woodlandfarms
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Bob, you ought to ask Ksimolo about his heating systems. Pretty darn cool stuff...
woodlandfarms said:Bob, you ought to ask Ksimolo about his heating systems. Pretty darn cool stuff...
I kind of like using my dust collector. The big 4" hose vacuums up just about anything (including crescent wrenches and screwdrivers if you are not careful).BobRip said:I kinda like using a good shop vac.... I will probably run some tubing for a central shop vac.
Tim_in_CT said:I kind of like using my dust collector. The big 4" hose vacuums up just about anything (including crescent wrenches and screwdrivers if you are not careful).
Think about putting in some 6" PVC runs for dust collector tubing. You said you were into woodworking, so I assume you have a DC or will get one soon (trust me, a vacuum has nothing on a DC to keep a shop clean). I never use my shop vac in my shop, since I have 4" PVC run the length of the shop hooked up to my DC. If you don't have a DC, below is the cheap way many start: two bag dust collector from HF (you can get them for $130-160 on sale), with a Wynn canoster filter added ($90 or $130). It moves an incredible amount of ar. You can spend alot more money for pretty much the same thing.
BobRip said:Sounds good. What is the electrical service required? Will it pick up metal dust from metal working or is this a fire hazard? I think I could put this in the attic. Is that OK? Shop space is valuable, attic space is not so much.
I did that also in my shop only I used a 4 inch pvc pipe where my table saw was going to set I have a blast gate where it comes up out of the floor ,it works good with no problems with it. I also ran the electric cable along side the pipe and up beside the pipe that way I don't have an electric cord to trip over. I also put drop down plug ins where the machines would set that an electric cord wouldn't interfere with using the machines. Talking about picking up metal with the dust collector, I wouldn't want to do it instead a magnet does a good job. I have three 55 gallon barrels in line just before the suction lines go into the collector most all of the dust stays in these barrels and don't go into the dust bags but still I scringe at the thought of something big going into the collector and ruining the impeller. Someone said that the thin walled pvc would collapse, I haven't had that to happen. If you are going to use pvc for your suction line I have read that it is a good idea to run a wire along side the pvc pipe and grounded to the machine it is on and to the plug in box to keep static electric from building up and arcing and starting a fire. The first time I set my dust collector up I had the wire inside the pipe but now I have it on the outside with a screw at each end of the pipe joints with the wire wrapped around it.J_J said:Bob,
The metal chips, dust, etc can be best picked up by a magnet. Keep that stuff separate from the wood dust.
I would not put the dust in the attic, or in the shop. Outside under an overhang. That fine dust out of the bags have to go somewheres, preferably not back in the shop .
I put a cement pad in years ago planning to build a garage/workshop, and installed a 6 in pvc tube under the pad from the middle of the shop floor. going to the back the garage/workshop just for dust or dirt or thrash.