Redneck inventions.

[wood carver 2]

I was wondering what kind of solutions guys here have come up with to solve problems in the shop.
Here’s one I have at work for a portable table saw.

Simple enough, but it catches 90% of the dust from the saw. I also used an elbow from a rain gutter to catch sawdust from a mitresaw and shoot it down into a barrel, also at work.
Dave.

[Crooked Stic]

Ha bout everything I do is redneck 

[Roy from Pa]

It run on ac or dc?

[wood carver 2]

It’s kind of a hippie redneck. It runs on green energy.
Note that it’s close by the dumpster. If it doesn’t catch sawdust, it gets chucked. 😁
Actually, it works great. Almost all the sawdust goes in. I stuck a 45 degree fitting from a shopvac onto the saw’s outlet and it fits into the slot in the box. It’s pretty dusty and dirty at work and I’m not big on sweeping up all the time.
Dave.

[Roy from Pa]

I boxed in the end of my table saw. The majority of the dust flew out that end when cutting.
I boxed in the bottom too and I attach the shop vac hose to a hole I cut in the bottom right under the blade.
That stopped about 99% of the dust.

[Flem]

You sure about this Dave?  If I start in on this thread, the administrators are going to need to upgrade their server

[Roy from Pa]

Flem just forget all about it..

 

[wood carver 2]

Go for it Flem. Some of the best inventions came from redneck shops.
Some are good entertainment, but there are a lot of really good ideas out there.
Dave.

[Eric Krewson]

My best so far;

[Roy from Pa]

 

[Flem]

Here is one I just completed recently. It"s my FrankenVac. It's got a salvaged 3 stage motor (1 is standard)
A 12V reverse osmosis pump strapped on up front and a 3 gal hot water tank(bucket) in the back. It does double duty as shop vac and hot water extractor. That 3 stage motor sucks so hard it collapses the lid. It's so loud with that stainless tank, I have to wear 2 types of ear plugs

[Roy from Pa]

That's a doozy...

 

[Flem]

Here is my dust collector. Almost all scrap, salvage or on hand materials, except for the bag and flex tubing. The impeller housing is a modified HVAC squirrel cage fan. The fittings are DWV and stove pipe. The impeller is homemade from a large traffic sign that was discarded due to damage, not pilfered!

 

[Longcruise]

Cool beans,  Flem. 

[OldRawhide42]

Flem I like your way of thinking

[Shredd]

 

[Flem]

That impeller got me thinking about something else......

I built a set of balancing ways to make it. If you are making any machinery with spinning parts, like an impeller or sanding drum, it's not enough to make it round or cylindrical., it need to be balanced.
I made this set out of scrap plywood and 2 Starret 6" rules for the contact surface.
I also modified it to use for building and truing bike wheels, but can convert it back for balancing.

[Roy from Pa]

 

[Crooked Stic]

Flem neat stuff. I got to ask about the bales. are you in a barn or them back stops.

[Roy from Pa]

Bales are for insulation...

Don't ya know Flemmy improvises everything?