Dust Collection Hood for Planer/Thicknesser //DIY

I needed to make a new dust extraction collection hood for my 30year old Casadei TS900 planer/thicknesser. This machine didn't come with any ports for dust extraction so I decided to make this custom sturdy and very efficient dust hood from mdf. As you will see in the video it catches 99% of chips and dust.
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[@bobheatwole804]

Would really like to see a shop tour when you can put one together. Great channel.

[@stephensimpson5283]

I was sitting here saying "I wish he had perspex on the top so we could see it in action.' Then BAM!!! You bring it out. Love it. Loving your channel mate.

Thanks Stephen 😊 I thought people would like that 😀

[@allanbeasley4565]

Hi Tommy. Very effective extraction unit that. I would love a tour of the workshop, it looks like you have some nice older machines. Thanks for the video.👍

Thanks Allan, I will do a shop tour when I hit 1000 subs 🙂 hopefully you won't have to wait too long 😀

[@paultay23]

Really interesting and well worth the watch...yep more like that please and a shop tour ...Cheers

[@briangoodwin5986]

Tommy mate you are a genius

Thanks Brian 😊 I just wish about 10k more people thought the same 🤣🤣

[@briangoodwin5986]

@ my wife has just said to me ," you liked that video just as much as you like your dinner didn't you ?" I replied " yes I did, why did you say that?" she said "because you like chips with everything"

@@briangoodwin5986 haha 😄😂

[@susankelly4298]

Well done 👏 you are very knowledgeable, more people definitely need to find and subscribe to your channel

[@stephendye1437]

Very good video, good to see the flow of chips, and good to see another old quality tool modified for modern use. As another user has suggested would be nice to have a workshop tour, you obviously have some very good quality older machines, can't beat them 👍

Thanks Stephen 😊 I say the same to you as I did my other subscriber I have set a goal of 1000 subscribers for a workshop tour so hopefully you won't have to wait too long, fingers crossed 😀

[@keithflemo]

Brilliant 👏 👏 delighted I found your channel .irish lad 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

Your welcome to the channel 😀

[@christycullen2585]

Good video Tommy, well made box and well explained

[@keggyification]

Nice job Tommy. Dust collection is my next workshop task and I'll be needing to make some extraction units for some of my kit as well so this is good inspiration. Great video, keep 'em coming.

[@eugeneweekes6751]

Thanks, I think I'll try this idea

[@MelbourneAlan]

great job. i like these kind of videos. very practical. i would be conserned that you are not letting any air to the box. all the air that the dust colecter pulls out has to be drawn up around the cutterblock. this will work with narrow timber but wont with wide boards. when i designed my one for my startrite planer i was getting clogs for this reason so i re designed it with a gap at the back . the planer will throw the chips up into the passing air as its extraced. . i bet you can hear the high ptched whistle of the air passing the spinning cutterblock

Hi Alan, there is airflow between the original shrud and the piece I brought down to it. I appreciate I didn't say this and it's not visible in video but there is a good 10mm gap and that draws air from the front of the box as this is not sealed.

[@SlimRyan2009]

Great job

[@stevenirish6160]

Another great video Tommy

[@ASousaMakesIt]

Great idea! I'll do something similar to my old machine. Cheers

Thanks, best of luck with that 👍

[@middleagedpunk8923]

Superb video - exactly what I was looking for - just the principles involved in shifting the dust, not a lengthy video explaining how to construct a 345x487x231mm box which wouldn't fit any other machine anyway! Loved the demo with the Perspex showing the chips being channelled into the hose too. Will check out your other videos, but with woodworking currently out of my 8'x6' garden shed, I am rather envious of your shop 👍

Thank you I'm glad you found it useful. Hopefully you will also enjoy some other videos too 🙂

[@colmhand]

Great stuff, well done on another great video 👍

Thanks Colm 😊

[@samuelgardiner6504]

Hi tommy. Great video and keep them coming. Old machines are the best. I was given a 40 year old radial arm saw that was destined for the tip. I fully restored it ,with slight modifications (like dust extraction) and love it. Looking forward to the next one. Subscribe everyone!! Cheers from Australia

[@juhaviitaluoma8280]

👍

[@hasanwidodo5118]

very interesting simple but workable thank you

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@higherstandardspc]

Enjoyable video, nice setup ; )

Thanks 🙂

[@martynlegg1042]

Excellent!

Thank you 🙂

[@brucelangridge6302]

I like your idea. I have a similar problem with my old over under. It spews dust and shaving out of the front . Have you considered addressing that problem, with perhaps an extension to lift the dust and shavings with an additional suction pipe?

Thanks, I haven't looked at that issue very much as it's a very minimal amount of dust that escapes to the front of the machine. I think an additional section pipe at the front would not help too much it may actually increase the issue due to drawing air in the opposite direction to the other pipe and natural airflow of the spinning head.

[@henryblack3974]

What make is your machine? I have a Steton 16” u/o which looks very similar. It came with a metal dust collector fittings for use when jointing but nothing for thicknessing. I made a box similar to yours but a bit longer. My machine didn’t have the hinged metal dust diverted in front of the cutterhead and nothing over the outfeed roller. I used half a piece of 100mm pvc pipe as a diverter tween the cutterhead and indeed roller but it still sends about half the chips out the front. Any thoughts on a mod to fix this ?

My machine is a Casadei TS. It's difficult to give a reason for your issue without seeing the machine but there needs to be airflow through the machine not just the cutting head for the extraction to work effectively.