5 Techniques expert tips for woodworking shop dust collectors

Dust in wood shop is extremely hazardous, wood dust can cause serious illness to a person who is exposed to it for long duration. Managing wood chips and fine sanding dust could be a typical task in a wood working shop. So we came out to share 10 great techniques (experts done on youtube) which could help you make your shop  cleaner while protecting your lungs from the hazardous wood dust.

Technique no. 1 –

See how Bill Cortez installed a centralized dust collection system in his 20’ X 30’ shop with a ducting made of 4” gutter pipes, which he joined by just using glue. He also made a good point by avoiding as many 90 degree turns as possible in the ducting to lower air friction.

Sharp turns  in a dust collector ducting cause serious air pressure drop in dust collection systems.

Technique no. 2 -

So now we take you over to Steve who is waiting for his new dust collector to arrive at his shop. Meanwhile he decided to tell us all from his experience that what kind of dust collector should one buy and what are the things to be kept in consideration before buying one.

Dust collection job is really important for a healthy shop and workers so lets understand from Steve How to decide the right dust collector for your shop

Technique no.3 -

                And here is Matthias Wandel who was unable to find a efficient blower, so he decided to            build out himself one from wood only. And yes in the end it actually was much more         efficient than the dust collector blower he had in his shop. Lets find out how

Technique no. 4 -

                And now we have a dust collector a blower and ducting we need, but connecting them                 together is a tricky task. Flexible tubing’s do not fir in PVC pipes easily and too much             pressure or clamping cal result in additional leakage or damage.  So here is Jhon who is going               to explain some tips and trick for joining pvc pipes to flexible ductings in an efficient way.

Technique no. 5 -

                Having the ducting connect 12 different machines at your shop with only one centralized             dust collector, you must focus the suction capability of the dust collector on only one           machine at a time, for this you require blast gates aka knife gates, here James Halbert explains how to make automatic blast gates

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