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• My New Dust Collection Filter Bags Arrived!

  Written By Bobby.
  In Shop Systems,Tool Reviews/ Events

  

  How to Get True Set-it-and-Forget-it Filtration for Your Dust Collector.

  In the previous post, I told you about how I thought my dust collection system was good enough and kept workstations clean, until I noticed a layer of fine dust all over the dust collector and the surrounding area. This made me realize that while the system is picking up fine dust, it’s also spraying it all over the shop.

  Fine dust stays suspended in the air and moves around at even low air speeds so for sure it’s making its way back to my nose.

  I decided to dig even deeper into my own system, and make it more like systems I’ve designed for larger shops. There is a balance of cost and performance, but if you make the right choices you can get a kick-butt system for relatively low cost, and upgrade in the future as your funds allow.

  It’s not often you think about your dust collector filter, but without a good one you aren’t accomplishing what your dust collection system is entirely meant for: dust extraction and containment

  
  

• Does your Dust Collector Filter Bag Spray Fine Dust Up Your Nose?

  Written By Bobby.
  In Shop Systems

  

  I thought my dust collector worked pretty well until I was emptying the lower dust bag and noticed something. It makes total sense, but I just didn’t really think about it before.

  I’ve always had the ultimate dust collection system as my goal, and have several improvements on my list. Enlarging the dust ports from 4” to 6” on my jointer, making a dust extraction blade guard for my table saw, and increasing the duct drop size to my drum sander are the main ones. But now I’ve started to rethink the “back end” of the system woodworkers don’t normally worry about.