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Jun 11 2015

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Down Draft Table

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Cordless Drill, Miter Saw, Pine, Pocket Hole, T-Track, Table Saw

by benjamen

June 11, 2015

Picture Gallery
Down Draft Table

  • 1)Testing the Blower

  • 2) Motor and Blower mounted

  • 3) Jig for lining up pocket holes

  • 4) Ooops, cut the panel too short adding longer rabbit

  • 5) The carcass assembled

  • 6) Stacking saws to make a stepped hole

  • 7) Drilling stepped hole

  • 8) Chiseled out the waste

  • 9) The plug in the recessed hole

  • 10) Motor and blower inside Down Draft Table

  • 11) Debris bin and filters

  • 12) Castor lowering lever

  • 13) Wheels up resting on legs

  • 14) Wheels down reasy to roll out

  • 15) Slope into debris bin covers motor and blower

  • 16) Down Draft Top

  • 17) Lathe debris catching top

  • 18) Cleat system, gasket, and supports for tops

  • 19) T-track top and mast

When I wrote the post for ToolGuyd — Project: Making a T-Track Table Top on a Budget, a commenter said he wanted more information about my down draft table. Turns out I never posted the project here. I built this several years ago so the assembly pictures are from then and the assembled pictures were taken recently.

The pictures really say it all, but I have a few extra comments:

  • The switch on the front turns on the blower and the outlets on the front, so you can’t turn on the tool plugged int unless the blower is on. 
  • The nozzle on the left and the small hole on the right are from when I was trying to seal all the joints, I had a homemade water manometer measuring the pressure drop.
  • I use two filters, a coarse throwaway filter to catch all the bigger debris and a fine one so I’m not blowing dust out the blower.
  • I really need a cover over the blower outlet. I kicked the blower once and not only did it hurt my foot, but I dented some of the vanes.

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