: Thinking of turning my basement into my workshop (getting the boat out will
: be a good story). It will be a space about 11ft by 30ft. I have to be
: concerned though with dust collection. My furnace and water heater are in
: the basement (in another room) but a huge air intake is sucking air right
: out of my future workshop. So I am concerned about how to set up a dust
: collection system that actually does what it says it will do.

: My Woodcraft Catalog is loaded with dust collection doo-dads. My chief worry
: is getting a good fit around a router and a table saw. I can't for the
: life of me see how any dust collection system could cope with a thickness
: planer but I need to deal with that too somehow.

: How do you guys handle this? I have a very sweet wife and I'd really like to
: keep her that way - HELP!

: TIA Tim Eastman

Tim,
If you haven't bought a collector yet, you might want to look at the new Jet Canister dust collector. I bought one earlier this year and it's been great to have. It's not too loud and it really does a nice job of keeping the air clean. I did move up to the 6" tubing and I just move the collector from machine to machine as I need it. I have low ceilings in my basement and lower height of this unit really made it work perfectly. The taller collectors simply won't fit in my shop.