Vacuuming MDF
Vacuuming MDF
Have problem with MDF dust clogging my vacuum bag/filter, overworking, overheating and shutting down when leveling my table. Is this a common problem with MDF? If so, what's a fix?
Build in progress: 1100x1100mm workarea using salvaged 45x45mm extrusions with Openrail, tinyG/435.10/v.0.97, NEMA 23s, belt drive XY, Acme Z, 400W PWM Spindle, lasercut 1/2" acrylic motor/wheel mount plates.
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Re: Vacuuming MDF
cyclone separator or a true dust collection system.
http://www.shapeoko.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2135
http://www.shapeoko.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5253
http://projects.shapeoko.com/forum/view ... f=7&t=3344
http://www.shapeoko.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=2135
http://www.shapeoko.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5253
http://projects.shapeoko.com/forum/view ... f=7&t=3344
Shapeoko 3XL #0006 w/ Carbide Compact Router w/0.125″ and ¼″ Carbide 3D precision collets
Re: Vacuuming MDF
Couldn't find. Thanks Will - just what I need!
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Added it to the wiki:
http://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/ ... e#Cyclones
There's some other things on that page which you may find of interest.
http://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/ ... e#Cyclones
There's some other things on that page which you may find of interest.
Shapeoko 3XL #0006 w/ Carbide Compact Router w/0.125″ and ¼″ Carbide 3D precision collets
Vacuuming MDF
I like the dust deputy. I have two of them. One for my CNC and the other is in my woodshop. I've emptied the buckets many times and still havent cleaned the filter or emptied the vac. I cut plenty of mdf too. I did make a Thein before I bought the 2nd dust deputy. I don't think works as good.
I also put a paper filter bag in the shopvac. That way no dust gets trapped in the filter. The paper bags were fairly cheap at Home Depot.
I also put a paper filter bag in the shopvac. That way no dust gets trapped in the filter. The paper bags were fairly cheap at Home Depot.
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Re: Vacuuming MDF
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Re: Vacuuming MDF
Probably not useful for MDF but for plastic like glass filled polyester and printed circuit boards and similar materials that generate hazardous dust, I built a water filtration system.
Two Homer buckets and a Bucket Head shop from Home Depot vac, a bunch of PVC pipe and several hours of milling. Voila, no dust at all in the shop vac.
Two Homer buckets and a Bucket Head shop from Home Depot vac, a bunch of PVC pipe and several hours of milling. Voila, no dust at all in the shop vac.
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I bought a Dust Deputy a while back. I love it. Works great and keeps the MDF dust out of the filter.
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A Dust Deputy may work great for large particles but, for me at least, it didn't even begin to catch the very fine dust from a PCB burr.