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You guys have been so helpful with some of my other posts. Thank you! I'm zeroing in on my strategy.

One question -- the start collar and wyes that I buy at my local big box store...

Thanks everyone for your ideas and tips.

One last question -- for those of you who are using snap lock metal pipe, how much "sealing" did you have to do?

1. Metal tape down seam on pipe
2. ...

WHere did you get 6x6x5 wyes? Or did you make them?

Thanks guys. One more question -- do you think I should take 6" all the way to the wall before tapering down to 5? I was thinking about tapering down to 5 a few feet before getting to the wall...

Yes, blast gates at all tools. initially I think there will only be one tool used at a time. one man shop but my teenage boys might get involved at some point.

Good idea on the 6" drops.

Yea,...

Guys,

I just did a rough sketch of my workshop. The red hatch boxes are 6" main ducts and the green are 5" ducts. All overhead except at the tool where it will either be a 4" or 5" drop.
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Can you better explain to me what you mean by "entrance loss"?

What was your airspeed at different lengths away from the DC? Are you using 6" mains with your upgraded HF unit? In your opinion can it handle it decently? I know it won't be great but "good...

Thanks for your reply. I like the idea of discharging outside but my space has a 18k btu heat pump on it and the negative pressure might be a problem. Guess I'll just discharge into a filter.

Thanks for taking the time to respond. I'm going to use plywood and hvac start collar to make a 6" intake for the HF DC and then take some air readings at 10, 20, and 30 ft of duct. When I'm...

I know this topic has come up a lot and I read most of the threads on here on the topic. Still, I'm undecided. My shop is 600sf (20x30). I'm a hobby woodworker and have the. HF dust collector in...

I didn't worry about separate boxes. Probably should have but the building doesn't meet code in other respects already. :)

Great info, thanks! Care to share what 3HP unit you bought? I found an old Powermatic model 75 near me they are wanting $300 for. have no idea how old it is.

Thanks. definitely will. I think I'm going to test out my HF on a 30' run of the 4" pvc just to see what we are talking about. Sheesh, planning out a decent system is a lot of work. :)

I will likely do some testing on 30' runs with my DC to see how it goes. But if it's not that good, as I sort of suspect, I'll be rolling mine around as well. Still I have a plan to try and...

Thanks. I'm also concerned that my little HF 2HP DC can't. handle those runs even on 6". It only has a 5" inlet and I'm not prepared to step up to a bigger DC.

I'm looking for advice on if my runs are too long for my HF 2HP DC. I was planning on using 4" trunk lines along the wall (above the ceiling) going on both directions to minimize distance. Still I...

Is it worth it to pay the extra for the Rocker heavy duty anti-static flex hose? https://www.rockler.com/dust-right-40-heavy-duty-shop-vacuum-hose-kit

Thanks!

Thanks guys. I ended up going with Pex. Very easy to install. I was done in about 3-4 hours and really like the look. I'll let you know if I have any problems.

Thanks. I really do want to learn to work with copper like that. I wanted to do it in pex or copper simply because I can cut the pipe to the length I need. I don't have a pipe threader for black...

Thanks for the link. It's helpful. This is a small personal 1 man woodworking shop so I'm def not going to be draining valves daily :)

So a water trap at each drop is just to keep water out of your tools?

Also, what concerns are there about the inside of your compressor rusting and rust flakes getting into the tools? Is that...

I love the idea of a pex like product. Can you give me a link to the max air product page? I checked copper here at my local lowes. a 10' stick of m class copper was like $16 for 3/4". Was about...

Thanks. I had heard that too. I'm pretty sure I can learn to solder copper and make good connections even though I have never done it before. Sounds like a good skill to learn :)

I'm also very...

Hey guys - need your advice

I have a 30x40 building that is split into two parts. The front part is 30x20 and is where we store mower, 4 wheelers, etc. My 60 gallon air compressor sits here. I...