Carvewright Work Station

[switcher67]

Keep it clean at all times. Keep it cool in hot weather.63505

[lawrence]

very nice, I like it-

Do you adjust it for long carves? (it appears though the back might interfere with anything over a few feet-

Very nice setup and sure beats my jury rigged one!

Lawrence

[zan29]

Where did you get that device Switcher67?

[peep]

Nice clean/new looking setup. What is the name of your shop vacuum. I need a new one and that looks great.

[Proctorw]

I just bought a dust collector specifically for the CarveWright. My existing shop dust collector couldn't handle the CarveWright and planer at the same time. At the conference in Houston someone brought in one from Harbor Freight. I went and bought the same one for $125. I love it. Had it for a month now and it works great.

[aokweld101]

I am looking at your setup and its all good... but are you buying your wood at lowe's or home depot I see your wood setting off to the side with tags on it if your buying your wood there it won't take long to go broke I started that way and spent $700.00 to try to learn the carvewright I started to go to the sawmills to get my wood you can get 3 times the wood at the mills, just thought I would tell you good luck and happy carving!!!!

[badbert]

+1 for sawmills. You can even get them to plane and line rip them for you. And my favorite sawmill has woods that lowes could never buy. Things like Curly walnut, Color spalted maple, Dark and light Cherry. And the most expensive board I ever bought from him was a 7.5' long 16" wide piece of Spalted Hackberry... for $35! I told him I wanted $100 worth of Cherry, Maple, and Walnut. He had to use the fork truck to load my truck! And if you don't mind glue-ups he has a mountain of shorts, Take all you want! Save the money and invest in a 15" planer a nice jointer and tablesaw. Buy rough lumber and finish it yourself!

[switcher67]

It was given to me from a friend that had it left over from a project he was doing

[switcher67]

Got it from Rockler

[switcher67]

It is on casters and can be moved. Have a longer hose. Quick disconnect

[switcher67]

I made it. Bought the dust collector from rockler

[peep]

I get my wood from sawmills also, but their planning is never smooth, and the sides always vary in with. I usually have to trim the thickness and edge them, or say goodby to your Carvewright gears

[peep]

OK, its time for me to improve my shop vac. Its just not doing the job.
Can anyone tell me the noise levels you will receive form the Harbour Fright 13 gallon portable Vacuum and the Harbour Fright 2hp shop vacuum. Noise is becoming an issue. And if I put the vacuums outside of my workshop, How noisy will they be?

[DickB]

Get a dust collector, not a vacuum. They are much quieter.

[PCOutlaw]

Peep,
The HF 2HP Dust Collector has more of a hum to it, (after it's running for about 10 mins or so you forget it's even on). The CW drowns out the hum from it. lol

[peep]

Anyone have the smaller 13 gallon dust collector?

[chief2007]

Anyone have the smaller 13 gallon dust collector?

I have a stand alone 12 gallon dust collector from RIKON. Only 106 CFM, but works great with Floyd's DC insert.

[fwharris]

Anyone have the smaller 13 gallon dust collector?

I do not but do know a lot, including LHR, who do have it and say it works very well. Just note that the filter bag is something like 20-30 micron rating so you will get dust floating back into your shop...

[peep]

Well last night I had a y axis stall.
I just about lost it. First the x axis (was one of the gears) then the cut motor, then the z axis (was the cable). I'm at about 83H now.

And now the y drive! Did I but a lemon. But on closer inspection it was ultra dusty. I was doing a 17.5 hour carve in Santa Maria hardwood (not very hard) on optimal setting. When on optimal setting you do not have much sawdust on hard woods. But you do have lots of very fine power. My shop vaccum just is not cutting it. And of course the carve stopped at 17H2Min. Grrrrrrrrr
Need a dust collector that is not too noisy because I want to put it out of the shop.
All I know is the two at Harbour freight. Any other recommendations?

[Bigtyme]

There are a number of sites with DC reviews. I would suggest reading a few to find something close to what you were thinking about. I have a dedicated cyclone DC located outside of my shop and have pvc piping and drops with blast gates at all my tools, I use an x-10 remote control system and it has worked great for almost 20 years. I wouldn't be without a good DC...

[unitedcases]

I have floyds dc insert and a 1hp grizzly. I kept the motor part of the dc inside my building and piped to an outside dust trash can. I built a thien baffle system in the top of the can and empty it weekly. I run between 30-50 hrs a week depending on how much time I can scam from my real job. Leaves the boards fairly clean. Definitely keeps the machine clean. I can handle a little left on the board. I would rather it be there than in the gears.

[Bigtyme]

I should have mentioned I have one of Floyd's inserts as well and wouldn't be without it. My cyclone DC empties into a large garbage can but if I am building furniture and crank up my 15" planer, it may need to be emptied several times in an afternoon. Rough sawn lumber is way more cost effective, but does need some extra work....