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After reading the dust collection posts, I have decided to try to up my vacume abilities, as I like collection the large chunks before they hit the filter. I do use a hepa filter on my small shop vac, but dust still makes it to the paper one,

 

I am thinking of hooking up to 2 5 gallon buckets, one for the large stuff, and one exit bucket with a vacume small particle hepa fliler fitted on it to clean the exit air. That should eliminate any dust issues for the most part, as Im going into a basement soon.

 

Anyone do something like this for non professional small shop set ups?

sounds like you need a cyclone.

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Yea, and a straightedge, and a humidifier, and a CGI electrical connecion for the dehumidifier, and other power tools, and and and....

 

I think with an exaust port that is hepa, and a front end bucket that catches the big stuff, I should do ok. Its really the exaust end. I dont make alot of dust with the drill press and bandsaw. But its in a basement now.

The tools that cause the most of the small particle dust are the sanders. By far their output of extremely fine dust outweighs all of the others combined. Next would be your saws, such as the table saw and band saw. If you can get control of the fine dust that these toold put out, you will greatly eliminate most of the fine dust problems of your small shop.

If you can use a shop vac and one of the cyclone's to fit it, this should prove to be a GREAT improvement.

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It sure will.  I'm not dust free by a long shot, but most of what is left around is fairly big dust, like surface dust on my band saw table, which I suck up after cutting. 97% is picked up by the vacuum.  The vacuum seems to pick up all the airborne dust from sanding.  My worst tool for dust is a Radial Arm saw. Very hard to control.

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[QUOTE=WaddyT] My worst tool for dust is a Radial Arm saw. Very hard to control. [/QUOTE]

Ive been thinking about that, I would say it MUST be contained, I was thinking of using wall panneling siding to build a quick containment room of sorts. Something where it would attach to the ceiling with hooks or something, to contain the spray.

I think even a decent used vacume cleaner with the hepa filters would work as a plug in device, but Im a little wacky. Some already have the dual large dust, dual hepa filters, mine does. Just plug in your shop vac for extra sucksion on the outside hepa. Lol. 

Hmmmmm I may be checking craigslist for that just to see. Robo Sander and Bandsaw and handsaw , radius dish is my main source of the stuff. And foredom, Im going back into woodcarving on the side.

Oh the fun of it all. I just wanna work!

You might consider making a light weight wall frame and seal it with heavy plastic.

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