by [email protected] on Tue Nov 23, 2021 6:31 pm
I think pretty much any shop-vac can suck enough air through a sander to capture almost all the dust. But a little bit of dust will make it past the filter and out the exhaust.
My solution was to make up an extra-long hose that allowed me to put my shop-vac outside, but still be able to reach any part of the boat with the sander. This arrangement also
reduced the noise level. An extra hose for your existing vacuum would be a lot cheaper than a new vacuum.
I was working in my sunroom, which had an independent heating system. But there was a lot of furniture, etc. left in it, so I had to be tidy. Go look at the most recent photo in
my blog to see that the room looks like a week after I finished the boat.
For my build, I bought a bandsaw. It was handy to use, but it takes up a lot of space, and can be messy. I think almost everything I used it for could have been done with a good jigsaw, but would require more time (including more planing to ensure that the cuts were square).
A stationary sander would be nice, but those things look SO messy! That's why I did not get one.
A table saw is very handy - I have had one for years. Again, you could make do with a jigsaw, but extra work would be needed to get your cuts straight and square.
I have a polisher-grinder. I used it for shaping the centerboard, but that's all. It is messy and has no dust collection, so I had to use it in the driveway. I could have done
the centerboard with plane and extra-coarse sand-paper in the orbital sander.
A router is very handy - I used mine a lot.
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