Hi Everyone
Work and the arrival of little man no. 3 have kept me from just about anything including internet and woodworking for a while!
I bought a table saw about 6 months ago (Axminster 10”) that I’ve not had a chance to plug in yet much less use. I work in a front room of our house but with the little ones I’m worried about using the table saw without extraction (for my other (smaller) tools (router, TS75, etc) I use a vacuum extractor). Eventually I’ll build a small workshop in the garden (I hope!).
I don’t own a chip collector/extractor and would like to get one that I can use now with the table saw and eventually use for a ducted system in the workshop (planning about 30m2 when it eventually happens).
At the minute I don’t have much space but i just want to use the impeller with a 6” Dust Deputy cyclone (or should I make my own?) and duct the waste/exhaust air (fine dust) outside (ie loose the bags/filters, etc). Later I’ll either duct outside again or house the extractor with filter/bags and cyclone in its own (external) “room/shed” behind the workshop.
Because I don’t know what additional tools I’ll buy in the future I thought to buy as big an impeller as possible in 240V. 3HP (2.2kW) seems to be the biggest single phase I’m finding but I don’t understand the different specs between manufacturers. Some have big differences in quoted volume of air movement, static Pressure, etc and none seem to quote air speed. Can I assume that at 3HP they’re all pretty similar in terms of performance (ignoring that some may have better quality motor, quieter motor etc)?
I was leaning towards the Axminster trade 3HP blower:
https://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-t ... tor-102179
But I’ve seen Fox, Charnwood, Clarke and other significantly cheaper units with 3HP blowers mentioned and wondered if I would lose anything in terms of performance if I went for one of these? Saving up to 2/3 the cost of the Axminster one is a lot but I’m happy to spend it on dust extraction more than any other tool if it will make for a cleaner (and safer) environment for all of us (especially the little ones) until I move out of the house. Please remember my hope/plan is to buy them for the blower not the bag filters, etc.
Sorry for the long post! I know the above isn’t enough to design a ducted system or much else but hopefully you can point me in the right direction. As always, all advice is gratefully received!
Aidex
Work and the arrival of little man no. 3 have kept me from just about anything including internet and woodworking for a while!
I bought a table saw about 6 months ago (Axminster 10”) that I’ve not had a chance to plug in yet much less use. I work in a front room of our house but with the little ones I’m worried about using the table saw without extraction (for my other (smaller) tools (router, TS75, etc) I use a vacuum extractor). Eventually I’ll build a small workshop in the garden (I hope!).
I don’t own a chip collector/extractor and would like to get one that I can use now with the table saw and eventually use for a ducted system in the workshop (planning about 30m2 when it eventually happens).
At the minute I don’t have much space but i just want to use the impeller with a 6” Dust Deputy cyclone (or should I make my own?) and duct the waste/exhaust air (fine dust) outside (ie loose the bags/filters, etc). Later I’ll either duct outside again or house the extractor with filter/bags and cyclone in its own (external) “room/shed” behind the workshop.
Because I don’t know what additional tools I’ll buy in the future I thought to buy as big an impeller as possible in 240V. 3HP (2.2kW) seems to be the biggest single phase I’m finding but I don’t understand the different specs between manufacturers. Some have big differences in quoted volume of air movement, static Pressure, etc and none seem to quote air speed. Can I assume that at 3HP they’re all pretty similar in terms of performance (ignoring that some may have better quality motor, quieter motor etc)?
I was leaning towards the Axminster trade 3HP blower:
https://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-t ... tor-102179
But I’ve seen Fox, Charnwood, Clarke and other significantly cheaper units with 3HP blowers mentioned and wondered if I would lose anything in terms of performance if I went for one of these? Saving up to 2/3 the cost of the Axminster one is a lot but I’m happy to spend it on dust extraction more than any other tool if it will make for a cleaner (and safer) environment for all of us (especially the little ones) until I move out of the house. Please remember my hope/plan is to buy them for the blower not the bag filters, etc.
Sorry for the long post! I know the above isn’t enough to design a ducted system or much else but hopefully you can point me in the right direction. As always, all advice is gratefully received!
Aidex