Dust collection setup for lathe

[ear3]

I'm in the process of reconfiguring the set-up for my Rikon 70-100 lathe, and was wondering if anyone has some good solutions for dust collection that they might care to share.  Thanks.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

I use a shovel and broom.

 

[dltflt]

A lathe dust hood is the first thing that comes to mind.

 

[waho6o9]

I cram the hose in between the slot on the bottom

and it does a half baked job on my Delta midi.

But when I sand with my RO 90 it does a better job  as I can see the
dust fly into nozzle.

 

[ear3]

Yeah, I was thinking about some sort of dust hood attachment.  Any recommendations for which one(s)?

A lathe dust hood is the first thing that comes to mind.

 

[mouppe]

I do very little lathe work but when I do, I don't bother with dust collection when turning. The chips tend to be large so not so much of a health concern. When it comes to sanding at the end I hold my CT22 hose nozzle next to the work with one hand whilst sanding with the other. This catches almost all the dust- at least enough so as not to trigger my very sensitive air purifier into increasing its speed.

 

[jbasen]

I also do very little turning.  However, here is how I've setup a dust hood.  I use several adapters off the 4" port on the dust hood so I can plug in my CT Mini. 

I'm trying to get my wife interested in turning.  She would like to turn pens and other small items but is too busy with work right now.  I'm happy with that since it helps pay for my Festools  [thumbs up]

 

[Pixel]

Try asking the guy in this video, he is the man when it comes to lathes, in fact he IS the man, period.

 

[copcarcollector]

I use a Rousseau 4550 Down Drafter, which I originally purchased for use behind my miter saw. It works just OK, as I find most of the mess made by turning goes in the opposite direction and on to the floor (see the red arrow). I have this hood hooked up with a 4 inch flex hose to my Grizzly 3HP dust collector system. I will also use the spring clamps shown to hold just the flex hose closer to the work, especially when sanding. When I need to clean up, I use the flex hose on a Rockler handle to pick up the stuff off the floor.

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[ear3]

That's insane, like something out of the Jackass movies.

Try asking the guy in this video, he is the man when it comes to lathes, in fact he IS the man, period.

 

[SMJoinery]

I've tried a couple of different things recently with varying degrees of success.
1). The top "hood" from my surface planer / thicknesses was good.
2). A "running outlet" from a run of gutters (where it connects two gutter runs either side of a down pipe. I connected the Downpipe socket to a 4" extract and reducer. This was pretty good actually.

 

[dltflt]

Sorry no recommendations. I just let the dust fly then clean up when I'm done.

 

[Crox G]

I've had great luck with a CleanTurn pipe gouge. 

www.cleanturn.net

I have 6-foot length of hose from the gouge into a trash can fitted with the smaller Lee Valley cyclone lid. When I want to use it, I plug the end of my CT Midi hose into the lid and turn it on manually. 

I use it primarily for spindle turning, and have never tried faceplate work.  There are some testimonials saying that it's possible. I often let it run while I touch up the work, holding the gouge in my left hand and sanding with my right.  Then use it as a wand to suck up dust and chips left from the finish work.  Remember to respect the sharp edge!

 

[mike_aa]

Both Rockler and Woodcraft show a few styles of dust hoods.

Mike A.

 

[ear3]

What a neat idea -- think I'm going to invest in it.

And thanks every else for all the other recommendations.  I'm not expecting to eliminate all the dust -- this is a lathe, after all.  It's just that since my shop is relatively small, with everything bunched together, chips and dust from the lathe easily spread to my other stationary tools.  I just had an incident the other week where I had been working with a piece of green wood, and having done a less than bang-up job on clean-up, I found a few days later that some of the errant wood chips had begun to generate rust on one of the cast iron surfaces on which they landed.  So I want to try to cut down on this sort of thing.

I've had great luck with a CleanTurn pipe gouge. 

www.cleanturn.net

I have 6-foot length of hose from the gouge into a trash can fitted with the smaller Lee Valley cyclone lid. When I want to use it, I plug the end of my CT Midi hose into the lid and turn it on manually. 

I use it primarily for spindle turning, and have never tried faceplate work.  There are some testimonials saying that it's possible. I often let it run while I touch up the work, holding the gouge in my left hand and sanding with my right.  Then use it as a wand to suck up dust and chips left from the finish work.  Remember to respect the sharp edge!