Had a go at making a scroll saw shell, there's a few bits that didn't go quite to plan but for a first attempt I'm quite pleased with how it came out. It just needs a few coats of shellac.
That looks great, nice clean cuts, very well done, if I can make a suggestion, As the names are attached to a base when cut you don't need to have the letters so close together, touching each other, if you know what I mean?.
Thank you Kevin, they are never ending, but I am in the process of making a special one with something extra (sssshhh its a secret) will post pix soon.
Hi Dave the box is 72mm (about 3 inch) deep, I did explain how to build these a while back, they are similar to bandsaw boxes except the draw segments have to be cut out on a scroll saw in two parts as its too thick to go in the saw.
I just received a pic from a lady who ordered a letter box for her daughter after she had decorated and I think it looks great. I'm glad they are happy with it.
Hi Roly, before I built this I just had the vac in the shed and was about as loud as any normal vac but because I had limited Hoover hose I have relocated to behind the shed next to the cyclone and I can hardly hear it now, having the cyclone attached doesn't make it any louder.
Hi Kevin, the suction pipe is about 3/4 of the way down the cone so it doesn't suck the dust straight in, I haven't used any water in it I just used an old water butt as my collection tub as it was a lot thicker than any bucket or bin I had.
I was given a draper what and dry vac a while ago but the casing was broken so I had to mount it on a piece of wood. So I desired I would have a go at making I cyclonic dust collection system, after watching numerous videos on YouTube on how to build these so I got to work and built my first but the water butt I was using kept collapsing in on itself ,
So I went back to the drawing board(YouTube) and found a video using a traffic cone so I got me a cone and had to build a frame around the come to stop it collapsing in on itself, but the water butt kept collapsing so I got hold of a steel oil drum and mounted the cone onto that and it works a treat.