Zero dust and no lost pieces!
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Zero dust and no lost pieces!
Cutting pearl and abalone I've tried a small aquarium air pump which only worked so-so. And then I'd have a piece drop to the floor and then I'd have to get down and start searching. So I had a light bulb moment and set up the small hose from my vacuum as shown. And in another flash of brilliance I put a screen on it. And I didn't even have to get a piece of pearl sucked in before I thought of it. It works really good.
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Re: Zero dust and no lost pieces!
Excellent idea!
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Re: Zero dust and no lost pieces!
Excellent! I have the screens on my dust collector's floor sweep.
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Re: Zero dust and no lost pieces!
Well, if would have had your screen on my shop vac, I wouldn't have lost a instrumental piece of. Pearl I was cutting. I get it now - on the shop vac...John J wrote:Cutting pearl and abalone I've tried a small aquarium air pump which only worked so-so. And then I'd have a piece drop to the floor and then I'd have to get down and start searching. So I had a light bulb moment and set up the small hose from my vacuum as shown. And in another flash of brilliance I put a screen on it. And I didn't even have to get a piece of pearl sucked in before I thought of it. It works really good.
Measure Twice,
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Re: Zero dust and no lost pieces!
My wife does jewelry work and I built here a copy of a jeweler's bench. It has a drawer just below the bench pin where all of the precious metal dust and small pieces fall for later retrieval
https://www.etsy.com/listing/554464085/ ... PkQAvD_BwE
The curved shallow drawer pulls out and rests around your ribs, the lower drawer rests on your knees.
Ed
https://www.etsy.com/listing/554464085/ ... PkQAvD_BwE
The curved shallow drawer pulls out and rests around your ribs, the lower drawer rests on your knees.
Ed
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Re: Zero dust and no lost pieces!
That is one very nice desk! Thanks for posting.ruby@magpage.com wrote:My wife does jewelry work and I built here a copy of a jeweler's bench. It has a drawer just below the bench pin where all of the precious metal dust and small pieces fall for later retrieval
https://www.etsy.com/listing/554464085/ ... PkQAvD_BwE
The curved shallow drawer pulls out and rests around your ribs, the lower drawer rests on your knees.
Ed