john hanes
01-25-2006, 4:27 PM
I have been lurking here and elsewhere and have just completed my Cyclone Dust Collection. Yeah!:D I am a relatively new woodworker, but I finally have my shop the way I want it.
I am going to try to put up some pictures here.
It is based on a Grizzly G0440 2HP Cyclone. I went with pipe and fittings from Air Handling Systems (airhand.com). Kind of expensive, but it worked for me. It was pretty easy to put together; rivets and silicone caulk. I cut with a hand hacksaw. My shop is in the 2 car side of a 3 car garage. The vertical pipe is on quick-disconnect fittings so that I can remove it, wheel the table and saw out of the way and use the garage if I have to.
http://homepage.mac.com/johnhanes/.Pictures/picture-1.jpg
Main pipe run is 7". There is a 5" branch run to the planer & tablesaw and a 5" branch run to the CMS.
http://homepage.mac.com/johnhanes/.Pictures/picture-2.jpg
From the 5" run to the tablesaw is a blastgate with 4" hose that I will switch between planer and router table.
http://homepage.mac.com/johnhanes/.Pictures/picture-4.jpg
The 5" pipe then runs under the assembly table where it hits another blast gate that feeds the tablesaw (on a split; 3" hose to dust port, 5" hose to bellmouth under table).
http://homepage.mac.com/johnhanes/.Pictures/picture-6.jpg
The other main branch goes to CMS. I used a 10" to 5" reducer under the saw with a 3" hose that goes to the dust port.
http://homepage.mac.com/johnhanes/.Pictures/picture-5.jpg
I can also use the 3" hose for sanding station, general clean up.
Along the way is a 4" hose that will switch between the jointer and the bandsaw.
http://homepage.mac.com/johnhanes/.Pictures/picture-7.jpg
Now to get on with projects!
I am going to try to put up some pictures here.
It is based on a Grizzly G0440 2HP Cyclone. I went with pipe and fittings from Air Handling Systems (airhand.com). Kind of expensive, but it worked for me. It was pretty easy to put together; rivets and silicone caulk. I cut with a hand hacksaw. My shop is in the 2 car side of a 3 car garage. The vertical pipe is on quick-disconnect fittings so that I can remove it, wheel the table and saw out of the way and use the garage if I have to.
http://homepage.mac.com/johnhanes/.Pictures/picture-1.jpg
Main pipe run is 7". There is a 5" branch run to the planer & tablesaw and a 5" branch run to the CMS.
http://homepage.mac.com/johnhanes/.Pictures/picture-2.jpg
From the 5" run to the tablesaw is a blastgate with 4" hose that I will switch between planer and router table.
http://homepage.mac.com/johnhanes/.Pictures/picture-4.jpg
The 5" pipe then runs under the assembly table where it hits another blast gate that feeds the tablesaw (on a split; 3" hose to dust port, 5" hose to bellmouth under table).
http://homepage.mac.com/johnhanes/.Pictures/picture-6.jpg
The other main branch goes to CMS. I used a 10" to 5" reducer under the saw with a 3" hose that goes to the dust port.
http://homepage.mac.com/johnhanes/.Pictures/picture-5.jpg
I can also use the 3" hose for sanding station, general clean up.
Along the way is a 4" hose that will switch between the jointer and the bandsaw.
http://homepage.mac.com/johnhanes/.Pictures/picture-7.jpg
Now to get on with projects!