Thread: Advice required for in bench DE distribution & fittings

Have a look for a puddle flange in the plumbing section at Bunnings. You should be able to get one with a 100mm female socket to glue a length of 100mm pipe into.

Originally Posted by crozdog

Hi All,
I'm in the process of building a new bench to mount my new triton router - as well as my table saw. This bench will be fitted with my INCRA Jig ultra - upgraded with the wonder fence.

The bench top is 60mm thick. I have the DE plumbing sorted for the table saw, but the setup for the router is making me scratch my head.

I want to run some 4" PVC pipe through from the end of the bench & Y it off with 1 fork of the y connecting to the triton's dust port (via reducers)

That's not going to be very effective. Those router dust ports are made for "low flow - high velocity" air extraction systems like vacuum cleaners. The flow rate of conventional DCs through those restricted posts is very small and most of the fine dust will escape. Even with a vacuum cleaner most of the fine dust will escape anyway.

A better way to handle dust from a router using a DC is to enclose the router in a small well vented cabinet and suck on that with a full 6" port and ducting.

Thanks Jack. I'll have a look for a puddle flange tomorrow. Just knowing what to ask / look for helps.

Bob, I have been wondering about the flow rate at the router after going through reducers. I have seen a lot of guys running 2-2.5" branches to their router. might start with that & see how it goes as I wasn't planning on boxing the router in.