Inexpensive dust/chip collector for Delta planer

That a pretty good idea. I could have saved some money, because I bought the dust chute way back when.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

INGENUITY…ONCE AGAIN…

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Awesome. I commented on the review about the lack of DC. I have the same model and will give this a shot. I have some tubing at hand so it’s worth a shot at no cost. I have a weak DC, but it does more than my higher quality shop vac. I want to try the shop van, however. It will be easier to use than running more tubing and blast gates. Thanks.

-- Jeff, South Carolina

SST,

Very good idea. Once again you show how thrifty that you are. ( I would never even think of using the word cheap) :)

I am like Gary. I wish I had seen something like this earlier. I just bought a chute for my Delta unit last month.

Thanks for the post. As ever you are an inspiration.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Great idea!! Thanks for the post.

-- Pat, Colorado

I was going to do this but the delta part for this was only 17.00. So I just bought it.

-- Tony, Ohio

That’s pretty cool. My brother has a Delta, I’m going to show him this. Thanks
for the idea.

-- Martin, Kansas

Form and function, what more can you ask for.

-- Grant...."GO BUCKEYES"

Just a follow up…I need to check & clean out my shop-vac filter often to retain good suction, otherwise, it seems to be doing fine. -SST

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SST – one thing you might try is the dust bags for the shop vac – after putting one of those in my shop vac -
the filter never fills – except for some very light dust – which is very easy to get rid of – and all of the wood chips/dust goes into the dust bags – when its full – just toss it. I picked the bags up at my local Home Depot.

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Great idea, I wasn’t aware of that. I’ll probably get some today. Thanks

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Interesting idea, I have a Dewalt 733 with no dust collection manifold…I may be able to rig something up based on your idea. Thanks.

-- cough...cough....next big purchase is wood for the next project, Mark