that motor looks to be… 0.75 or 1 horsepower?
this would be the old school way of dust collection: vertical inlet / vertical outlet from a 32 or plus gallon drum. it will work as a CHIP collector, not a DUST collector.
it's a start to keeping your shop clean, but do keep in mind if you continue making saw dust… you'll have to research 2hp (think Harbor Freight Dust Collector) or so.
the inlet is the hole to the right in this picture, outlet is from the motor.
You will want to rearrange that old school motor / fan combo to suck air out of the drum, with a thien type of chip separator inside, then you will be on the right track.
You will want to rearrange that old school motor / fan combo to suck air out of the drum, with a thien type of chip separator inside, then you will be on the right track.
And if you do not blow outside, then I would suggest a Wynn Environmental Filter set up. 0.5 or 1 micron filter is your best bet. As others have pointed out, lots of info on how to build one out with the Thein Cyclone and filters. Do it wrong, and you will create a greater health hazard than if you just used a broom and dust pan.
Here is mine. Just give you an idea of how you would set yours up.
mount it to a board ,plywood .then set that on the tank you find.you can get those plastic food grade drums cheap or free . another method would be to put a cyclone in front of it .i bought my cyclones from ebay seller .put the cyclone on a tank .from the cyclone run a hose to inlet on your blower . i then direct exhaust it outside .for small systems the direct exhausting really helps with suction[if there is any dust i can not see it ] . i have a 1 1/2 hp for my power tools hooked up this way .and a 1 hp on top of a cyclone just for a milwaukee 12" mitersaw . i bought a 20$ remote switch from Home Depot and use it to operate the 1 hp collector .
I have a Festool DC vacuum. Can I do the same thing with that?
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