Power Carving Dust?

Best method I've found is to make a DC hood from a cardboard box and place that next to the work. That only works well if the carving tool is throwing dust into the hood.

The alternative of using a downdraft table isn't as good at catching the dust but it does help pull the fine down and away from a worker's face.

The nylon over the top was just tossed there and is temporary, as it's been for five years. I use the flex covering because I can stick long boards through and still take advantage of the dust collection, as I sand the part in the station.

Clear plastic, like painters plastic, would be good enough. The main thing is, force the air to be drawn from where you are sitting.

I have my dust collector hooked to a bell mouth hood which is pointed at where I am carving. It does a great job of sucking the dust. I also have a wire mesh inside it to prevent it sucking the wrong things up.

I tried a down draft table but did not work as well.

Note: I am using a 5 hp dust collector so have very good signage and flow

I do it outside, preferably on a fairly windy day.

My wife's Aunt does power carving in her home down in Florida. She has a set up that uses something that looks like a Dremel and there is a dust catcher that looks to be about the size of what we used to call a Boom Box. That sits on the table top something like this. but I have no idea what brand. Her home was clean a a whistle and she does beautiful carvings of birds and such.

Duct tape a furnace filter to a box fan. It works

I usually just position a fan to blow the dust away from my face, though if you are looking for a way to actually capture the dust, Controlfreak or Hairy's approaches may be better.

I also use a fan to pull dust away. I have a open air shop

I use this. It works well.
https://www.amazon.com/PSI-Woodworking-DC725-Portable-Collector/dp/B000REX1UU/ref=sr_1_2?crid=BYBTW69G5CWA&dchild=1&keywords=table+top+dust+collector&qid=1631215494&sr=8-2

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Kind of interesting, when I consider that people in our carving class/club do power carving without regard for the rest of the people's safety. They don't sit at my table, but still…

Combo of a downdraft table, and a wide mouth chute above get's a good amount of it.

I use this. It works well.
https://www.amazon.com/PSI-Woodworking-DC725-Portable-Collector/dp/B000REX1UU/ref=sr_1_2?crid=BYBTW69G5CWA&dchild=1&keywords=table+top+dust+collector&qid=1631215494&sr=8-2

- jjmg

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It's actually a link to an Amazon tabletop, dust collector, filtration unit. Griz has one just like it

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- controlfreak

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I see you live up to your name. And it would be jjmg's first post.

My shop is a two car garage. When I'm power carving, I open both garage doors and place a window fan blowing pat the work out the door, works great

I use a bell mouth hood connected to my dust collector ( 5 hp Oneida) along with a small downdraft table. If I am doing a lot of sanding will use a N100 mask.

At my wood carving class, we have people using power carving equipment right next to people using electric chisels. I quit going, not only for those reasons.