[Woodworkers] Dust collection question

[Douglas Brown]

Thanks for the input

On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 3:33 PM John Corbett via Woodworkers <
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> I did my router table a little different. I actually built a cabinet
> similar to the one Joe and others that a router lift is built into the
> table saw wing. The lift is enclosed and includes a 4” port to my DC. The
> fence is a square AL extrusion  with a 2.5” port at one end tied to a shop
> vac. Both the 4” & 2.5” ports have blast gates. The center of the fence has
> a plastic piece that can be cut so that the bit outline closes off the hole
> directing the chips into the fence’s cavity then sucked out by the shop
> vac. I get very little dust and chips in the air.
> Make sense?
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> On Dec 29, 2020, at 16:59, Clint Warren via Woodworkers <
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> Good idea.
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> Some sort of gate would also allow you to adjust for the right mix of
> upper and lower. I suppose you could put a gate on both, but I’d be
> inclined to do just the bottom one first to see if it was going to work at
> all.
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> *From: *Joseph Watson via Woodworkers <woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, December 29, 2020 2:07 PM
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> *Cc: *Joseph Watson <carlos_ponti at yahoo.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [Woodworkers] Dust collection question
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> yes you will be cutting the flow if you try opening a second collection
> area. you can create a gate to shut off the one you are not using and keep
> open the one you are using.
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> On Tuesday, December 29, 2020, 02:52:13 PM CST, Douglas Brown via
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> Hi All.
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> It's been a long time since I posted to this group,and I was sad to hear
> about Graham.  I suppose it is like memorial services, to see the postings
> about his passing reminded me of all the good people in this group that are
> still here.
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> Anyway.  My shop is located in half of a garage and I am thinking about
> improving my dust collection without making any big investments, it is just
> a garage after all.  I use a shop vac with one of those barrel cyclone
> collectors and hook it up to whatever machine I am using.  I am making a
> new fence for my router table which would include a dust collection port.
> I was thinking of getting one of those hose splitters and trying to collect
> dust from down below the router (which is enclosed) as well as from the
> fence.  My knowledge of fluid mechanics is close to nil, so I was wondering
> if by trying to collect dust from both ports at the same time would
> diminish the suction so that I wouldn't get anything from either.
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> Your input would be greatly appreciated.
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> Doug in LA
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