DUST FILTER
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Starving Artist
CGF, Certified Grumble Framer
I had the same problem (in our home shop) with my saw and found if we allowed extra space behind the saw we could use a flex hose attached to a good shop vac. We had to build a support with a spring attached to lift and hold the hose in-order to allow for the swing. In our retail shop we have a saw box with vac attached to the double saw and a feed to our back-up chop saw for metel.
The main problem you are going to have is that with all the open area around the saw blade you are still going to get a lot of dust.
The main problem you are going to have is that with all the open area around the saw blade you are still going to get a lot of dust.
Artrageous
PFG, Picture Framing God
Try this, just connect a shop vac to it and you can place it and turn it anyway you want.
http://www.dynamitetoolco.com/Woodstock-D2267-Floor-Dust-Collection-Attachment-p/woo-d2267.htm
http://www.dynamitetoolco.com/Woodstock-D2267-Floor-Dust-Collection-Attachment-p/woo-d2267.htm
janetj1968
PFG, Picture Framing God
And after a while with your shop vac always running so close to you, you'll go deaf.
(Serious.)
after a while with your shop vac always running so close to you, you'll go deaf
WHAT??? no thought as to the noise of the saw????
vac sound is the LEAST of it! SHAME on YOU! run your buns down to the nearest hardware store(ASAP!!!!!!) and get some good ear gear!!!! (dont get any of the $5 trash!!! altho anything is better than nothing!)
WHAT??? no thought as to the noise of the saw????
vac sound is the LEAST of it! SHAME on YOU! run your buns down to the nearest hardware store(ASAP!!!!!!) and get some good ear gear!!!! (dont get any of the $5 trash!!! altho anything is better than nothing!)JWB9999999
SGF, Supreme Grumble Framer
I had this setup for years.
1. Get a large shopvac and a flexible hose to connect to the back.
2. Get a small shopvac, keep and use the attachments that come with it, and use it to suck up all the dust that spews out the sides and doesn't go into the large shopvac. Use as necessary.
3. Definitely get some earmuffs for hearing protection. Loud noises in a small space aren't wonderful for your hearing over time.
4. Make sure your garbage can is outside, the one you will need to empty the shopvacs into, or you'll just be making huge clouds of dust in your basement as you bang the dust out of the shopvac filters.
You can get replacement filters at hardware stores like Lowe's or Home Depot. I found that I needed to replace mine about 4 times a year, as long as I kept cleaning them as mentioned above. It will really depend on how much cutting you do.
1. Get a large shopvac and a flexible hose to connect to the back.
2. Get a small shopvac, keep and use the attachments that come with it, and use it to suck up all the dust that spews out the sides and doesn't go into the large shopvac. Use as necessary.
3. Definitely get some earmuffs for hearing protection. Loud noises in a small space aren't wonderful for your hearing over time.
4. Make sure your garbage can is outside, the one you will need to empty the shopvacs into, or you'll just be making huge clouds of dust in your basement as you bang the dust out of the shopvac filters.
You can get replacement filters at hardware stores like Lowe's or Home Depot. I found that I needed to replace mine about 4 times a year, as long as I kept cleaning them as mentioned above. It will really depend on how much cutting you do.
Shop vacs are going to be the cheapest, and the least efficient as well. Dust collection systems are available from Sears, Grizzly, etc., etc., etc. There are also air filtration units, ranging from small and cheap to large and expensive.
My machines are ground floor, dust collection with pipe to each machine, gated, is in the basement, and there is an air filter above my workbench.
Most saws have ports for attaching some sort of dust collection device, in which case the vac, if you're only using one machine, would be fine.
I find that ear muffs give me headaches, so I use the ear plugs available at drug stores everywhere. Read the labels, as there is a range from the mid 20s to the 30s of DB attenuation, but that won't matter if you don't use them ... always ... every time.
One addition to what JWB9999999 said is newer Shop vacs, Sears specially, use filter bags along with filter cartridges; makes clean-up much easier.
My machines are ground floor, dust collection with pipe to each machine, gated, is in the basement, and there is an air filter above my workbench.
Most saws have ports for attaching some sort of dust collection device, in which case the vac, if you're only using one machine, would be fine.
I find that ear muffs give me headaches, so I use the ear plugs available at drug stores everywhere. Read the labels, as there is a range from the mid 20s to the 30s of DB attenuation, but that won't matter if you don't use them ... always ... every time.
One addition to what JWB9999999 said is newer Shop vacs, Sears specially, use filter bags along with filter cartridges; makes clean-up much easier.