@cowboy "you need some kind of dc for nothing else than your health"
Do you mean in addition to the Fein HEPA and Dust Deputy?
@cowboy "you need some kind of dc for nothing else than your health"
Do you mean in addition to the Fein HEPA and Dust Deputy?
Nah Jodi,
The air in my shop is cleaner than in the house with the HEPA.
Once a week I blow the shop out with 90 psi(wearing a mask) while the HEPA is running to get rid of dust caused by my Other machines and hand sanding, and it's so clean that even with direct sunlight and halogen worklamps, I can't see any dust motes in the air. My coffee cup never has a sawdust speckled layer even after hours of cutting now
Other questions after coffee in the morning.
0F tonight here, with a 25 below windchill by 7am.
scott
scott P.
2013 Desktop/spindle/VCP 12.0*
Maine
Jodi,
This is the model we bought 2 of. You better snap up this older model, as the new ones don't have the 5 power options
I often cut with the power level at 2-3, and it's much quieter than on level 5...but still the quietest on on the market;
https://www.amazon.com/Fein-9-20-25-...&keywords=fein
scott P.
2013 Desktop/spindle/VCP 12.0*
Maine
I would go with the max with a t-slot table.
T-slots are great hold downs for almost every type of project and they are cheap
For our intro class we use our desktop 95% of the time.
Kyle Stapleton
River Falls Renaissance Academy
Math/Technology Education Teacher
PRS Alpha 96x60 2.2 hp spindle, Double Air drills, 6" indexer, Fein 5 zone vac table
Desktop w/spindle
Potter Pen
Aspire 8.5, Creo 3.0
Jodi,
I'm probably the least knowledgeable person on the forum on vac hold downs, and Know i know nothing on indexers
But, Have you considered a combo of various sized vacuum pucks you can make on the Max, and maybe even a larger vac jig with a grid and gasket setup(you choose how big the area you want, and can use a small cfm/high vac pump), that can be indexed with threaded inserts and taken on and off as needed?
The reason I asked size of projects smaller than 4X4" was that seems the size where problems start to show up from reading for wood.
Exotics was because nobody wants to throw small scraps away, and want to make small things out of them
The harder woods do make excellent 3D's and small 3D's means you don't have multi hours(days) tied up with one project.
You can always buy the indexer later, you'll find plenty to do in VCarve and 3D's for a while, and then if you haven't been using all 36"X, maybe mount it on the X,36 end?
Enough for now...Hope some Max'ers start chiming in.
Robert R. visited a couple months ago, and he downsized to a Max, and made a vac hold down thread that I'll look for. He does wonderful work in aluminum, and now a little MDF.
There's another Max'er that made a spoilboard similar to mine, but with only threaded inserts on a grid for fences and cam clamps for hold down, and maybe he'll chime in.
Too bad there isn't a one size fits all hold down system, but as Brady said to me "That's Unobtainium"
http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/sho...esktop+jigging
scott
scott P.
2013 Desktop/spindle/VCP 12.0*
Maine
I found Bob's thread;
http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/sho...X-vacuum-table
scott P.
2013 Desktop/spindle/VCP 12.0*
Maine
Wow, very clever Scott. So is that vac jig just placed on top of the t-slot table? I think we might be getting over my head, at least until I can actually see one of these things in real life. But in a nutshell, it sounds like I should just go with the regular T-slot deck(Thanks Kyle) and then once I am up to speed, try to practice the innovative maker skills, critical thinking, and problem solving skills (that I have promised to develop in the students) and make something clever. I like it.T-slots are great hold downs for almost every type of project and they are cheap
If Bob's set up, you'd have to ask him on that thread.
I've only played with a down and dirty puck once, and that was mainly to test a cheap vac pump Dad bought really.
scott P.
2013 Desktop/spindle/VCP 12.0*
Maine
Although removable, my vacuum setup is probably not the best approach for your situation. Instead, check out this pod approach from Brady Watson, which doesn't require modifying the t-slot table.