Thread: Let's see what we can do.....

Originally Posted by Cal

Thanks Bob! That's just the ticket!

I thought about putting a door either end of the enclosure but the issue with that is all the milled timber I have stuffed down the side would make it a pain to get to the second bag anyway. Your idea of access through the shed may work. Will think about that as an option. May be a good spot for the lathe? I have to redesign the layout anyway as I have quickly outgrown the shed, the junk has to go. I have mentioned to the good lady that I will have to take over the unused carport at the front of the house to store the out of house stuff (Xmas deco's etc)

I was going to do the same thing with the enclosure outside my shed but as I have 1.25m between the shed and the fence I went for a 700 mm wide enclosure with 100 mm of that being the doors.
I have 3 doors ~600 mm wide that don't quite open all the way but its enough to service the machine. To get the DC into the space the doors have pin type hinges and a re easily removable.

The only other option I have is in the middle of the left side (6m with PA door) wall, there it would face the house and there is about 2 meters between the house and shed. I have a water tank against the house closer to the side fence so it would be a zigzag to get to the rear of the shed. Will take some better photos of this to give a better idea. It would certainly give me more room to empty bags and clean filters etc.


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Here are some pics of the shed. You would never know I spent 20+ years as a photographer!







I don't have enough room for two doors into the dusty from the shed but one may work on the right closest to the centre of the shed and place the other one outside on the left. Otherwise on the side wall.

Don't mind the mess!

Originally Posted by Cal

3hp with a 10amp plug!

Cal, good buy at that price.

Those 3hp models from Leda don't come with a plug. They are meant to be wired in to a 15amp circuit or have an appropriate 15amp plug fitted to suit your 15amp outlet.

I opened up the inlet on my 3ph version to 10" and it has been running my cyclone ok for many years now.

In post 20 you mentioned a 90 degree bend out of the dusty. Is that to get to ceiling height? If so you can take the dusty and turn it upside down and hang the base from the top of your lean to. You only need to disconnect the bag rings at the "Y" and turn them upside down keep the orientation the same as it is now.

Pete

NeilS, there are two models of 3hp units from ledacraft mine is the "portable" dc2200 Dust Extractors : LEDA CT-213 DUST EXTRACTOR
Dust Extractors : LEDA DC-2200 PORTABLE DUST EXTRACTOR

Cheers Cal.

Pete, was thinking of adding a couple of "y" junctions on the way up to service the lathe and belt sander. The thicknesser, ts and mitre saw can be serviced by the overhead duct. The mitre saw at the end of the run, approx 10 metres of duct to get there via the ceiling.

Originally Posted by Cal

NeilS, there are two models of 3hp units from ledacraft mine is the "portable" dc2200 Dust Extractors : LEDA CT-213 DUST EXTRACTOR
Dust Extractors : LEDA DC-2200 PORTABLE DUST EXTRACTOR

Cheers Cal.

Pete, was thinking of adding a couple of "y" junctions on the way up to service the lathe and belt sander. The thicknesser, ts and mitre saw can be serviced by the overhead duct. The mitre saw at the end of the run, approx 10 metres of duct to get there via the ceiling.

10m duct runs are a but of an ask for a 3HP system so don't expect too much at this length of draw,

Originally Posted by QC Inspector

In post 20 you mentioned a 90 degree bend out of the dusty. Is that to get to ceiling height? If so you can take the dusty and turn it upside down and hang the base from the top of your lean to. You only need to disconnect the bag rings at the "Y" and turn them upside down keep the orientation the same as it is now.

Watch out as some filter bag holders have structure inside them for which correct vertical orientation is essential for them to work correctly. These may need to be left in the same orientation if the DC is flipped,

Thanks Bob, I don't expect a lot of flow over at the mitre saw, I am trying to condense the other machines as much as I can to reduce duct length. I will endeavour to draw up a layout proposal for the machines and post it up for your critique. I may either add the shop vac to the mitre saw (along with duct) or use it outside the shed.

I think at this stage I will stick with your idea of leaving the DC as is, flipping it is going to be a bit of an issue re hanging it in the enclosure an then being able to inspect the impeller at intervals. It would be a shorter run of duct to the lathe and belt sander leaving it alone. I only want to cut one hole in the shed though so it needs to be right ( or as close to) Cheers Cal


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Originally Posted by NeilS

I opened up the inlet on my 3ph version to 10"

Correction, that should have been 8" inlet.



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Originally Posted by Cal

NeilS, there are two models of 3hp units from ledacraft mine is the "portable" dc2200 Dust Extractors : LEDA CT-213 DUST EXTRACTOR
Dust Extractors : LEDA DC-2200 PORTABLE DUST EXTRACTOR

Cheers Cal.

Yes, Cal, had I been able to look at the image in your 1st post (Taptalk doesn't always display images for me) I would have seen that yours has a 6" inlet, mine is 8".





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Well with the working week ended I have a whole load of work to do in cleaning out the shed (some of it) so I can set out the machines to make best use of the space and proximity to the ducting. I want to lay it all out before deciding on where the DC will go outside. I scored (free) a 2.4mtr length of 150mm pvc today. And bought some fittings too. Will post when things are in place for all of you to add your wisdom to my puzzle [emoji1]

Cal, when you've sorted your shed out, care to come and do mine.
Kryn

Yep sure Kryn, year 2086 suit?


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Ok, so used my initiative and decided to place the DC central of the side wall. It is going to be the best place to gain access for both bags.


Slab is down! Approximately 1750x900 should give me enough room to use 70x35 frame, insulation and mdf on the inside with colourbond exterior and roof to match the shed.

Here are a few pics with some of the mess cleared out.









From where the slab sits the duct should come in where I have the bend sitting against the wall. I will have to sit the DC on some timbers to raise it up to clear the bottom top hat.

Approximation of where the belt sander may go, further along the lathe. The thicknesser will need to go on wheels and roll into position when required same with the triton and router table. Hopefully I can then just use the shortest runs of ducting I can.

What do you think???