Thread: Help sought in dust collection

A 1hp might be sufficient as long as it has very short runs of plumbing, I'd be limiting your pipework to very short lengths, otherwise you might be very disappointed.

I've use my 1hp dusty on my 8" Jointer to collect shavings specifically for a job and it can struggle if I feed the timber too quick.

Originally Posted by Johncs

I don't want to spend a fortune, but neither do I want something inadequate.

Mostly, there will be only one worker, and rarely more than one dust-maker in use at any time.

If you want something adequate you will be spending a fortune, unfortunately that's the way it is but you must equate it with the benefits to your health. IMO there is no greater investment you can make than in your health so start of right and start reading about how to go about it.

There is a wealth of information on this board about dust collection and you should also read Bill Pents website.

BTW the 1 hp jobbies (even with blast gates and plumbing) is only good as boosters in a larger system. They are not worth buying.

Peter.

John, how is your shed set up? Are you able to just suck up the chips with the 1hp unit and blow the lung damaging dust out the door with a big fan?

Your header says 'dust collection', not 'air filtering'. Are you concerned about both or just sucking up the messy stuff?

Originally Posted by Spooky

John, how is your shed set up? Are you able to just suck up the chips with the 1hp unit and blow the lung damaging dust out the door with a big fan?

Your header says 'dust collection', not 'air filtering'. Are you concerned about both or just sucking up the messy stuff?

Not concerned with air filtering atm.

The current workshop is an old double garage, built at the end of the 60s. It's framed in Jarrah, clad in asbestos sheeting.

There's a plan to build something new, Moneybags sold her other house and it settled during the past week. I'm contemplating timber frame, colorbond cladding, and skylights.

If dust is a problem, I can always open a door and (maybe) point a fan at it.

What I most want to collect is the stuff that falls out of things and lands in the immediate vicinity.

"Adequate," for my purposes doesn't mean professional or commercial.


I had the leaf blower out today. It's a McCulloch two-stroke I bought at Bunnies a while ago.I was thinking it might do a pretty fine job of moving the air. A big plastic bin in the line would collect lots of chips, and if the machine's outside, any dust it expels would just blow away in the wind, and the noise probably won't bother me either.

Originally Posted by Sturdee

and you should also read Bill Pents website.


Peter.

For the record (and lurkers) it's here: http://billpentz.com/

Originally Posted by Spooky

John, how is your shed set up? Are you able to just suck up the chips with the 1hp unit and blow the lung damaging dust out the door with a big fan?

Your header says 'dust collection', not 'air filtering'. Are you concerned about both or just sucking up the messy stuff?

I settled on a Hafco DC-3 from Fiora (Hafco here does lots of metalworking kit, but not much woodworking, Fiora does that). I was going to (maybe) buy a thicknesser there, but the one I wanted was not in stock and wouldn't be until August. I dropped in on Timbecon on the way home, it turns out their silimarly-priced machine is infact their version of it, it's just not possible to tell from the product descriptions.

Finally, I bought a better machine, one where if I have problems it's most likely me, not the machine.