Making a Metal Dust Collector: Part 5 - Ready for action (2.5K HDR)

Niels Provos Guide 5 years ago

Description

When making swords, most of the time is spent in front of the grinder. Grinding generates a lot of metal dust and that dust gets everywhere. Unfortunately, dust collection for metal dust is quite tricky. The sparks from grinding can create smoldering fires, and finely ground high-carbon steel burns surprisingly well. It's time to make my own metal dust collector. In part 5, I am completing the dust collector, make it look pretty and take it for a test!

Additional Ingredients:
16 gauge sheet metal: scraps from previous episodes
1in angle iron: scraps from previous episodes
2 commercial filter stages: 5 micron and 1 micron
Medium carbon bolts and nuts.
Acrylic DTM paint: performance boosting 2-color scheme
3d Printed Stencils

Part 1: https://youtu.be/-IJGBOVG1F0 - Thien Baffle
Part 2: https://youtu.be/1-lYnwY6IuE - Frame for blower
Part 3: https://youtu.be/GJLqDnukY-Q - First test run
Part 4: https://youtu.be/naAgTVwpaPY - Door Latch and Forging

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction to Part 5
00:28 Constructing the filter box
01:48 Measuring and cutting the final enclosure
03:40 Constructing the inlet
04:50 Square to round adapter for inlet
06:22 Making the base plate for the inlet
08:21 Preparing the sheet metal for spray painting
09:09 Spraying metal with DTM paint and HVLP spray gun
10:06 Preparing the frame for the accent color
10:32 Spraying the body of with the accent color
11:36 Assembling the dust collector
12:38 Using a 3D printed stencil for final optics
12:58 Testing the metal dust collector
13:43 Ending comments

Filmed on a Sony PXW‑FS7. Color grading in DaVinci Resolve.