after buying a new grizzly 1029z 2hp dc about a month ago, i've finally finished the first half of the dc conduit system in my workshop and now have my planer, jointer, bt3100(top and bottom) and a floor sweep hooked up to the dc.
it really sucks!! hauls chips and dust out of each machine easily and there is a lot of air flow thru the floor sweep at the bottom front of the bt3100 - the sweep works great, all i have to do is get a broom and sweep near the front of the gate and it's gone.
i was kind of worried as to how it would work given all the talk about cfm's, air-flow, duct-size, drop-size, hp etc. but, in the end i used 4" ducting for my main and branch ducts. i used rigid pipe as much as possible(pvc sewer/drain) and pvc wyes and elbows, and limited the use of flexible conduit as much as possible. i was thinking about a 6" main, but in the end opted for 4" - mostly because of cost. i used blast gates to isolate each machine.
i had to run a 2 x 4 across the shop about a foot down from the ceiling to support the duct to the shark-guard and still allow the garage door to open over the top. the 2 x 4 will come in handy as that is where i am going to hook the 'shark guard' and flex-hose to when the guard has to come off for any reasons - it will be right out of the way, but just take a second to hook back up.
the next step will be to run conduit from the second port on the grizzly dc to the other wall of my shop and hook up my router table, band saw, drill press and belt/disc sander - nothing's ever all done!
it really sucks!! hauls chips and dust out of each machine easily and there is a lot of air flow thru the floor sweep at the bottom front of the bt3100 - the sweep works great, all i have to do is get a broom and sweep near the front of the gate and it's gone.
i was kind of worried as to how it would work given all the talk about cfm's, air-flow, duct-size, drop-size, hp etc. but, in the end i used 4" ducting for my main and branch ducts. i used rigid pipe as much as possible(pvc sewer/drain) and pvc wyes and elbows, and limited the use of flexible conduit as much as possible. i was thinking about a 6" main, but in the end opted for 4" - mostly because of cost. i used blast gates to isolate each machine.
i had to run a 2 x 4 across the shop about a foot down from the ceiling to support the duct to the shark-guard and still allow the garage door to open over the top. the 2 x 4 will come in handy as that is where i am going to hook the 'shark guard' and flex-hose to when the guard has to come off for any reasons - it will be right out of the way, but just take a second to hook back up.
the next step will be to run conduit from the second port on the grizzly dc to the other wall of my shop and hook up my router table, band saw, drill press and belt/disc sander - nothing's ever all done!
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