[Woodworkers] Dust collection

[John McCaskill via Woodworkers]

Good points. I ignored Bill's input on grounding, took to heart his lectures on dust issues in the lungs, and took quite a bit, but not all, of his advice on filtration. My system doesn't have the horsepower he thinks you need, and I don't have a cyclone on the main dust collection system, but I do have a modified inlet baffle on my dust collector and a 1/2 micron filter I never have to clean. My shop vac has a super dust deputy on it, and that also has a HEPA filter which never gets dusty. 

The lung issues are very important to me, and I study them carefully. Since my wife has a very severe case of COPD, I see everyday the difficulty one has in living with lung disease. I never turn on a dust generating machine without dust collection and/or wearing a powered respirator with a good filter. After a session at my lathe, there are wood chips all around the lathe, my clothes are dusty, but my face and my lungs are clear. I'm still trying to rig up a good at-the-source dust collection setup for my lathe. 

John

A life? Cool! Where can I download one of those from?


On Mar 16, 2016, at 7:19 PM, Dave Heitstuman via Woodworkers <woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> Paul, as usual I'm a day late but I thought I would throw a few thoughts in.  John and Royce have already given you Bill Pentz's words of wisdom by Bill so you have plenty to read.  Back when I started the design for my shop I spent allot of time reading everything I could find including all of Pentz's stuff.
> Delta puts out a nice (or they did) publication on dust collection for the hobbyist. Although very basic it gave some good info.
> When everything was said and done I just used good common sense in my design.  
> Although Bill has allot of knowledge he is very one sided on a portion of the subject.  As you read his stuff I would not get too concerned about static build-up and grounding of your system.  With that removed I think a fellow can pull some valuable info from his ramblings.
> 
> As for his stance on grounding and his very huge concern about fires and or explosions.  In all of my research I never found a single alleged case of a fire or explosion caused by a dust collection system in a hobbyists shop, not one.  As a matter of fact I continually found information proving that it was not possible.  There was one fellows blog I read that backed up all of his research on the subject of hobbyist shops and "dust explosions" with a whole bunch of physics stuff.  There were others that published similar stuff. 
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> I type the following only to shed a little light on Bill's personality.  I understand being passionate about a subject but not to the point I have personally seen Bill take it.  On more than one occasion I witnessed Bill attack people on Woodnet for questioning his writings.  Ultimately he was banned from posting because of his "personal" attacks.  I believe that he was kicked off of at least one other woodworking forum for his "it is my way or the highway" stance on the subject.  If I was as passionate as he is on a subject and I was continually provided information that at a hobbyist level I was wrong I would have to step back.  Maybe I would still believe I was right but I would not continue to argue with and certainly never attack those that question it.  I would just let it go.  Kind of like my stance on using PVC for air lines.  I know what I learned in all my research and I know I will never use PVC for air lines.  I also no longer get involved in the subject when it i
> s brought up.  Maybe in my lifetime I will be vindicated.......  Who knows maybe Bill will be too...........   
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