tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post5692989968723341448..comments2024-03-20T12:34:55.100-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: The 21st Century, it's about time...Jim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-81223585527954160072007-10-11T08:29:00.000-05:002007-10-11T08:29:00.000-05:00But, but, that's just crazy talk!Unless you're har...<EM>But, but, that's just crazy talk!</EM><BR/><BR/>Unless you're haranguing the Senior Chief to get back to work, that is. <BR/><BR/>Hehe.You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-86542699053282536112007-10-10T22:31:00.000-05:002007-10-10T22:31:00.000-05:00...and didn't keep stopping to, say, read people's...<I>...and didn't keep stopping to, say, read people's blogs...</I><BR/><BR/>But, but, that's just crazy talk!Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-55775961206213051342007-10-10T22:21:00.000-05:002007-10-10T22:21:00.000-05:00But think of all the additional stuff you could ge...But think of all the additional stuff you could get done! <BR/><BR/>Granted, I'd probably get more done if I just worked a bit faster and didn't keep stopping to, say, read people's blogs ...MWThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446603415730525882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-68622359211511692522007-10-10T17:35:00.000-05:002007-10-10T17:35:00.000-05:00MWT, 36 hour days? Screw that, I swore I was done...MWT, 36 hour days? Screw that, I swore I was done with 30 hour days after I left the Navy. Never again.<BR/><BR/>justanotherjohn, Nice to see a new face around here. A dust collection system like mine doesn't have to be expensive. I found most of what I needed in salvage piles or on places like craigslist. I bought the Oneida cyclone separator from a guy on craigslist for $35, and that was a stroke of luck. Up till I found that I was intending to build one from a couple of 55g drum and some sheet metal. It would have been larger, but I have a lot of room. The impeller came from a Grizzly 3hp portable system that I also found for cheap on CL, about $100 if I remember correctly. I dismounted it from the roller stand and redrilled it to fit on top of the cyclone. The filter stack I got for free from the local military base, the filters came from an old Chemical/Gas warfare system - they were no good for that anymore and were being thrown into a dumpster. I asked permission and they gave them to me for nothing. My filters (I got 12 of them) are 1micron 200cf per minute, I stacked 4 of them for 800cf capacity and could expand it if I had to. I bought some of ductwork, and got a bunch for free from a home demolition site. A couple of 2x4's and some scrap wood for the support stand and the rest is just fiddlework. All in all, I spent just under $300. Works great and is very quiet, still this winter's project is enclose the stand and cover the inside with acoustic insulation to make it nearly silent.<BR/><BR/>This thing has been money and effort well spent. When I'm working on a big project I generate enough dust and chips to fill that 55g drum under the cyclone 3 or 4 times a day. It's literately 2 minutes to empty the system in my ATV utility trailer (the chips usually end up in my flower beds). Prior to this system, those chips would have ended up on the floor behind the planer, which meant I'd have at least an hour clean up every night. I'm pretty happy with it.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-18904987908116763062007-10-10T13:10:00.000-05:002007-10-10T13:10:00.000-05:00I want a vacuum system like yours!That would be a ...I want a vacuum system like yours!<BR/><BR/>That would be a good start for my Christmas list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-11894163748210229702007-10-10T00:15:00.000-05:002007-10-10T00:15:00.000-05:00Hmmmm. An upgrade to 36-hour days. An elimination ...Hmmmm. An upgrade to 36-hour days. An elimination of the need to sleep. A personal teleport.<BR/><BR/>That shouldn't be too much to ask, right?MWThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09446603415730525882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-69228635712212606742007-10-09T21:32:00.000-05:002007-10-09T21:32:00.000-05:00Lego, specifically Castle Lego.I put it on my wish...Lego, specifically Castle Lego.<BR/><BR/>I put it on my wish list every year, and John's family still gets me things I'll never use and don't want. Le sigh. The year I asked for a toaster I got a digital camera, the mind boggles at what they'll come up with this year.<BR/><BR/>But when and if a Roomba Laser Death Ray comes out, Santa will be getting me one. Santa always gets me what I want, since I do his shopping for him. A benefit of living in North Pole!Taniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18142380580388373496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-64182165000276487412007-10-09T14:45:00.000-05:002007-10-09T14:45:00.000-05:00(Yeah, yeah, once a Navy safety officer, always a ...<EM>(Yeah, yeah, once a Navy safety officer, always a Navy safety officer. Shut up, Senior Chief Janiece).</EM><BR/><BR/>Hey, now. No need to get snippy. I'm very glad that you're safety boy, because otherwise I may be forced to read about you and your family's fiery death some day. That would be a <EM>supremely unacceptable</EM> conclusion to our nascent friendship.<BR/><BR/>However, safety protocol <EM>is</EM> boring, if necessary.<BR/><BR/>I'm much more interested in speculating about the Roomba Laser Death Ray. Although I suspect there are some safety-related jokes to be made regarding <EM>that</EM> little piece of technology. Like <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bND35w8joLU" REL="nofollow">this.</A> <BR/><BR/>I have no Christmas list for myself, because that would defeat the purpose of me being the hardest person in the world to buy for. Well, maybe not the <EM>hardest</EM> person in the world...but I'm pretty tough. Or so my family tells me.You're an Assholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634153185390764524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-90997888087156892352007-10-09T14:11:00.000-05:002007-10-09T14:11:00.000-05:00Steve, the dust collector is grounded at the motor...Steve, the dust collector is grounded at the motor electrical connection. I use metal ductwork (6 and 4" snaplock furnace duct, sealed with duct tape) specifically to reduce static charge build-up, which can lead to a dust explosion). Many folks use PVC because it appears cheaper, but PVC is extremely hard to ground (basically you have to wrap the tubes in copper wire and copper is hideously expensive nowadays). And even if you do that, you still haven't achieved truly effective static charge dissipation. I'd would have liked to use spiral cut sheet steel duct but that's very expensive. So I defaulted to cheap rolled aluminum snaplock, like you can find at Home Depot, sealed with duct tape, and it works great and ended up being very cheap. It's conductive right back to the grounded machine, so no problems. <BR/><BR/> Also,at the take-up ends of each duct, each machine is connected to ground, and I routinely (about once a year) check each power socket in the shop with a earth-ground tester, just to make sure. I also have dry powder ABC fire extinguishers at each corner of the shop. (Yeah, yeah, once a Navy safety officer, always a Navy safety officer. Shut up, Senior Chief Janiece). <BR/><BR/>In a dust collection system, the ductwork for a shop the size of mine can easily cost ten times the amount you spend on the collector itself. A system like this one can run into the thousands. I built this whole thing, ductwork included for under $300. <BR/><BR/>I may write a book on building a professional shop for cheap someday.Jim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-71432147071082416442007-10-09T13:25:00.000-05:002007-10-09T13:25:00.000-05:00Working on my own list. But I had to question (sin...Working on my own list. But I had to question (since you talked about other things your dust system has), you do have static charge protection on your dust collection system right (looping cooper wires that ground)? I'm sure you do, I just want to make sure and not have another of those, "if I had only asked" moments.Steve Buchheithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999709767641212586noreply@blogger.com