shop vac

[Indiana saw man]

Has anyone found a good way to hook up a shop vac to a hegner saw

[lucky788scroller]

Somewhere online is a pvc piping system somebody rigged up for dust collection on a dewalt that looked pretty neat, and Im sure it would work great no matter what color your saw is. If I find that , ill post it here. I do think it was on this forum. Dale

[Indiana saw man]

thank you i wait till u find it . I read in here you have to ground your saw and shop vac hook u i never herd any of that till now . This form has so much for me to learn this is a great site just want to thank you and all the other menbers for all the help

thanks again The Indiana saw man

[CanadianScroller]

That does make sense to ground the two together, the static build up when the dust flies through the hose is quite high.
I had never thought of it either

[Gill]

I've attached a diagram which describes how the dust extraction system works on my Hegner. I hope you find it useful.

Gill

[BobD]

I'm a little confused....I'm having trouble seeing what is on top of the saw table and what is on the bottom...I'm definately interested!!!

Have you replaced the dust blower with a small vaccuum nozzle?

I'm sorry, I need more details! I love the design...is it your own concept?

Bob

[Gill]

Hi Bob

The attachment on my previous post is a diagram that was supplied by Hegner with my saw when I bought it. I added some of my own instructions in an attempt to describe how to set it up. When I go out to my shop later, I'll take a photo which will hopefully make everything clearer.

Gill

[Gill]

The first attachment shows the conventional set up, using the bellows on the Hegner to blow dust away.

The second shows the pipe removed from the bellows and inserted into the conical fitting at the front of the saw. Notice that the guard on the lower arm has been lowered so that when the vacuum is operated it will be sucked against the cone and provide an airtight seal.

The third attachment shows the arrangement in the second attachment viewed from the front.

You might be able to tell from the amount of dust surrounding my machine that I rarely hook up my shop vac !

Incidentally, I've been told that you can save money on vac bags if you feed the suction tube from your vac into the top of an airtight bin (such as a brewers fermentation bin) and a second tube from that bin to your machine. The debris is supposed to fall into the bin before it reaches the vac. I've never tried it myself, though.

Gill

[BobD]

I'm trying to work out a similar hookup for my shopsmith...My wife and I combined or basement area (part for my woodworking, part of her scrapbooking) and I'm doing everything in my power to head off the sawdust at the source. I've already fashioned a downdraft table for sanding and power carving...but the scroll saw had me stumped...but this is genuis!

Bob

[beemerbob]

Here is a picture of the dust collection system I use. I have used a similar system on a Hegner and on my Delta P20.