I have carpet in my basement "shop." (Doubles as my exercise room.)
I collect bigger chunks and plane shavings by hand in a dustpan and then vacuum the small stuff and dust. Works fine. I also put plastic sheeting down when using an glues or finishes, just to be safe. Cheap and easy.
I did buy a cheapo vacuum though to dedicate to the shop. I didn't want to go upstairs to get it all the time and figured it would be better than sucking up sawdust all the time with the good vacuum.
A shopvac is a waste of time for sawdust in carpet.
Just wanted to thank everyone for their input! I started the hand tool migration over the weekend. Working on putting up lights now and I can't wait to outfit the space!
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Lighting is very important for my older eyes. Sounds like a good plan to address it up front.
David