Gordon Harris is a carpenter in historic Ipswich, Massachusetts providing quality workmanship on small to medium size jobs.
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Dust collection in a home shop

Dust collection is important for shop cleanliness as well as protecting our health. While no system is 100% perfect, the assortment of methods shown below that I use in my shop does capture 99% of the dust. A Delta two bag dust collector handles the larger ports, while I use shop vacs for tools with smaller orifices.


4" hoses connect table saws, jointer and radial arm saws to Delta two bag dust collector

Table saw connected to dust collector plus improvised  fence collection

Auto switch from Sears turns on vac when tools are activated
Sanding bench connected to collector, sander and Sears bandsaw connected to vac

4" hose collects dust on my Craftsman radial arm saw




Overhead collector removes dust in the air
View from below of improvised dust collection on older Craftsman jointer




Second tablesaw connected to 4" system, and improvised router table dust collection


There are Sears coupons available for shop vacs.

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