Big Gulp Dust Hood

1 Big Gulp Dust Hood Big Gulp Dust Hood haning behind my Powermatic 3520B lathe. Look carefully for 1/8" gas welding rod (copper coated steel) used to hand it from a pipe up near the ceiling. The Pipe allows the hood to be slid in and out. Pipe is located so hood hangs just in front of headstock.	2 White Twist Tie I use a white twist tie on left side of hood to adjust position of dust hood. I always hook the twise tie some where on the head stock. In this photo the knob on belt change door was handy.	3 White Twist Tie and Tool Rest Use of white twist tie and tool rest to position the hood.	4 White Twist Tie Close up of white twist tie use to position dusk hood.	5 Banjo and Tool Rest Close up of Banjo and Tool Rest. For safety you should ALWAYS move the Banjo and Tool Rest out of the way when sanding. In this photo the Tool Rest is moved out of way but still being used to position the dust hood.	6 Side View of Dust Hood Notice how the dust hose connected to hood is hooked into window grill with a piece of gas welding rod to help control position of dust hood and hold up weight of dust hose. The plywood on bottom of dust hood with big magments is a failure! If you use those magments to attach dust hood to the lathe ways then the dust hood is to low!
7 Dust Hose Wire Close up of gas welding rod on dust hose. If you don't have a window behind your lathe you could use a second rod going up to the ceiling. And/or a 2 point connection to the dust hood like on my VB36 lathe. There is a photo of that comming up.	8 Overhead Pipe The pipe running left to right is used to hold dust hood. Noice the gold color gas welding rod just hooked over the pipe. The pipe allows me to move the dust hood in and out. Move it in for spindles or small bowls. Out for large bowls, etc. The pipe is light weight electrical conduit (EMT). The other pipe is directly over and in line with the ways of the lathe. It allows me to hang up things like Foredum Power Carver, etc.	9 Rod Connection to Dust Hood Notice how I connected the gas welding rod (copper coated steel) to dust hood. Also, note the location in dead center so hood hangs nicely. However, I don't really like this single point connection. I like the 2 point connection on my VB36 lathe better. Photo is comming up.	10 Hook on Rod Close up of rod connection on dust hood. I use a short rod on the hood that connects to a longer rod that goes up to the ceiling because it make it easier for me to completely unhook the hood and dump it behind lathe if it gets in the way when I mount a really big piece on lathe.	11 Hood Parked Out Of The Way Notice the drywall screw on headstock platform that holds the hood back out of the way when not in use. I can easily swing the hood in and out in seconds! I like this method because it is fast and easy! Thus, I use the hood all the time. Swing the hood out. Hook the white twist tie and you are ready to go. Most of the time that is all I need. But, if hood is being a pain then hook hose onto window grill and/or use tool rest to force it into position.	12 Drywall Screw Close up of drywall screw used to "Park" the hood. Yea, the screw use to fit into that slot cut in the hood. When the ceiling rod was longer. Some where I have another rod that is just the right length.
13 Dust Hood On My VB36 Lathe The hood in its parked position. I used a wood dowel rather than drywall screw to park this one. Why? I don't know. Notice the ceiling rod comes down to a 2 point connection to hood.	14 Two Point Dust Hood Connection This 2 point connection on dust hood does a lot better job of holding the hood up level because the 2nd rod holds up the weight of the hose. I started out with a 1 point connection and then modified it Rube Goldberg style.	15 Close Up Close up of 2 point connection. I made this by first connecting the long rod to hood. Then connect a 2nd LONG rod around dust hose. Hold the 2 rods togather where they intersect bend one rod around the other. Then bend over hook on 2nd rod and cut it off.	16 Ceiling Rod Detail That stupid little S hook is in there because I needed just a little more length. It allows me to disconnect the hood if I need to move it out of way. I am still waiting for that day.	17 Holding the Dust Hose Up Notice that I still need a little piece of green florist wire to hold the hose up. Wire attached to shelf bracket.	18 White Twise Tie and Tool Rest Use of white twist tie attached to headstock and use of tool rest to position the hood. Ready to sand a big bowl. This is also a good shot of the bayonet thead on the VB35. I love this head. You can directly mount face plates onto this head with just a small turn or a thread adapter to 1-1/4" by 8 or M33 or ... It is similar to the Oneway Versa-Mount system that I highly recommend. See Oneway Web site.
19 White Twist Tie Close up of white twist tie.	20 Tool Rest Close up of tool rest used to position dust hood. I love the tool rests on VM36 lathe! They are my favorit. Big and beffy. A nice 5/8" wide top surface. None of those stupid little 1/4" round bars!	21 Pipe over VB36 Lathe You can see I really mounted this pipe rather than hanging it with electrical wire. Why? I don't know. Complete over kill. A big waste of time! I use the U channel to hang my lights for lathe. I don't want to talk about them. They are going to be the subject for a magazine article.	22 Pipe Over 3520B Lathe Here I used a piece of electrial wire and screw eye to hold the pipe up. The screw eye is overkill. See drywall screw in next photo. The 4 foot florsent light with soft (or warm) white (3000K) bulbs is directly over my head when standing at the lathe. Great warm light (like incandesent bulbs). But, this is a different subject.	23 Drywall Screw I have pipe haging all over in my shop. Every 4 feet across the ceiling. I use them for hanging up all kinds of things. This is how I like to hang the pipes. Cheap, fast and easy. A 2" or longer drywall screw with fender washers. Solid #12 single strand THHN electrical wire. Use SOLID rather than stranded wire! I probably wrapped it around the pipe 3 times because it was long and wire cutters were not handy!