Originally Posted by
Bradley Potts
If I were doing it all over again, I would buy a HF 1hp - 2hp DC (~650 cfm and as low as $99) + 1micron bag from Rockler ($25 on sale now) + a Dust Deputy (on a big can) and use a hose no longer than 6' - 7'. This would all be cart mounted and moved from machine-machine and should be able to keep a TS or planer clear. The cost of this healthy setup would be about $200. Ducting is the real hidden expense in DC systems, and my approach 100% eliminates it; plus if and when you tire of moving the dust cart around a big shop (jeez I wish I had that problem), then just add another one to the other side of your shop to ease the carting about and you will still be more than $1K - $2K richer.
Bradley,
Are you thinking a "dust right" sorta-cyclone lid on a can, or the Oneida dust deputy mini-cyclone? I would have thought the dust deputy highly restrictive to a DC, given the small openings, but I've not used one.
daniel
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