Mark J Posted May 12, 2020 Report Share Posted May 12, 2020 On 7/27/2019 at 5:44 PM, Mark J said: I cleaned out my DC filter. Chestnut was sending me psychic guilt waves so I finally had to do it . What an unholy mess, I can't wait to have to do it again. And there's no truly effective method that I found. Once the barrel was dismounted, and just for the sake of arguement, I tried compressed air from outside to in. At a distance of 2 inches and 40 psi a little puff of sawdust came off the inner surface. This was the least effective method I tried. Once outside I stood the barrel up and gave the sides a brisk open palm tap and this dislodged a lot of dust, but nothing like all of it. I think you'd have to treat this like a log drum--one you didn't want to use again. Then I went for the leaf blower and blew out the inside. Dust storm, but still plenty of dust deep in the filter pleats. So i tried vacuuming the pleats with the brush tool, but this only worked where the brush bristles would reach which was at most half way down the pleats. I tried a soft brush on the pleats, but with no better results Tried the leaf blower on the outside blowing in. Not very effective. Next I tried rubbing the pleats with my hand mimicking those flappers you see on some machines. This yielded a lot of dust from the crevices, but it still seemed an endless supply. Maybe combine this with the leaf blower some how. I found this old post I'd made last year describing all the things I tried to clean the DC. Apparently the leaf blower was so-so. I can up the compressor to 60psi. I'll check with Laguna before I go and flush it out with water. Fortunately or unfortunately this job is going to wait till warmer weather and until I finish the current project. But it may be a cold day in H before I get this piece done. On the other hand this self isolation is kinda like H and these have been cold days--so maybe I'm supposed to clean the DC now? Hard to understand. Need another beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Sawdust Posted May 12, 2020 Report Share Posted May 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Chestnut said: From https://wynnenv.com/faq/ Q: Are your filters washable? A: No, we do not recommend washing. Our woodworking filters are cleaned-down from the outside with about 60 PSI of compressed air. Just use your blow-off nozzle. Well there ya go Good thing I never sprayed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Sawdust Posted May 12, 2020 Report Share Posted May 12, 2020 I take the filter out on a concrete pad and drop it from about six inches. Rotate, repeat. At some point, blow air, inspect, repeat until I can see daylight through it in most places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Clamp it to one of those vibrating paint can mixers. That's essentially how our ginormous industrial dust collectors at work are cleaned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Started pressure washing the house today. There were some areas where paint flaked off but it wasn't terrible. Painting the exterior isn't going to be much fun... I only found one rotted trim board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 So the painting would be more fun if there were other rotten boards? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Onieda filters look like paper media, but are washable. As @Chestnut stated above, Wynn filters are not. Don't go by what the filter looks like, go by what the manufacturer says. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 14 minutes ago, Mark J said: So the painting would be more fun if there were other rotten boards? I'm awful at complete thoughts. Painting isn't going to be fun at all. On the plus side I've only found 1 rotten board so far. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mick S Posted May 13, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Just now, Chestnut said: I'm awful at complete thoughts. You and my wife would 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Back to the Wynn filters, temporarily. I take mine, while in position and tap all around it several times. Then about twice a year, I disconnect it and put it in a large plastic garbage bag and stick my hand/arm inside and wrap the bag around my arm. Then just rotate it and work the hell out of the pleats. Kind of hard to describe otherwise. This will get the majority, IMO, out and good to go for another few months. I determine the timing with how much pressure builds up in the bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chestnut Posted May 13, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Pretty excited got these in the mail today. I'll be planting them tomorrow. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 Future furniture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 It was relatively cool today so I hung a ceiling fan over the kitchen table that was overdue. In my neck of the woods what we jokingly call cold weather is past and the usual SoCal non-weather is upon us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post treeslayer Posted May 14, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 I built this 10X12 shed in 1998 and stained it with Sherwin Williams solid color stain, just did it again with the same stuff, after 22 years it was due but still looked good, no peeling, put on new shingles last year, it’s like new again. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 4 hours ago, Chestnut said: Pretty excited got these in the mail today. I'll be planting them tomorrow. By the time you are my age, they shold be nice shade trees. By the time you are @RichardA's age, they should make nice lumber. Be sure to build something nice for your grand-kids! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 1 minute ago, wtnhighlander said: By the time you are @RichardA's age, they should make nice lumber. Be sure to build something nice for your grand-kids! It's probably big hopes, but I hope by the time I'm Rick's age that I'll be able to buy chestnut lumber in a store again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 Hey wait a minute...... I resemble that remark. Hmmmpf! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom King Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 Those seedlings reminded me that we probably should water the ones we planted last week. No rain projected for this week. We watered them good then. We have a timber stand for our childrens' retirement. If we get as old as my Mother is, it might be for our second retirement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 Nut, where did you get those from? Like I need another damn tree but that would be cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 9 hours ago, Coop said: Nut, where did you get those from? Like I need another damn tree but that would be cool! I Got them here. I signed up for notification on when i could order like a year ago and patiently waited. https://www.chiefrivernursery.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 On the list now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 @Chestnut, do the American Chestnuts grow a tall, straight trunk? I recall a childhood friend had a chestnut in his yard that was tall and straight, but there is a State-operated "tree farm" near me that has a stand of chestnuts hidden away in the back. They all have short trunks with major branches splitting off just a few feet from the ground. Always wondered if they were genetically modified, or some other variety. They all make those devilishly-spiked nut casings, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 So American Chestnut in it's natural range is a 100 foot tree possibly taller (not many if any of these exist any more). There is the Chinese chestnut (this is the tree they are interbreeding with the American chestnut to produce blight resistant American chestnut trees) and it doesn't get as tall 40-60 feet. They state the American chestnut grows 18"-24" per year. Chinese half that. Though where it's grown and how the tree is pruned when it is young has an impact on it's shape. An oak tree in the middle of an open meadow won't grow very tall but will branch out to a large diameter canopy wise. Trees grown in forests or in clusters tend to give taller straighter trunks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 All I know is that tossing one of those hulls at somone and shouting "Think Fast!" can have hilarious results. Which may be hazardous to your (the joker's) health! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gee-dub Posted May 15, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 15, 2020 The boredom is setting in. I dug out an old Bosch Colt that had blown the motor bearings. I have no bearing puller, no spanner wrench and no press and it only took me about an hour having never done it before. Not bragging, just emphasizing how easy it was. If any of you have a Colt in a drawer with bad motor bearings I got double sealed replacements to my door for about $15. I did get creative and make a pin spanner out of a couple of punches, a clamp and a scrap of plywood with two holes drilled at the appropriate spacing 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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