ! Some day new saws will have a good system that actually works till then ,we have to design one for ourselves that fits your personal needs , Mine while a little unprofessional looking does it all .adjusts for height of stock ,swings clear out of the way is easily removeable l , Good Luck hope you can come up with a better system than mine ! Look forward to your progress ! If you need help PM me ,I got to go Dr. appointment ,Later Carl

Really Beautiful ,How long did it take to cut that out !

Really excellent cutting and pattern .

Bill ,Phew! Glad none of it stuck ! Larry, does the word move ,give you any ideas ? You guys are a mess ,Glad your HERE too!

Welcome Bill ,Tell me has much of it rubbed off on you ! Need to Know so We know how to treat You ! LOL !

Excellent ,she must be proud !

Nicely done ,Sure looks like he can get the job done ! Not a big sports fan ,but I admire those who excell in what ever they do !