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Dust Collection #1: Dust Collection Part 1
This is the adventure I had in dust collection, do I feel this is the right way to do dust collection, I hope so; however, I am sure there are much much better ways to do this. Since my shop is in a...
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Dust Collection #2: The conversion
The first thing that had to be done was transform the motor and impellor from open air suction to more of dust collection. Since I already had the box made with the motor mount it seemed logical to...
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Dust Collection #3: Ducting
So now that I have my separator and my impellor and motor all figured out the next point of complication was ducting everything. This led me back to the internet; the internet is a scary place for dust...
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Dust Collection #4: Connections
I ran a straight section of 4” ducting over my table saw and dropped it down behind my garage door opener motor. I used two 45 degree fittings to make my 90 degree turn down. I would have liked to drop...
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Dust Collection #5: Conclusion
So at this point you may be thinking, 3 out of the 4 of your blast gates seem to be really high and not very easy to get to. But I did a little bit of thinking, in the wee hours of the morning while...
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Dust Collection #6: Revisions
So after about a month of using my new dust collection system I found a couple of areas that had opportunities for improvement. I added the Dust-Rite 5-micron dust collection filter bag from...
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