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    Grinder Metal Dust Collection

    Not impossible given how often I will use it, however, given the grinder is bolted to the stand and they each weight about 40-60 lbs, not super convenient to unbolt and drag them up a flight of stairs every time. Don't really have anywhere to store it except in my workshop.
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    Modern Tool Meetup

    Thanks guys for setting this up! Good stuff!
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    Grinder Metal Dust Collection

    I'm less worried about the health impacts as I am just keeping grinder dust around the house. My grinding will be limited too.
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    Grinder Metal Dust Collection

    @Janger interesting setup. I have a ceiling mount bathroom fan (highest CFM I could find) in my basement shop that exhausts to the outside, but I don't think it's near enough power to suck grinder dust even if I rigged some crazy contraption up to duct to my grinder.
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    Grinder Metal Dust Collection

    Sadly I don't have a way to vent anything outside unless I run a hose out the window...which could get a bit chilly in winter :) I noticed our central vac uses a bypass motor and has LOTS of CFM. Don't think I'm going to risk catching the entire house on fire by using it though LOL. Would be...
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    Grinder Metal Dust Collection

    Thanks all for your feedback. Been doing a lot more reading, mostly on knife making forums as they live on grinders. Found quite a few different options, but still not sure which route I will go. Some use metal cyclone dust collectors into a metal pail with an ash vacuum, others create a...
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    Grinder Metal Dust Collection

    Thanks Don, that was my worry. Seems my concern was not unwarranted. My shop is not that big, only about 8 x 15 and I have a lathe, mill, grinder, 3d printer, a few workbenches and a lot of electronics gear too and computer. It's a room in my finished basement. Suffice it to say, I don't...
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    Grinder Metal Dust Collection

    I have a Palmgren bench grinder with dust collection ports. Would I be safe using a shop vac on this if I put a cyclone collector in the middle? Just thinking of getting one of those Dust Deputy kits. Want to avoid burning down my house should any rogue sparks make their way into the vacuum...
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    Modern Tool Meetup

    I'm in!
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    Private Invitational Meetup | Message to all users | Thread for questions and comments

    I'd be interested if the date works for me. Still travelling a ton.
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    First project - Machinist Hammer

    Nice! Was it a good class?
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    Sticky Cool, I scored us a KMS Tools Group account.

    I just recently placed a large order at KBC and was going to reach out to the guy I was dealing with unless someone has a larger fish. The guy I'm dealing with is the one who handles all online orders for the company.
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    First project - Machinist Hammer

    I got an email back from Massimo and he thinks it's possibly to develop custom classes, but he's sending the request to the head of the department to continue the conversation. Will see what they say. I can't see them doing these classes for less than what the other classes are, so I would...
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    First project - Machinist Hammer

    Agree. If they had a handful of manual milling classes I'd be all over that. They do have a MasterCAM class, but I'm more interested in the machine than how to run a CNC software that I likely would not be using anyway as I'd use Mach3.
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    First project - Machinist Hammer

    My biggest obstacle is the residential staircase to my basement shop. There is only so much weight one tread can hold once you factor the machine, a dolly, and 2-3 guys huffing it down the steps. I can't for example see myself hauling a Bridgeport down those steps LOL. As much as I'd love to.
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