Hello, i have a small 20x20 shop using a harbor freight dust collector. I put in 4" pvc pipe that runs vertical along the ceiling to service both sides of the garage. The dust collector sits under the steps on the far side and pushes the fine dust outside and the rest in to a garbage can. I will try and post some pics of this stuff too.
My chop saw sits on the opposite side of the garage and is probably my biggest dust generator. When i try and run the dust collection however I find that very little is captured and part of my issue it seems is that the suction from the harbor freight unit isn't enough to push it vertically the 9 feet or so.
I have been using a shop vac which just doesn't collect enough dust so would like to try and improve what i have or put something better in place.
I don't think spending a ton on a new dust collector is wise but if you guys think otherwise say so.
A few options i have thought:
Idea 1 - and would be my first choice if it could work
I would love to utilize the harbor freight unit as I like that it extracts to the outside. Also, there is then only the one unit that i have to clean and maintain getting rid of dust. The idea here is could i but another harbor freight unit and install it on the far side of the garage and run them together. The idea being that the additional unit would aid in capturing and pushing the dust vertical and utilizing all that I have in place already. If that would stress the system to much what about a wall mounted 4" unit like the grizzly or wen?
Example:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/WEN-5-7-...+%7Bproduct%7D
Idea 2
Simply use a wall mounted unit and enclose it since I know that bag doesn't collect the fines and call it a day?
Any thoughts or ideas?
Thanks
Hopefully you can see a little of the piping in the first picture. the second (which i can't figure out how to rotate) is a continuation of the picture but of where the dust collector sits and extracts outside.
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