Paul Downes
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- Westphalia, Michigan
I'm in the process of getting a dust collection system set up for my shop. I did some work for a commercial trim shop and the owner gave me a boatload of 6" spiral pipe so this is what I'm going to use. He also has an old Torit dust collector he said I could have. It has a 3 phase motor on it so I am probably going to swap that out with a 5 hp. TEFC single phase motor.
My shop is 18 X 32 in size so I plan on running the pipe along the ceiling @ 11 ft. with 6' drops as far as I can come down the wall. So far it looks like I will only need one run on one wall to get collection to most of my machines. They are; table saw, band saw, sander, jointer, lathe, and a floor sweep.
My questions are; Is the shortest length pipe best? And, is it an issue to have a system where the blower is too big? My understanding is that most systems are too small. I have been reading on Bill Pentz's website to try to get my head straight on this.
I do plan on running plastic 4" hose to the table saw because it is in the middle of the room and I don't want a drop hanging there.
My shop is 18 X 32 in size so I plan on running the pipe along the ceiling @ 11 ft. with 6' drops as far as I can come down the wall. So far it looks like I will only need one run on one wall to get collection to most of my machines. They are; table saw, band saw, sander, jointer, lathe, and a floor sweep.
My questions are; Is the shortest length pipe best? And, is it an issue to have a system where the blower is too big? My understanding is that most systems are too small. I have been reading on Bill Pentz's website to try to get my head straight on this.
I do plan on running plastic 4" hose to the table saw because it is in the middle of the room and I don't want a drop hanging there.