Welding Tips and Tricks

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..

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.

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

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

collecting dust..



just simply flip open the dust catcher..



see how effective it is..

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


Jim

Very nicely done!

Steve S

Nice, I like the collection function!

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

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

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

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

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

Or:

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

Superiorwelding wrote: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...

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,

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

that is really nice.

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.