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It sounds like you are pushing lots of air around but are you exhausting the air somewhere or just rearranging it inside the shop?

A worthwhile setup would see the big fan in a window or the...

Keep in mind, of course, that the air quality will be limited to that of the outside air. :eek:

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Hi Jim,

If you follow that thread down to the last two messages you may find something interesting.

I asked Allan if the mod was to increase the size on the chip collection side or if it was...

Nothing says the flooring needs to be boring. My 4 year old granddaughter thinks Grampa's playhouse is pretty neat. :) It's a bunch easier on the feet, too.

Jim, I like the ability to rearrange...

Hi Hans,

If you go online to the Google Sketchup site you will find a number of videos and self-paced tutorials. They are a great way to learn the basics. It's surprising how much you can do with...

Hi Scott,

My lower cabinets aren't conventional cabinets. They are all drawers. I'll never use a conventional lower cabinet again. Drawers are just way more useful. If I was going to build a...

As was mentioned a couple of messages above, just click on any message entered by Phil Thien, click on his name, click on his web page and you'll get the whole story. I'm surprised that searching on...

Hi David,

That's a well-written post and I agree with the majority of it. But this just stopped me cold. I can tell you from my own testing with my Dylos particle counter (0.5 micron) that it's...

If you were also an avid golf nut, like me, you would turn it into a super indoor practice facility. I've been thinking of dedicating a corner of my shop to that use. .... But which corner do I give...

Hi Jason,

If you decide to use the seperate building for your shop here's a couple of suggestions. When I built my shop a couple years ago I wanted good height inside. I used 9' studs for the...

Keep in mind that was a couple of years ago, not long after I had first moved into it. It's quite different now... :o

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It should be very easy to laminate a beam from some of those 2x10s and run it the 36' direction. It doesn't have to be really strong because it sits on the concrete and all it needs to do is give you...

Mike, there's no reason you can't use a bottom as large as you like. The only trick is to make sure you get a good seal when you put the vac on top or it won't work no matter how big or small it is....

Peter,

You can fix the issue of the fines being recirculated by getting a better filter for your shop vacuum. I have HEPA filters (by Cleanstream) in both of mine. It makes a difference.
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Here's how I did mine. Scroll down a bit to get to the narrative. There isn't a lot I would do differently.

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So are you old enough to be able to write a routine in 360 or 370 assembler or PDP/8 or /11 macro assembler to decode the twinkies numbers?? ;)

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A suggestion to consider for the base cabinets .. fill them with drawers. Don't do conventional doors and shelves. Here's what I did. It makes them hugely more useful. I had one goal with the...

I struggled with the door issue when I designed my new shop. I decided to frame for an overhead door but fill it with a bolted-in wall section so it's ready if someone ever wants to use it for a car...

There's also the issue of the final connection to the tool. It's often difficult or impossible to create a large enough opening to get to the size of the main. So there has to be a reducer at some...

I think it also depends very much on your expectations. Someone who wants the shop to be visibly cleaner and has budget and/or space limitations will likely be very pleased with the results from good...

Thanks for the clarification, David. It occurs to me that part of the reason that's not so much of an issue for me is that the airflow of the new Delta is still so much more than the old King, even...

Yes. I got an email from a very friendly person there and she was quite firm that they do not ship USPS.

She suggested that if I knew someone in the US Wynn could ship to that person who could...

Hi John,

That's just another one of those urban fairy tales. The 'lectric company is not going to miss something as obvious as that.

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Hi Andrew,

The same breaker that is handling my dust collector would not handle my air compressor. Both user manuals said the same thing: use a 20A breaker. I had to rewire my compressor for 240V...

I tested my 50-760 when I was assembling it a couple weeks ago. The startup draw is around 70 amps. I have mine plugged into 12awg wire and a 20A breaker. So far I haven't had any trouble with the...