What's your setup when turning and sanding cork grips to control the dust? Thanks Bill

Shop vac with attachment mounted on the lathe bed. I wired it in to the on/off for the lathe this way when I turn it on the vac comes on as well.I dont turn in the same area as I wrap. It just makes my cleanup job easier and it makes it better for my health

If you look on the photo page under Mike Barkley you will se a photo of a box fan with a filter in front of it. I think a few guys use this set up. Im sure they will chime in and let you know how effective it is.

I use the box fan and filter, and for the most part it works very well. You just have to clean out the filter every so often. It doesn't get every little bit of dust, but it does get the majority of it.

Box fan and filter ... works VERY well. Total investment about $18 for both the fan and pleated filter. The best part is the cool air it generates in the area since my woodworking area is in the garage and not air-conditioned.

As everyone mentioned a box fan and filter works very well, as Jim said you can do this for under $20. I also use a Delta dust collector system for the shop with a shop vac attachment mounted to the lathe.
I posted a photo in the equipment and tool section with the dust system on the lathe.

Bill,
The best thing for dust control, is to have any dusty work in a different room, compared to the clean room. i.e. the room where non dust generating activities are located, like wrapping guides, gluing, and especially coating rods.

I do all of the dust generating work in a different building compared to the clean work.
I use a shop vac below the drill when drilling cork. Then, I use a shop vac with attachments behind the lathe to pick up the majority of the dust and turnings from the lathe.

When done for the day, after sweeping and vacuuming the bulk of the turnings and sanding dust - I simply open the large door and use compressed air to blow any remaining dust and or debris out the door.

However, you might do it, I do think it is fairly important that you try to separate your dust generating activities from your clean room type activities by at least a wall and a door.

If you have both of these activities in the same room with no active wall between them, it is nearly impossible to keep all dust out of the clean finish and guide area of the room.

Good luck
Roger

Certainly good advice, although, I spent 20 years turning and shaping cork and EVA on the same lathe that I did my wrapping and finishing on. Never had any problem with dust in my finish.

The key is not raise dust and debris while finishing. Dust falls to the lowest possible point. If you employ the box fan/filter, or a shop vac, whatever they don't capture will fall to the floor or benchtop. It won't jump from there into your finish. What you don't want to do - is apply finish 10 minutes after shaping cork, or have folks strolling about, raising dust, while finishing.

So if you have limited room and can't set up a clean room in addition to a dirty work area, just use common sense and you'll be fine. The former is better, but not always possible.

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I do the same as Tom. I do all my shaping in one day and have any unfinished work in a separate closet when working on shaping things. Following that I will usually wait a day for everything to settle prior to pulling out unfinished work to work on and/or finish.

Spraying water around will also hold any remaining dust down. Just don't wet the rod.

Bill - willierods.com

Quick, inexpensive and easy! Works great!!! [www.rodbuilding.org]

Mike (Southgate, MI)
If I don't want to, I don't have to and nobody can make me (except my wife) cuz I'm RETIRED!!

I just built a shed for nothing but wood/cork/eva/hypolon work. Keeps all the dust completely away from where I build and finish my rods