[Woodworkers] HDPE Save Christmas!

Sat Dec 3 00:11:04 PST 2022

Chuck and all,

Never be afraid of redneck hill-billy engineering.  It may not be pretty but it sure does function.

You folks have a sfe and Happy Holiday season out there.

Bob Harper

From: Woodworkers <woodworkers-bounces at lists.sawdusters.org> On Behalf Of chuck.steger--- via Woodworkers
Sent: Friday, December 2, 2022 9:57 PM
To: woodworkers at sawdusters.org; 'KAREN MACK' <emmrys at comcast.net>
Cc: chuck.steger at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Woodworkers] HDPE Save Christmas!

Karen,

   My initial email was really an attempt to bring our HDPE discussion full circle with a little holiday anecdote. I understand your position as yours is a permanent solution whereas mine is definitely temporary. But more importantly for me is the time issue. As I told Doug, I needed it now. Like now-now. Not Amazon-now or even big box-now but immediately. My solution took less than ½ hour and I couldn’t drive to a big box store, pick it out, and drive home in less than that time. Time is not my friend. When working on resin projects the main issue is cure time. I am making multiples for friends and family (BTW, this is getting real expensive ☹). However, I enjoy learning new things so there is that.

   I included a photo of my Rube Goldberg contraption 🤣.

   Happy Holidays!!   

Chuck

From: Woodworkers <woodworkers-bounces at lists.sawdusters.org <mailto:woodworkers-bounces at lists.sawdusters.org> > On Behalf Of KAREN MACK via Woodworkers
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2022 4:35 PM
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Cc: KAREN MACK <emmrys at comcast.net <mailto:emmrys at comcast.net> >
Subject: Re: [Woodworkers] HDPE Save Christmas!

Same here Doug. I usually use the rubber pipe connectors from HD with the hose clamps. I can snug the clamps enough to keep them from falling off while still leaving them loose enough to slip off without tools. That keeps them portable for my one shop vac shop. 

Karen

On 12/02/2022 1:52 PM dopauls--- via Woodworkers <woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org <mailto:woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> > wrote: 

A good DIY story Chuck.  Personally, I would have simply gotten a 2” to 4” adaptor.

Cedar Doug

From: Woodworkers <woodworkers-bounces at lists.sawdusters.org <mailto:woodworkers-bounces at lists.sawdusters.org> > On Behalf Of chuck.steger--- via Woodworkers
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2022 1:43 PM
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Cc: chuck.steger at gmail.com <mailto:chuck.steger at gmail.com> 
Subject: [Woodworkers] HDPE Save Christmas!

   Ok, maybe a little dramatic but here’s the story …

   After our recent discussion on HDPE, I scoured the house and had more than I thought. I put them in a garbage back for later use (honestly, if ever, who knows). So now the story moves to me making Christmas presents. 

   My central vac system has been making noises like the bearings are going. I know I need to look at it but as Trevor Noah says, “ain’t nobody got time for that”. It finally got to a point where I knew I could do some permanent damage so I had to stop using it. I used my jointer and planer and you can image they made huge messes. I had to hold the hose of a portable dust vac while feeding boards to keep the planer table free of chips. Then, I spent 10-15 minutes vacuuming the machine and floor. I didn’t want to use my portable vac because the jointer and planer have 4” ports and my portable vac has a 2” hose. I didn’t want to duct tape it because I need them (I have 2) around the shop with my central vac out. Also, duct taping them makes them not portable. After 2 times, I knew I had to do something else. So I looked in my HDPE bag and found a whey protein jar with the neck at 4” OD. I cut a couple of slits in the neck to compress it and it fit the 4” port perfectly. I cut a 2” hole in the bottom of the jar for the portable vac hose. I used it on my jointer and it worked great but the real test was on the planer. To my great surprise, the portable vac keeps up with the planer beautifully! Granted, I’ll have to change the bag more frequently but what a game changer given the situation! And, my new “dust port” is extremely portable!

   So, see, HDPE saved my Christmas! Now, can it also give me more time 😊

   Happy holidays!

Chuck

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