There are two basic kinds of downdraft sanding tables: the full-blown kind consisting of a largish cabinet with a blower motor concealed within it, and the quick-and-dirty pegboard-topped kind that hooks up to either a shop vac or, preferably, a dust collector.
My question concerns the latter. Those of you who have built one of these simple boxes with a perforated top ... does it work well? Does it provide a significant improvement over simply hooking the hose to the sander itself?
And whether it works or not, do you power it with a shop vac, or a full-size DC system? (IOW, does it maybe not work because you use a shop vac ... or still not work even though you use a DC?)
Reason for asking is that I'm currently working on an extension wing for my BT, and I'm considering making it do double-duty as a downdraft table that can be connected to my HF 2HP DC. But if these simple designs don't really work very well, I probably won't bother.
Thanks very much!
My question concerns the latter. Those of you who have built one of these simple boxes with a perforated top ... does it work well? Does it provide a significant improvement over simply hooking the hose to the sander itself?
And whether it works or not, do you power it with a shop vac, or a full-size DC system? (IOW, does it maybe not work because you use a shop vac ... or still not work even though you use a DC?)
Reason for asking is that I'm currently working on an extension wing for my BT, and I'm considering making it do double-duty as a downdraft table that can be connected to my HF 2HP DC. But if these simple designs don't really work very well, I probably won't bother.
Thanks very much!
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