Fair warning, it is not a quiet unit!
DavidR8's shop shenanigans
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Good to know. I'll keep a set of ear muffs nearby.
It's not like it's used for long time periods or anything.
I'm looking forward to 5 gal pails of swarf. I currently use two big 50? gallon garbage barrels for steel and aluminium. I could keep using them and just dump into them from the 5 gal pails. For brass and copper and Stainless, I use 2 gal? Office style trash cans.
I'll report back after it arrives next week.
I was a bit skeptical but it's really good. And it helps me clean up the mess which was always a turn-off for me.
Not a bad price, i looked on Amazon and found one for $35 plus shipping, which would put it on par with Home Depot. The small Kubota shop vac i bought for the basement shop works, not real strong. My old Craftsman out in the shop would suck the Kubota inside out. 
DmechDesign
Dave
Don't mean to change subjects here but I saw your earlier posts about cnc vs wanting to keep the mill manual...could build this cool cnc 2 axis table to have the best of both worlds.
Thought you guys might enjoy this one. Similar to the cnc lathe attachment someone posted on here a few months back
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrObZ4jIvRg/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Thought you guys might enjoy this one. Similar to the cnc lathe attachment someone posted on here a few months back
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrObZ4jIvRg/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
You guys are really good at spending my money........
I've been dragging my Shopvac out to the mill (shop) and back in to the lathe (OK, the tablet is lighter...) I may have to pick up one of these things and sit it beside the mill. I like the fact that it doesn't use a (paper) bag. Some sort of a screen or deflector might be needed to keep the swarf from coating the cloth bag.......I'm not going to use my dust cyclone for the oily stuff, it's more for the sand blaster.
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Hey @David_R8 & @TorontoBuilder
Did either of you guys get a touch dro system installed yet? If so, did you set up RPM on it and how is that wired?
Did either of you guys get a touch dro system installed yet? If so, did you set up RPM on it and how is that wired?
TorontoBuilder
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dude, I dont even have the lathe running yet....
I did get everything back together so I can hook up the electric tomorrow though, so I could order a touchDRO soon
My Bucket Head arrived. I'm disappointed.
It has very low suction. It cannot clean swarf out of the T-Slots or out from inside and under my vise like my small Rigid does.
The hose it comes with isn't very robust or long enough either, and it doesn't fit my existing attachments that are for that size. The hose is just a 1/4 mm too big. I can jam them on to the very end but I can't get a full insertion.
Noise wise, it's pretty quiet so I think it's a different unit than the one they sell in BC.
I'm going to return it.
But I am totally in love with the multi-bucket approach to collecting swarf so now I'm on the hunt for a better "bucket head" like @David_R8 has.
Mine says 4.8 amps. My small rigid is 7.8 amps. Funny to think maybe Home Depot sells different ones depending on market. They must know that those BC guys are all dirt nazis and need more suck power! It's either that or this one is defective. Prolly the latter, but the amps also tell a story.
It has very low suction. It cannot clean swarf out of the T-Slots or out from inside and under my vise like my small Rigid does.
The hose it comes with isn't very robust or long enough either, and it doesn't fit my existing attachments that are for that size. The hose is just a 1/4 mm too big. I can jam them on to the very end but I can't get a full insertion.
Noise wise, it's pretty quiet so I think it's a different unit than the one they sell in BC.
I'm going to return it.
But I am totally in love with the multi-bucket approach to collecting swarf so now I'm on the hunt for a better "bucket head" like @David_R8 has.
Mine says 4.8 amps. My small rigid is 7.8 amps. Funny to think maybe Home Depot sells different ones depending on market. They must know that those BC guys are all dirt nazis and need more suck power! It's either that or this one is defective. Prolly the latter, but the amps also tell a story.
Really? Double check that it’s set up correctly with no restrictions.
That was the first thing I checked for too. I couldn't find anything wrong. I can trip the fluid lock by turning it upside down and that clogs it solid but cycling the power opens it again. That suggests it's all ok.
I do have the factory cloth sock filter on it. I should perhaps try it without that.
How’s the output from the out flow?
Good point. I didn't check that. I'll check it tomorrow.
I think it's important to note that it does work. Just not nearly as well as I expected
