Small Shop Dust / Chip Collection, whatcha using?

sawwood · January 12, 2014, 12:18:09 PM

If you look in my gallery you will see my dust collection system. Its a 2hp bellsaw blower
with a collection box on the out side. I have all the piping over head and it works good.
I do need to make larger the out let size on the planer to 5" and may later this summer.

Sawwood

samandothers · January 12, 2014, 07:57:34 PM

Sawwood
The photos were nice. I believe I'll run a 6" rigid as the back bone and Y off to the equipment. Is the black pipe a smooth flexible pipe, versus a corrugated drain line?

sawwood · January 12, 2014, 08:37:34 PM

Yes most of the black pipe you see is the plastic flex type. I hope to make the 5" out
let on the planer and buy some metal pipe this summer. Will help with the air/dust
flow.

Sawwood

MattJ · January 16, 2014, 05:44:25 PM

One item that makes a huge different if you have a dust collector is the bags used. I switched to the sintered wool ones from highland hardware and the amount of dust making it through went down a lot. I also think the CFM that the collector can pull went up. I bought them a few years ago but I imagine they still sell them.

MattJ · January 16, 2014, 05:46:20 PM

Sorry not wool, polyesther. http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/shakerfeltpolyestermicronfilterbag20x32.aspx

terrifictimbersllc · January 21, 2014, 04:45:19 PM

1st one a 55 gal barrel with Delta 2hp mounted on top, bag hanging off the side. Hook it up to each machine as needed. A pain to lift off the heavy collector and empty that barrel.
2nd one an Oneida cyclone, 1.5hp, internal filter, 35 gal drum on bottom. 5" ducting permanently to machines. Much better but the small internal filter clogged up fast.
3rd one Oneida cyclone, 2hp baldor, large external filter about 15" x 48" or so. Although the 35 gal barrel fills fast when planing, very much better and all I need.