Scott Winners
09-17-2021, 12:22 AM
Help me get this right please.
Like many, my shop is in a 2 car garage shared with my wife's automobile. I have access to 2 breakers, 110vac, 20 amps each. I have a 48" lathe, a lunchbox planer, a 6" jointer, a monster radial arm saw, and a 2 bag / 4" DC from craigslist.
I am convinced exhausting the DC outdoors is a bad idea for most including me.
I am going to have to have a portable (on casters) solution and I am going to have to move the suction hose around between tools, or I can get a divorce.
My vague plan is to build a platform nominal 26 inches by up to 96 inches long, on casters, and pile all my air quality gear on it.
My thinking is I can mount a 55 gallon barrel at one end with a 4" cyclone mounted to the lid. On the suction side of the cyclone, a 4" hose to move around between tools. On the vacuum side of the cyclone, DC impeller. Moving on down the platform from the impeller, I think I want to keep both bags. Build a box around the exhaust bag, and then port that air to a HEPA filter at the far end of the rolling platform.
What I need to do is minimize wear and tear on the cannister filter. I get that a reasonable sized one is about $300. I could order that tomorrow, and the nice lady would quote me shipping to Alaska based on the weight. Then she would call me back same day and quote me elevated shipping based on air freight. About a week later she would call me again, sheepishly, with a third (even higher) shipping quote based on the volume the box takes up in the aeroplane rather than the weight. Realistically, a $300 cannister filter is going to cost me 500-600 dollars delivered. So I need to minimize the fines that get to the filter.
My main question is, if a HEPA filter cost you double, say $600 instead of $300, how interested would you be in keeping both bags on a cyclone equipped 2 bag dust collector, to prolong filter life, for the price of boxing in the exhaust bag and ducting that to the HEPA filter? In summer months I could roll the DC and whatever tool out to the driveway, open a door in the exhaust bag cabinet, and put zero wear on the filter.
I am pretty convinced to build a separate filter unit to process shop air when the DC isn't running, plan to DIY that with off the shelf parts. A few furnace filters, a fan, mount it in the DC cart somewhere, done. And have more breaker space in my next shop.
Thanks for your input. I used to buy non filtered Camels by the carton, now, too soon old and too late wise, I am concerned about air quality.
Like many, my shop is in a 2 car garage shared with my wife's automobile. I have access to 2 breakers, 110vac, 20 amps each. I have a 48" lathe, a lunchbox planer, a 6" jointer, a monster radial arm saw, and a 2 bag / 4" DC from craigslist.
I am convinced exhausting the DC outdoors is a bad idea for most including me.
I am going to have to have a portable (on casters) solution and I am going to have to move the suction hose around between tools, or I can get a divorce.
My vague plan is to build a platform nominal 26 inches by up to 96 inches long, on casters, and pile all my air quality gear on it.
My thinking is I can mount a 55 gallon barrel at one end with a 4" cyclone mounted to the lid. On the suction side of the cyclone, a 4" hose to move around between tools. On the vacuum side of the cyclone, DC impeller. Moving on down the platform from the impeller, I think I want to keep both bags. Build a box around the exhaust bag, and then port that air to a HEPA filter at the far end of the rolling platform.
What I need to do is minimize wear and tear on the cannister filter. I get that a reasonable sized one is about $300. I could order that tomorrow, and the nice lady would quote me shipping to Alaska based on the weight. Then she would call me back same day and quote me elevated shipping based on air freight. About a week later she would call me again, sheepishly, with a third (even higher) shipping quote based on the volume the box takes up in the aeroplane rather than the weight. Realistically, a $300 cannister filter is going to cost me 500-600 dollars delivered. So I need to minimize the fines that get to the filter.
My main question is, if a HEPA filter cost you double, say $600 instead of $300, how interested would you be in keeping both bags on a cyclone equipped 2 bag dust collector, to prolong filter life, for the price of boxing in the exhaust bag and ducting that to the HEPA filter? In summer months I could roll the DC and whatever tool out to the driveway, open a door in the exhaust bag cabinet, and put zero wear on the filter.
I am pretty convinced to build a separate filter unit to process shop air when the DC isn't running, plan to DIY that with off the shelf parts. A few furnace filters, a fan, mount it in the DC cart somewhere, done. And have more breaker space in my next shop.
Thanks for your input. I used to buy non filtered Camels by the carton, now, too soon old and too late wise, I am concerned about air quality.