Hi all,
My "shop" is 1/3 of a small single-car garage. I have room for my lathe, my sharpening stand, my dust collector, and not much else. I initially bought one of these hoods to attach to my 4" hose: http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/208...tion-Hood.aspx However, after a few months, the hood has cracked to pieces under the weight of the hose (also, the magnets were never strong enough to support the hood--I wound up using a c-clamp to attach it to the banjo).
I thought about buying a hood / stand unit: http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/200...ith-Stand.aspx However, it would not fit between the wall and the lathe. Unfortunately I just don't have the room to move my lathe out any farther from the wall.
So, I've been considering one of these articulating arms from Rockler: http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?p...3&site=ROCKLER and suspending it from my ceiling.
Does anyone have any experience with these? There are only two reviews posted on the item. I called my local Rockler, but the sales assistant who answered sounded like he was a high school student and had never heard of the item.
The other option I'm thinking about is bolting some 4" PVC piping on the wall between the lathe and the dust collector (they're side by side) and rigging up a dust collection hood myself. The only draw-back is that the house's electrical panel is between the lathe and the dust collector, so I'd have to bold the piping up pretty high (or fairly low).
Any advice?
Noah