John Fairbairn III
02-15-2022, 11:05 AM
Hi all,
Forgive me if I missed it but I didn't have any luck searching. I had an idea that I though MIGHT make sense - but as an old friend used to say about new ideas, "Maybe I should keep it to myself in case I don't get another one..."
I have a 1.5HP dust collector connected immediately to a 50-gallon drum I made into a dust separator connected to about 50ft of 4" pipe. Probably more than 50ft really, but it gives you an idea. The planer and jointer are 30-ft from the separator. Just the way my shop is set up, I am not changing it again... Oy.... So I thought, why not have two separators. One at the DC like I have already. And then a second one right at the planer. Why???????????? Well, because the new planer is a 20" and produces a LOT of chips - everything else just produces dust. And I can't help but think that a separator right there will help me avoid overloading the main separator. I hate changing out the bag on the DC - so when I mess up and overfill the separator, I hate myself. :mad:
Main question --- will the use of a 2nd separator cause a major loss of suction to the whole system? I would likely dedicate it to the planer and the blast gate would be on the DC side of the 2nd separator to it would be isolated (meaning that the 2nd separator only engages with the planer is in use). Also, I have chickens so they would be getting really nice shavings from this new separator instead of the mixture of dust and shavings right now :)
thanks for your time.
Forgive me if I missed it but I didn't have any luck searching. I had an idea that I though MIGHT make sense - but as an old friend used to say about new ideas, "Maybe I should keep it to myself in case I don't get another one..."
I have a 1.5HP dust collector connected immediately to a 50-gallon drum I made into a dust separator connected to about 50ft of 4" pipe. Probably more than 50ft really, but it gives you an idea. The planer and jointer are 30-ft from the separator. Just the way my shop is set up, I am not changing it again... Oy.... So I thought, why not have two separators. One at the DC like I have already. And then a second one right at the planer. Why???????????? Well, because the new planer is a 20" and produces a LOT of chips - everything else just produces dust. And I can't help but think that a separator right there will help me avoid overloading the main separator. I hate changing out the bag on the DC - so when I mess up and overfill the separator, I hate myself. :mad:
Main question --- will the use of a 2nd separator cause a major loss of suction to the whole system? I would likely dedicate it to the planer and the blast gate would be on the DC side of the 2nd separator to it would be isolated (meaning that the 2nd separator only engages with the planer is in use). Also, I have chickens so they would be getting really nice shavings from this new separator instead of the mixture of dust and shavings right now :)
thanks for your time.