: I waited too long but finally built a really great dust collection system
: with components from Grainger a plywood bin and 3 ten foot high felt
: filter bags. The amount of filter area and type of bag material seems to
: be a common problem with many small dust collectors. If you are only
: running one machine at a time you really only need a 1HP blower but you
: can't use up your filter area for dust storage. It makes for a very
: inefficient system. All that aside after reading the post about the guy
: who used the range hood, it reminded me of my Dad being of a similar
: nature. He rigged up a collector using an electric leaf blower and it
: served his needs very well. He never even modified the blower so he could
: pull it out of service in the shop and still use it for yard work. Ther
: are all sorts of things you can do to build a system. One of the things I
: couldn't see was buying expensive metal or cheap plastic blast gates so I
: made wooden ones out of plywood and they wook extreamly well. Above all
: else remember "safty is a matter of self respect" Steve
Steve,
Thanks, I always wondered what good those leaf blowers were. My home is located on a fifteen acre wood lot. Needless to say, I let nature take care of the leaves. Is Grainger the firm that sells "Onieda Systems?" Can we have some PICS of you blast gate design? Another question. I've heard that static build up in plastic dust pipe has a fire/explosion potential. Did you try to deal with this in any way?