Dust Extraction

[Martin Pearson]

where’s it coming from Greg? A dust extraction system for removing dust from the air probably won’t be cheap, looking at new types of floor covering to prevent dust being kicked up or is easy to keep clean might be a cheaper option. I had to completely re arrange my workshop to keep vinyl work away from dust producing machines.
I still need to sort out a decent dust extraction system for my router & sand blast cabinet but even second hand a decent system isn’t really cheap.

[Greg McCarthy]

Hi Martin

We are engravers predominantly so I imagine its traffolyte. We have extractors for the engraving machines but they dont get everything.
I need to look at the floors too now you mention it. Its a concrete floor so might look into a vinyl flooring solution perhaps.

[Martin Pearson]

Any way you could box the engraving machines in or build a small room to keep them separate from the rest of the workshop?
Like I say I had to completely remodel the workshop, it’s still far from perfect but a lot better than it was. I try not to have the router running when I am applying vinyl but that isn’t really going to work for you if your core business is engraving lol.

[John Wilson]

concrete floors won’t be doing you any favours, i had the same issue a while back, used to mop the floors daily just to stop them being so dry and causing dust

Laminate flooring was installed and made life 100 times easier, luckily i don’t have any machines that make dust

[Greg McCarthy]

Thanks John.