Ray Schafer
03-03-2008, 12:05 PM
I currently have no dust collection. I am trying to map out a strategy that will get me is steps from nothing ... to the final dust collection set up. I would like advice on how to start and what my end-game goal is. I know that there are various threads that discuss various parts of this issue. I am hoping that this thread can be a goold collection of overall dust collection approaches.
Background:
I have a shop in the third bay of my three-car garage. I have two large garage doors and a utility door. when the weather is not too bad, I open the doors and let the breeze carry away the dust. When the weather is cold, I keep everything closed up (which is about 20% of the time). I now use a washable face mask (like a surgical mask) that I picked up at a woodworking store.
Here are my thoughts:
1. I think that I need first is a respirator. Can you please make suggestions on brands and models?
2. I think that my next step would be to buy a shop vac that can be used for dust collection -- attached to my tools. What shop vacs do a good job at this?
3. I think that I will need a chip separator to use with my shop vac -- is that true? What do you recommend to buy or build for this?
4. When budget allows (or time allows me to build), I will want to go to the next level -- dust collector (cyclone?) and air filtration.
5. I understand that dust collectors collect the chips and some dust down to a certain size, but that an air filter is required to collect the small more dangerous dust. Is this true?
6. What approachdo you recommend for dust collectors -- build a Bill Penz type model, buy a reasonable priced system?
7. If an air filter is required because of the issue in #5, what air filters will do a good job.
8. Price/cost is always an issue, so I want to be budget conscious while making my choices.
Background:
I have a shop in the third bay of my three-car garage. I have two large garage doors and a utility door. when the weather is not too bad, I open the doors and let the breeze carry away the dust. When the weather is cold, I keep everything closed up (which is about 20% of the time). I now use a washable face mask (like a surgical mask) that I picked up at a woodworking store.
Here are my thoughts:
1. I think that I need first is a respirator. Can you please make suggestions on brands and models?
2. I think that my next step would be to buy a shop vac that can be used for dust collection -- attached to my tools. What shop vacs do a good job at this?
3. I think that I will need a chip separator to use with my shop vac -- is that true? What do you recommend to buy or build for this?
4. When budget allows (or time allows me to build), I will want to go to the next level -- dust collector (cyclone?) and air filtration.
5. I understand that dust collectors collect the chips and some dust down to a certain size, but that an air filter is required to collect the small more dangerous dust. Is this true?
6. What approachdo you recommend for dust collectors -- build a Bill Penz type model, buy a reasonable priced system?
7. If an air filter is required because of the issue in #5, what air filters will do a good job.
8. Price/cost is always an issue, so I want to be budget conscious while making my choices.