318 days ago
by CedarFreakCarl |
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Dust collection has been discussed heavily on this web site. I’m about to discuss or rather explain what I’m doing in my shop. When I originally started building my house back around 1992 I really didn’t even plan for a shop. There were at that time a few of us that ate breakfast at the same little restaurant here in scenic Pelion, SC and during the planning process of building my house the subject came up one morning. I was sitting there talking with Woody, an older fell...
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324 days ago
by Patrick Jaromin |
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OK, so maybe not exactly a “monster,” but the old Woodtek 3HP double-bag dust collector I bought sure does sound like one…and appears to live up to its 2100CFM (free-air) rating.
I’ve finally finished the main duct work runs and over the weekend I cut the hole from the shop into the external “dust collection closet” and ran the 6” main through. As I had feared, the dust collector argued mightily against being confined in such cramped quarters. ...
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331 days ago
by Blake |
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Ok, as you can tell, I am in the process of totally “pimping” out my Delta 14” bandsaw lately. So, the next step is dust collection.
My bandsaw is the worst dust maker in the shop. It leaves the air and my lungs full of fine maple powder. All I can do is wear a respirator and wait for a while until it comes out of the air and gives all the surfaces in my shop a nice coating.
So, has anybody seen articles on, or actually tried adding dust collection to a classic style ...
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336 days ago
by Patrick Jaromin |
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Not “green” in the environmental sense, mind you…but green in a very literal sense. I’ve spent literally months planning out most of the details of my new shop, since before they broke ground. One of the features I was most anxious to include that I was unable to have in my shared garage space was an honest-to-goodness central dust collection system. One of the earliest decisions I needed to make: metal or plastic?
Metal of Plastic?
I first read Sandor Nagyszalan...
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