i an setting up a small dust collecter for my drum sander and bandsaw.
the bandsaw has 2 DC ports. 1 low and 1 in back. i am assuming one of
the ports is left open to draw the air through the housing. or do i
put hoses on both ports? there does not appear to be enough open space
around the blade to support 2 4" hhoses sucking air. my thoughts are
DC hose to bottom port and breath through the rear port. i have never
bothered with dust collection before but the drum sander requires it
and i figure i may as well add the band saw as well. thanks...
skeez
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 15:49:59 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:22:54 GMT, skeezics <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>i an setting up a small dust collecter for my drum sander and bandsaw.
>>the bandsaw has 2 DC ports. 1 low and 1 in back. i am assuming one of
>>the ports is left open to draw the air through the housing. or do i
>>put hoses on both ports? there does not appear to be enough open space
>>around the blade to support 2 4" hhoses sucking air. my thoughts are
>>DC hose to bottom port and breath through the rear port. i have never
>>bothered with dust collection before but the drum sander requires it
>>and i figure i may as well add the band saw as well. thanks...
>>
>>skeez
>
>
>I think the designers figured you'd be hooking up 2 hoses.
>
>it might work better with just one- try it and let us know. heck you
>might even pick up a 4" electronics cooling fan on ebay and try
>blowing that *in* one of the holes...
thats what i figure too but i reconfigured it and hooked up the bottom
hose only and it works a LOT better. resawed a 8 " piece of mahogany a
couple feet long and checked it. no dust! it sounds like the collector
is working not so hard too.
skeez
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:22:54 GMT, skeezics <[email protected]> wrote:
>i an setting up a small dust collecter for my drum sander and bandsaw.
>the bandsaw has 2 DC ports. 1 low and 1 in back. i am assuming one of
>the ports is left open to draw the air through the housing. or do i
>put hoses on both ports? there does not appear to be enough open space
>around the blade to support 2 4" hhoses sucking air. my thoughts are
>DC hose to bottom port and breath through the rear port. i have never
>bothered with dust collection before but the drum sander requires it
>and i figure i may as well add the band saw as well. thanks...
>
>skeez
I think the designers figured you'd be hooking up 2 hoses.
it might work better with just one- try it and let us know. heck you
might even pick up a 4" electronics cooling fan on ebay and try
blowing that *in* one of the holes...