[Bugel]

cutting with abrasive chopsaw contributes a lot of mess in my shop..so i came up with an idea to contain the spark and the dust as well..

3x1 channel bar.welded together to form a rectangular tube..

[mcoe]

Looks good, share a picture of it on the saw. I just use the wall to catch the sparks and dust That looks like a good idea.

[Bugel]

[Bugel]

test shows almost 90% of spark goes through the trap..

[mcoe]

Looks good. Great idea looks like it works good too.

[Bugel]

[Bugel]

collecting dust..



just simply flip open the dust catcher..



see how effective it is..

[welditforyou]

Well aren't you the clever one. I like it!


Jim

[Otto Nobedder]

Very nicely done!

Steve S

[GlenC]

Nice, I like the collection function!

[motox]

what a great simple idea. i hate having metal flying all
over the shop getting into other equipment. awesome idea
and fab

[Sprockmonster]

Throw a metal garbage can underneath and forget about it. Then in a few years find out what to do with the dust.

[GlenC]

This was such a good idea I added a quick one to my saw!

[Superiorwelding]

I was going to add one to ours but alas, she is dead
-Jonathan

[GlenC]

Guess I'll hang a tin can on mine and see how it works, or just ty-rap a bag on it...

Or:

[Superiorwelding]

Hey Glen, it takes some serious skill to make runs go up.
-Jonathan

[GlenC]

Hey Glen, it takes some serious skill to make runs go up.
-Jonathan

Yea, I saw that in the picture too!

It was a last minute re-purposing of an old bed frame... suddenly changed my mind from plate to angle iron for the saw and that's all I had...

[Bugel]

Thanks guys! Hey glen you have a nice saw there..it is still on my wish list unfortunately prices of dry cut saw here in the philippines are way too high.

[Tassie Dave]

We have a chop saw at our shed and i will make one of these ASAP.
We have at present a chute but too many sparks are flying over the top. A safety issue really because we have a lot of unwanted people hanging around while we try and do work. You get that at Men's sheds guys wanting to learn, i like rubber necks and hecklers i don't.
Thanks for putting up the photos mate they are brilliant.
Cheers
Dave

[Otto Nobedder]

Tassie Dave,

I hear that! I'll let people rubber-neck all day, if they want to learn, but I'll arc-flash a heckler any chance I get.

"If you can do it, why are you here? Go somewhere else and do it."

Steve S

[Tater]

that is really nice.

[Tassie Dave]

Hi Steve,
Thanks for the advice mate. I made a couple of screens to keep some of the tossers out but even that didn't work for one persistent person. He pushed the curtain out of the road while i was grinding and got covered ( showered ) in sparks.
Bloody fella still likes to stick his beak in but not while i am doing anything. He may have got the hint.
Cheers
Dave

[dsmabe]

Just had a idea to add some electronics and a shopvac.
Make that chute, connect it to a spiral collector to let things cool before being sucked up by a shopvac.

Setup some electronics that start the shopvac when you start the saw, then a timer circuit to keep the shopvac going for several seconds after the saw stops. Could also add a bypass switch to just leave the shopvac on.

[Tassie Dave]

I have managed to secure a couple of pieces of 100 x 100 mm RHS Galvanised post which i have not had time to do much with because of a whole heap of jobs that keep getting thrown at me.
I have managed to cut them but thats it at this stage. Cant wait to get right into it.