Workbench tops prt. 2

On March 15, 2009 · 0 Comments

Last week I promised I would provide an updated MC histogram, so Friday night a broke out the moisture meter and took some readings. I found it really interesting, that in only 6 days  some of the boards had shown significant changes in MC.

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Shop made dust collector

On July 12, 2008 · 0 Comments

I recently picked up a jointer, and after a few minutes of use I realized it was time to get a dust collector. I don’t have space for a commercial collector, so as usual I turned to the net to look for alternatives. After a few hours of searching I came across Phil Thein’s website, and quickly realized I had found the solution I was looking for.

I constructed my dust collector from the following materials.

  1. The motor of a Harbor Freight Mini Dust Collector
  2. quarter sheet of 3/4″ MDF
  3. quarter sheet of 1/4″ Hardboard
  4. 4″ elbow
  5. 30 gallon garbage can

All set up and ready to use

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