Dust Sniper (quiet extractor system)

Step 8 The Outer part 1 - Housing

The outer housing wants to be quite robust, as it will be functioning as a worktop/ multi-use-surface. This is all good as I have a few thick, heavy fire doors to make it from. As a bonus when we make it massive, we are also helping to cut down the noise. I also have a quite delightful bit of scavenged teak to go on top (It was thrown out by my university's science department and matches my current workbench, which has a similar ancestry).    

As it is going to end up on the heavy side of hefty when it is all together, we are going to want some casters to get it mobile (ish - well like a gigantic lumbering titan of a thing at least). As with the inner box, it also needs to be as sealed up and tight as possible, with no weak points for sound to leak out from.  

To begin with I sized it up, based on the Sketchup 'plan' and got cutting. Being way too big to manoeuvre the doors through the bandsaw, and after some 'interesting' jigsaw antics, I borrowed my friend's mighty fine circular saw for the job. This worked very well in combination with a clamped on bit of wood, that I knew was straight, as a guide. 

Similar to the inner box. We can prepare the individual pieces as best we can before sticking them together. It is a good idea to leave the lid off for easy access until after we have finished all the insides.