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Hi Chris, Nice work on the engine! Well deserved cookies!How come the elves are taking time off the build? They protesting no cookies?Cheers Kerrin
Good heavens! what's that green prickly thing attacking Bucket Bob there? Looks like a Star Trek episode! Loved the clutch test video Chris, it works great. Even has that realistic clanking chain noise. Well done!
That's from a white fir, or true fir, not a Douglas fir. DF is actually a larch and has different needle structure than white fir...Beautiful none the less! "Bucket Bob"... I love the name. He's the guy that rides the boom, right? And dumps the bucket? And I would guess that the other guy is "Hoister Harry".....I'm tired.... Pete
Still open mouthed astonished at this build!!By the by I noticed the dirt devil style vacuum, how do you like it? I'm interested in one for my shop as I do some wood work also.Ron
I only saw two guys in the video, but by the sound of it there are tree guys here..... (sorry)
Quote from: ozzie46 on December 08, 2018, 06:19:49 PMStill open mouthed astonished at this build!!By the by I noticed the dirt devil style vacuum, how do you like it? I'm interested in one for my shop as I do some wood work also.RonHi Ron, glad you are along for the ride! That vac setup is a small shop-vac with a Dust Deputy collector on the side - it is a cyclonic seperator that goes inline with the vac hose, seperates out all the dust and metal swarf and drops it in a 5 gallon bucket. It works amazingly well, barely anything makes it to the shop vac itself, usually only when the bucket fills up, or if something like a tissue gets sucked in. I have that one in the metal shop, and another up in my wood shop - even fine wood dust gets caught in the bucket, saving having to clean or replace those stupid filters on the vac itself. They are a little pricey, but I think well worth it in the long run. I bolted a bucket on the side of the vac, with casters underneath, and a second bucket sits in that to collect the dust. The Dust Deputy bolts to the bucket lid - a piece of plywood is needed to stiffen the lid, or the vacuum tends to collapse it. I think the only issue I get is if there are long curly strings of shavings from the lathe, they tend to clog in the vac hose with all its ribs, so I try and collect those up by hand first then vac out the rest of the chips. The dust deputy is available through several of the catalog outlets (Klingspor, that sort of place), or direct from the manufacturer. They have a kit that includes the buckets and such, but those are cheap from the home centers. You will need a second short hose to go from the unit to the vacuum.