Ok, I am now convinced that I need a dust collector system. My shop is a 2 car garage, and I am running (not at once) a planer,jointer, table saw, sometimes a router, and the sanding seems to never end.
My question is this: I really just want to minimize the amount of fine dust in the air. From what I understand, dust collection systems won't handle a lot of this. Even with a 1 micron bag, there will still be a significant amount of fine dust in the air from sanding and from stuff that just can't be picked up by the dust collectors. Hence, there are air filtration systems for just the fine, airborne dust.
I am unconcerned about the larger stuff that falls to the ground and I can sweep away; I don't mind sweeping. I just want to get rid of the fine stuff.
Do I really need BOTH machines? I am really cheap but I stay away from cheap tools.