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    Hi Guys/Girls,
    I'm now the proud owner of a DW735 planer/thicknesser and boy, is it MESSY. I don't have a "dust collection system" in my shop (garage) so am trying to put something together that will do the job. I've decided to fit a length of 90mm PVC water pipe to the outlet and fit a bag on the end like the one on the picture attached. While this collection unit (FM230) seems to be available at several sites, the bags are very hard to get. Has anyone (in Australia) seen any of these bags for sale?

    Dust collector.JPGAnyone else sorted this out in a similar way with the DW735?

    Thanks everyone

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    That approach will choke the saw outlet and fill your shed with fine invisible dust in a few Minutes.

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    Do not do that.

    In all seriousness, it's probably better to do nothing at all than to stick a bag on the machine outlet.

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    The dust extractor you've pictured has no separation of the larger and smaller particles in the dust stream and therefor clogs the filter bag very quickly, your proposed stand alone bag will do the same. The DW735 has a very strong blower so can you build a collection container that you can place outside and exhaust the debris into it through your 90mm pipe? Something like a thein baffle would work ok, but you definitely need it outside.

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    Those small blowers are by far the worst devices for dust collection I have tested in sheds. Not only do the smaller dust particles clog the bag, the visible sawdust do as well. I wouldn't be relying on the blower in any power tool to drive any dust extraction system, they all need extra suck to enable them to clear the dust.

    An alternative would be to use 3-4 bathroom exhaust fans in the walls of your shed to ventilate the fine dust and let the visible dust fall to the floor and sweep it up later. But my guess is it's the visible dust that is causing you "mess angst"?

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    Dewalt made a dust collection accessory for the DW735. It shows it’s currently unavailable but at least you get a picture
    It consists of a hose and a “dust” bag that you draw string attach to a large garbage bin. The bin collects the chips and the bag supposedly collects the dust as it can “breathe”. Here’s a link.

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    i have seen one in action. Pretty pathetic re very fine dust collection when compared to a proper dust extraction system but does collect the chips and larger dust particles, so better than nothing. BTW I wouldn’t be using it inside a shed due to fine dust.
    Aldav’s idea re a pipe and Thein filter is a good idea but I would still have that filter outside.

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    Thanks everybody and especially to you Lappa for the link. That's a much better idea. I wonder why Dewalt dicontinued it? My Wife is a keen sewer and reckons she can make one of these so I'm giving it a go - or rather she is )

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luckyb View Post
    Thanks everybody and especially to you Lappa for the link. That's a much better idea. I wonder why Dewalt dicontinued it? My Wife is a keen sewer and reckons she can make one of these so I'm giving it a go - or rather she is )
    Luckyb I think you would be better off with one of these


    hooked up to a shop vac
    Nowhere near as good as a proper dust collector, but almost certainly two orders of magnitude better than a bag made by SWMBO
    regards from Alberta, Canada

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    Thanks Ian. I'll have a look at that as well. Do you know if it works well on the Dewalt 735 planer?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luckyb View Post
    Do you know if it works well on the Dewalt 735 planer?
    Yes
    the guy who used to live across the street from me had a DW 735, several times I had his planner hooked up to a dust deputy and a Rigid 52 l shop vac.
    All the large chips ended up in the DD bucket along with most of the finer dust.
    regards from Alberta, Canada

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    Thanks Ian,
    I think you might have sold me on that one. I'll look into it.
    Thanks so much for everyones input here. A great site to be a part of.
    Brian

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    Brian

    My set up with the dust deputy, just as an example if you are looking for ideas.

    The drum is a 20L steel oil drum. Vac is a domestic 2400w pet vac, heaps of power and its adjustable. I can half fill the drum and get 2-3 tablespoons of dust in the vac drum. The Vac is quiet, HEPA filtered comes with a 2 year warranty. I really only use it for the floors and benches. It does go on the orbital sander and does very well.

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    Thanks Jasethebeginner,
    Looks like a neat setup. I intend to use this with my Dewalt 735 planer - what do you reckon? I'm only making boxes and tend to take light cuts so I wouldn't think I'd overload it.
    I'm going to give it a go anyway.

    Brian

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    Give it a go, it will be better than nothing. Empty or check the drum often, planers produce heaps of waste very quickly. I doubt it will catch everything so a dust mask would also be an excellent idea.

    Good luck with it

    Jase

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    Without SOMETHING to SUCK the Dust away - best off wheeling the unit outdoors and hope the wind helps. (Have bought an old planer /thicknesser in the past that was sitting on about a 300mm mound under a carport at the time. Presume that they raised it out of the shavings every couple of inches.)

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