headers
Jeff Watson | 1 Mar 2012 16:23
Picon
Favicon

Effective dust collectors

I am rejigging a home studio in what was the garage. The garage entrance was bricked up by a previous owner to
make a woodworking studio. It is accessed from the finished basement and I want to solve the dust problem as
effectively as possible. I do not have the option of working outside or opening a large door - neighbours!
So I am building an enclosure in the studio where I will do all the dusty work. Can someone recommend the most
efficient/practical/cost effective dust collector? I intend to place the dust collector just exterior
to this workplace and next to my compressor. What is the best location for the hose that will suck out the
dust? From the ceiling, or from the sidewall?
Thanks
Jeff Watson

Jeff ( Guv) Watson
150, bord de l'Eau Est,
Longueuil, Qc. J4H 1A1
jeff.watson@...
www.sculpturejeffwatson.com
(450) 674-6222 Phone
(514) 755-9476 Mobile
Permalink | Reply | 24 comments |
headers
Norman Watts | 1 Mar 2012 16:34
Picon
Favicon

Re-lettering the quote on the Martin Luther King Memorial

Hi All,

Just wondering what people think about the controversy around the re-lettering of the quote on the Martin
Luther King Memorial here in DC.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mlk-memorials-drum-major-quote-will-be-corrected-interior-secretary-says/2012/01/13/gIQAnjYvwP_story.html

n
Permalink | Reply | 11 comments |
headers
pchiappori | 1 Mar 2012 17:07
Picon

Re: Re-lettering the quote on the Martin Luther King Memorial

Not surprised. The whole project has been plagued from the get go with design & money issues alike. Using
Chinese non-domestic granite (a cheap alternative even to southern "Elberton" grey), MLK's "arrogant"
pose with arms crossed (body language defiance). I also thought the letters were blasted in monument
style to save more on costs. Which if the case, they can grind-off what's there & blast in the correct quote,
even on site.

Hacking at monuments,
Peter Chiappori

www.chiapporiarts.com

---- Norman Watts <norman_watts@...> wrote: 
Hi All,

Just wondering what people think about the controversy around the re-lettering of the quote on the Martin
Luther King Memorial here in DC.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mlk-memorials-drum-major-quote-will-be-corrected-interior-secretary-says/2012/01/13/gIQAnjYvwP_story.html
Permalink | Reply | 4 comments |
headers
Walter S. Arnold | 1 Mar 2012 17:33
Favicon

Re: Effective dust collectors

At 09:23 AM 3/1/2012, Jeff Watson wrote:
>  dusty work. Can someone recommend the most 
> efficient/practical/cost effective dust collector?

Too bad you're in Canada, it makes shipping impractical. I have a 
Trion M2500 that I don't use/need any more, I'd sell it for a fair price.
http://www.trioniaq.com/products/index.aspx?prod=industrial_MD_M_Series

Ceiling hung unit, vents outside, 2' x 2' x 6', in my old studio 
(1500 s.f. workshop space) if I used a dry diamond saw on Indiana 
limestone to the point that you couldn't see more than 20 or 25 feet, 
it would clear the air in 5 minutes, and the exhaust going outside 
was clean. I installed it in my new studio when I moved here 7 years 
ago, and I don't think I've had to turn it on more than a half dozen times.

Walter S. Arnold  * walter@...
http://stonecarver.com
Permalink | Reply | 0 comments |
headers
Walter S. Arnold | 1 Mar 2012 17:37
Favicon

Re: Re-lettering the quote on the Martin Luther King Memorial

At 09:34 AM 3/1/2012, Norman Watts wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Just wondering what people think about the controversy around the 
>re-lettering of the quote on the Martin Luther King Memorial

You mean the Mao Tse King memorial? It's a standard generic Mao Tse 
Tung monument with a stylized African American face. It should be 
removed and replaced with something that actually honors, respects 
and commemorates who King really was and all he really represented.

Walter S. Arnold  * walter@...
http://stonecarver.com
Permalink | Reply | 5 comments |
headers
Norman Watts | 1 Mar 2012 17:43
Picon
Favicon

Re: Re-lettering the quote on the Martin Luther King Memorial

There are things I dislike about the memorial (the carver and rock climber in me hates the man-made texture
that makes it look like plastic imitation stone, King deserves authenticity) but I think the letters were
not blasted but cut by a top American letter carver.

n
Permalink | Reply | 3 comments |
headers
Walter S. Arnold | 1 Mar 2012 17:54
Favicon

Re: Re-lettering the quote on the Martin Luther King Memorial

At 10:43 AM 3/1/2012, Norman Watts wrote:
>but I think the letters were not blasted but cut by a top American 
>letter carver.

Correct. Nick Benson and Joe Moss worked on it (and perhaps others), 
they are as good as any letter cutters anywhere.

Walter S. Arnold  * walter@...
http://stonecarver.com
Permalink | Reply | 2 comments |
headers
Frank Shopen | 1 Mar 2012 18:16
Picon

Re: Effective dust collectors

Hi Jeff,

I had to solve this problem long ago in my shop and I've been very
happy with the results, except that I was also dealing with hot,
acidic gases as well as dust, as I did art bronze for 20 years.   Here
a list of things to consider as well as I can remember. If you do this
right you may seldom need a mask with non-lethal stone because of the
design which should keep dust always going away from you.  Anyway
here's my take on what to do:

 I used roofing sheeting to make my enclosure round, so that there are
no corners to stop the flow of the dust as it spirals along the walls
on the way up and out.  Since I was dealing with heat and needed to
use metal, I used surplus garage doors for the top of my cabinet.  I
made my enclosure about 6 feet in diameter to handle life size bronze,
with a heavy duty turntable on the floor (big a diameter as you can
get- at least 1 foot. 2 foot if you can get it).  This has been handy
to use with a table holding a very heavy stone and it works great.
Mine has a heavy 3' diameter x 5/8" round steel on top to take the
heat of the patina torch but you can use a couple sheets of stiff
plywood (or maybe one end of one of those big spools  that plumbing
pipe and cable come on) and you'll be able to put anything on it.
Make this bottom platen round, and big enough so that you can use your
feet to turn the work and keep dust from the lazy susan (you can shove
a wooden wedge to keep it from turning).

I made it floor to ceiling, as tall as you can to have a 'plenum' area
to hold dust above while on it's way out.  I made a sheet metal shelf
to stick out inside and across above the door  to stop dust coming
back down in front of me and shunt it back into the flow toward the
(Continue reading)

Permalink | Reply | 2 comments |
headers
pchiappori | 1 Mar 2012 19:23
Picon

Re: Re-lettering the quote on the Martin Luther King Memorial

Thank you Walter. Nice to know there was some real talent on parts of the "Mao Tze King" project.

---- "Walter S. Arnold" <walter@...> wrote: 
> At 10:43 AM 3/1/2012, Norman Watts wrote:
> >but I think the letters were not blasted but cut by a top American 
> >letter carver.

Correct. Nick Benson and Joe Moss worked on it (and perhaps others), 
they are as good as any letter cutters anywhere.
Permalink | Reply | 1 comment |
headers
David Modine | 1 Mar 2012 23:47
Picon

Re: Re-lettering the quote on the Martin Luther King Memorial

Wow Arnold.
Very good description of what is wrong with the memorial.
I never could get my mind to accept how such a huge part of American 
history could be passed off to China to express.
Are not the quarries & craftsmen of Barrie or Elberton more suited to 
create a monument for such a monumental man?

David

On 3/1/2012 11:37 AM, Walter S. Arnold wrote:
>
> You mean the Mao Tse King memorial? It's a standard generic Mao Tse
> Tung monument with a stylized African American face. It should be
> removed and replaced with something that actually honors, respects
> and commemorates who King really was and all he really represented.
>
> Walter S. Arnold  * walter@...
> http://stonecarver.com
>
Permalink | Reply | 4 comments |

Gmane