Subject: 'Workshop' Dust Filter System

From: [email-masked] (David Galley)
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 13:19:30 GMT

I am looking into putting in a dust filter/collection system into my
workshop and saw an add in the February Lee Valley Catalog for a
Workshop Dust Filter System for $349.00 (Canadian). Does anyone have
advice/experience on these particular units?

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actual one.

David

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From: [email-masked] (Steven McKinley)
Date: 15 Feb 1997 05:30:59 GMT

In message <33046484.1055652@News> - [email-masked] (David Galley)Fri,
14 Feb 1997 13:19:30 GMT writes:
:>
:>I am looking into putting in a dust filter/collection system into my
:>workshop and saw an add in the February Lee Valley Catalog for a
:>Workshop Dust Filter System for $349.00 (Canadian). Does anyone have
:>advice/experience on these particular units?
:>
:>
:>David
:>

Dave, funny you should mention it!! I just made my own dust filter. I was
working on a diagram from an advertisement I saw in Shop Notes. The diagram
had all the measurements and I copied them down and took my shopping list to
the store and bought all my wood. What I forgot to do was take the
measurements for the furnace filters it uses. Well I figured I'd pick these up
later.

Two days later the Lee Valley cat. comes in the mail and there is the dust
filter box advertised. They were also selling the filters seperately. I picked
up a first & and second stage filter. I then modified the design of the box
for the unit I was building and used the "real" filters for it. 

Just finished the whole thing two days ago and I'm very pleased with the way
the filters seem to be collecting. 

I figure that by makeing the box myself I saved about $200. Mind you I did get
the squirrel cage blower for only $20 from friend. Someone else figured the
motor was about 400 CFM, so quite good for my single car garage/shop.

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From: [email-masked] (David Galley)
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 12:49:30 GMT

Steven,

That is quite a cost saving. I wonder how it would have worked with
the furnace filters? I just replaced my complete furnace and I kept
the blower assembly from the old one. I was toying with the idea of
building a housing and using it but was afraid that it might weigh too
much to hang up. Now you've got me thinking. Any advice you can offer
regarding the construction would be appreciated. Thanks.

David
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