Drill press dust collection

In the never-ending battle with lung-damaging dust, you can't have too many weapons. Add this handy rig to your drill press and you'll not only breathe easier, but you'll also speed shop clean-up.Featured inWOOD Issue 119, December 1999

Rayne's Project

Some materials and woodworking tasks can generate clouds of dust. Keep the dust out the air and off the floor in your shop with these handy, shop-made collectors.

voiceoftheseed's Project

I've improved dust and chip collection considerably at my drill press using this adjustable jig for my shop vac hose.

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Shop made blast gate for dust collection.

The drum sander on my drill press works great for sanding curves — but it produces a lot of dust. If you don't have a dust collec...

I’ve seen lots of drill-press dust-collection tips over the years, but they all seem kind of rickety, with all kinds of articulated arms and such. I just wanted something simple. So, I drilled a hole in the vacuum nozzle to fit the shaft of a T-bolt. With the bolt’s head in the drill-press table’s T-track, a couple of quick twists of the bolt’s knob secures the nozzle wherever needed. —George Sicord, Port Elgin, Ont.