Emergency 2-stage dust collector

Ya gotta do what ya gotta do are you going to build an actual separator now?

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Ingenious…

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I don’t have a DC yet (but actively looking for a good deal). In order to know what I should be looking for I have been reading just about everything I can find and I must admit I am surprise that this works.

Not for the idea but I keep hearing about people rigging this with plastic garbage can and saying that they have issues about their can colapsing on themselves due to the vacum. How is a simple carboard box sustaining it????

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I had this happen with my planer, and then found that it was only cherry that produced these long strings for shavings. Are you planing cherry?

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I think the looseness of the connections helps keep the box from collapsing. Also, it’s a 1hp collector.

The lumber is yellow pine, and still a bit wet. 4” x 8” planks being planed to 3”

I intend to get a barrel and make a more practical 2nd stage, with wheels and seals.

Now that is awesome!

What you didn’t point out is that you have killed at least two birds with one stone. The chips are already boxed and ready for shipping to wherever they will need to go, be it the fire, curb, garden or the recyclers. Now you just need a lot more boxes :-)