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Friday, July 26, 2024

What's Been Going On - 4

Project #4 is a direct result of all the work sanding the clock workbench. I use a Dewalt DustVac along with a Dust Deputy to try and keep some of the saw dust levels down. My sander is corded so that creates one pull and it has a port for the dust vac which creates a second directional pull. With the current setup it makes sanding a pain because I'm trying to hold the sander and manage a cord and the hose at the same time. Just irritating. 

I had saved a video from the Lincoln Street Woodworks on Youtube that showed how he built a boom arm that he could swing out over his work surface which made all of that easier to manage. I watched again, made some notes and went through the scrap plywood and found enough to build it. Took a couple of hours because of all the drilling but it makes life so much easier that was the best two hours I have invested the workshop I think.

The arm extended into the center of the shop. The vacuum hose is in place but I still need to find a reel for the power cord. You can see the dust setup by the window.

The boom pushed back against the wall.

An interesting feature. This is the sander with the hose attached but with the shopvac off.

This is what happens when I turn the shopvac on and I'm not holding the sander,





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