A link from this site took me to a pretty good CMS cart with folding wings I printed and tucked away for a future project. Part of the design was on-board dust collection via a small shop vac mounted in the cabinet and wired to automatically come on. I liked the idea and am about to cut up some ply to build rolling cabinets for the benchtop drill press and bandsaw. After seeing the thread for the DP dust collection http://www.bt3central.com/forum/topi...TOPIC_ID=18452 I thought perhaps I could rig the Drill Press the same way.
So here's the question. For $30 for a small portable shop vac I could rig the CMS, DP, Router Table, and posible the BT3100. A small duct collection system is about the same price $120.00. Since my shop is small (10x13) I like the idea of on-board DC since I wouldn't have to worry about hoses, power, etc when wheeling out a tool. Who knows when the CMS and router table cabinets will be built so the on-board idea is a smaller investment in increments. I'm also assuming I'd be spending more on DC accessories with a regular system that would jack that price up.
Is there anything I'm missing why I should consider a regular DC system over several small on-board vacs??
Thanks
So here's the question. For $30 for a small portable shop vac I could rig the CMS, DP, Router Table, and posible the BT3100. A small duct collection system is about the same price $120.00. Since my shop is small (10x13) I like the idea of on-board DC since I wouldn't have to worry about hoses, power, etc when wheeling out a tool. Who knows when the CMS and router table cabinets will be built so the on-board idea is a smaller investment in increments. I'm also assuming I'd be spending more on DC accessories with a regular system that would jack that price up.
Is there anything I'm missing why I should consider a regular DC system over several small on-board vacs??
Thanks
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