Charnwood W896 Extractor

[technium]

Hi

I have managed to pick up the above from Gumtree for £50 which Im hoping to use on my table Saw and Planer Thicknesser but am strugling trying to find a manual for it. Does anyone have one of these machines at all or know where I can download a copy of the manual?

thanks in advance

Colin

 

[Droogs]

you can get it here:
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j ... _PyCVBUoeQ

 

[technium]

Thanks but thats the W680 model and mine is different to that one.

thanks

Colin

 

[Droogs]

is it defo a w896 and not a w696

 

[technium]

definately Charnwood W896 mate atleast thats what the Silver Sticker stuck on it says in big writing

thanks

 

[Droogs]

I've had a good look around including the internet archive sites and can't find anything about this machine at all. Hopefully someone will have a copy to send you. good luck

 

[technium]

Thanks mate and thanks for trying.

Yeah I cant find any info but thats certain whats stuck on the sticker. Heres the add if that helps anyone

https://www.gumtree.com/p/other-power-t ... 1225419086

cheers

Colin

 

[transatlantic]

Perhaps just look up a similar model from another company and see if the manual for that is close enough? .. usually these things are pretty similar across the board

 

[technium]

good idea, I will see what I can find, I just want to make sure i set it up properly when I play with it this weekend.

 

[technium]

ok found a manual as its very similar to the axminster awde5002 but reading the comments some users have created a pre chip separator. Ive seen a few for normal dust hoses but wasnt aware or one for chips. Has anyone got any how to's for creating one?

thanks in advance

Colin

 

[transatlantic]

Do you mean a cyclone?

There are loads of videos on youtube (search for 'Cyclone dust')

or you can buy one :

http://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+woodworkin ... nds+dk2103
http://www.rutlands.co.uk/sp+woodworkin ... uty+dk6766

 

[technium]

Thanks yeah thats what I was thinking but those are for smaller hoses, I didnt realise people made cyclones for use with the 100mm chip extractors.

 

[Myfordman]

As designed. that machine is a chip extractor and offers little filtering. Add a 100mm cyclone or Thein separator and you will be able to collect both dust and chippings. Once that is working well, the bag can be exchanged for a decent fine filter and you will have cleaner air to breathe too.
Big advantage of the separator methods are that the the separator and collection bin can be stacked vertically taking minimal floor space and the blower/filter can be tucked up in the roof space almost anywhere. My bin and cyclone only need a 500mm diameter footprint (+ access to empty)
Your blower is quite low powered so try and locate it where you wont need long hose runs to your machines and keep the diameter up to full 100mm all the way to the machine even if you need a reducer at the end. This keeps frictional losses to a minimum.

 

[technium]

Thanks Myfordman that sounds good. The extractor was cheap and will hopefully suffice until I have more funds available should I feel I need to upgade. Would adding a Thein or Cyclone not reduce the power of the unit and make it less useable?

thanks

Colin

 

[Myfordman]

Thanks Myfordman that sounds good. The extractor was cheap and will hopefully suffice until I have more funds available should I feel I need to upgade. Would adding a Thein or Cyclone not reduce the power of the unit and make it less useable?

thanks

Colin

You are correct in that everything added will reduce airflow. Try it as desgined first and see how well it works then try adding things. I certainly did not get things right first time and needed experimentation.
Good luck.