Do you use your dust collector?

I use my DC pretty consistently.... I have my shop plumbed with flex hose down one wall and across the ceiling so I can hook my tools to the DC... I have a hose to the table saw, band saw and both lathes with blast gates on each tool. But even with the Dc in action every time I turn on a tool, my shop is still covered with 1/2 inch of dust on everything in there.... My DC is in a shed outside the shop, plumbed through the wall and I generally turn it on when I arrive and off when I leave... with it outside the noise level is pretty low.
 
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