I had an idea about how to make a simple, economical, yet effective dust collection system for my C-Beam machine. Should work equally well on just about any build, and it uses 5 or 6 dollars worth of parts. Turns out it's very effective, picking up 95% of the dust and shavings.
First thing I did was to get some fittings for a central vac system from my local big box store. I used a couple of 45 degree elbows and a couple of short pieces of 2" central vac pipe. I actually had this stuff...
Cheep and Dirty Dust Collector
First thing I did was to get some fittings for a central vac system from my local big box store. I used a couple of 45 degree elbows and a couple of short pieces of 2" central vac pipe. I actually had this stuff...
Cheep and Dirty Dust Collector