How do you get rid of your sawdust?

[Mr__Bill]

I was thinking that this perhaps should be listed under tools, as it truly is an awesome tool for getting rid of sawdust. Then it occurred to me that perhaps it is more of a shop thing, but you really would not want to use it in the shop. So in the end Around The Coffee Pot gets the post.

How to get rid of your sawdust and amaze your friends.

Bill, who is wondering who he can con into doing this.

[Copper]

Saw that on Mythbusters the other night where they verified that it is completely possible to do that. They also tried using non-dairy creamer, which ended up being even more flammable. Definitely a "do not try this at home" stunt.

[Thalermade]

Bill, who is wondering who he can con into doing this.

Con? With all the tinkerers on this site?

**** good thing Stytooner has his CNC router to play with, 'cause mixing his dust collector with this canon, the Large Hadron thing would be relegated to a minor impact device.........



Russ

[Tom Slick]

That is very cool! It gave a great fire ball.

it's the same concept of how grain silos and dust collectors explode. turn the grain/sawdust into an aerosol and give it an ignition source.

[cgallery]

I can imagine doing that myself.

In slow motion, I see the canon fall on its side, now aimed directly at me. It is too late because the compressed air has already been turned on, and the last thing I see is a large amount of sawdust headed right my way.

BTW, I have no problem with peaceful play with explosives, but that guy is playing way too close to his house, isn't he?

[Bruce Cohen]

Nah,

Still not as good as napalm!!!

Bruce

[Russianwolf]

I can imagine doing that myself.

In slow motion, I see the canon fall on its side, now aimed directly at me. It is too late because the compressed air has already been turned on, and the last thing I see is a large amount of sawdust headed right my way.

BTW, I have no problem with peaceful play with explosives, but that guy is playing way too close to his house, isn't he?

Death by Sawdust? Now that's kick back.

[shoottx]

I want the plans.

Plans just shorten the build time!

Do you suppose we could talk Wood Magazine into printing the plans?

[BobSch]

I can see my neighbors reporting a UFO when they see that huge smoke ring.

If you really want to be thrifty, mix the sawdust with Elmer's and make your own MDF! (Then ship it to Vespa Man.)

[cabinetman]

Chips and shavings from the planer and jointer get bagged and sold to stables in the area and get picked up weekly. Certain woods are toxic to hoofed animals, mostly wood species with food names, like Cherry, Walnut. Sawdust gets separated and bagged and sold to car repair shops for cleaning their floors. The rest of the waste goes into a recycle dumpster and picked up twice a month.
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[Mr__Bill]

Chips and shavings from the planer and jointer get bagged and sold to stables in the area and get picked up weekly. Certain woods are toxic to hoofed animals, mostly wood species with food names, like Cherry, Walnut. Sawdust gets separated and bagged and sold to car repair shops for cleaning their floors. The rest of the waste goes into a recycle dumpster and picked up twice a month.
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Cabinetman, you be far too literal today... but just so your not alone:
Chips and shavings from the planer get bagged up and hauled over to the path to the beach in an effort to stem the tide of mud in places. Small scrap, the size of peanuts, gets collected and used as filler in Christmas present boxes. I am going to start saving my sawdust just in case I can find someone to make a cannon....

Bill, who has to bet back to cutting the rotten siding off of the bottom of his house and replacing it with new stuff soaked in a preservative.