KevinK

I think the DC on the lower floor is the best bet, the gravity will help you out, the noise is not in the room and ductwork is not getting in your way of moving wood around. Your shop on the second floor, how often are you actually moving the tools around, is this second floor shop shared with the car or something else? Also could you locate the DC somewhere else on the lower floor so your runs could be shorter. You may also want to talk with the DC dealer, I know Oneida will help you design and find the best system that works for your needs, included with the price of your system.

Good Luck, interested to hear what you decide and how it works out.

Kevin

rrbrown

TS3660 I have a Shop Fox 1 1/2 hp, 1200 cfm DC and it works fine like you want to hook it up.

Bill the blast gates will fit right into the schedule 20 PVC drain pipe and you hook flex hose from tool to blast gate. If you need to put the flex hose directly on the PVC a heat gun or torch applied to the pipe and some flat hose clamps can shrink the pipe. Just use a wood circle the size you want it shrunk too, and if you use a heat gun it won't burn the pipe like the torch did mine. Not sure about the metal pipe because I used PVC.

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Richard

Anything is possible but first one must try and if needed try again.

nblumert

Looking at this duct collector, it says it has a 30 micron bag. I think you should consider one with a better filtering bag or filter on top. I have the delta 50-760 which has a plastic bottom bag and a 1 micron filter bag at the top. This unit has been a real work horse. It has taken the larger chips from the planer, but also collects the fine dust from the table saw. A buddy of mine has a dust collector with one of the 30 micron bags up top, and it seems like a big dust cloud comes out of it every time it is turned on. The 30 micron bag doesn't have a fine enough material to keep down the really fine particles.

Gerry KIERNAN

Hi Bud

I have no idea how big your shop is, or exactly what equipment you have. Placing your dc on the lower floor sounds like a great idea, re: noise reduction and gravity assist. If your ceiling /floor joists are open, or can be opened, I would run my duct up to the ceiling, and then plumb a duct between the joists to each end of the second floor shop, and possibly one near the middle. I would leave the duct accessible, or place a screwed on panel under it for access for cleaning, if ever required. I would place blast gates at each duct opening on the second floor. I would also recess the openings to below floor level. From the duct openings at each end of the shop I would run hoses to my machine locations. Having the duct openings in the floor will considerably reduce your overall length of run, and if you weren't using a particular opening for a while you could place an inset plug over it to keep it level with the floor. No tripping issue.

As to the size of dust collector, Buy the unit that meets your current needs, but allows for some expansion, so that you don't find yourself wanting to go bigger almost immediately. As you said, you are only running one machine at a time, but in the future you might want to be using two pieces of equipment at the same time without having to switch hoses around, and change blast gate settings.

Gerry

skymaster

TS: Hi Bud: do yourself a favor BEFORE you buy anything, CALL JDS company right close to you in Columbia. Their engineers will give you all the help you need, answer all your questions. YES they make in my opinion some of the best DC units on the market and are quite reasonable. PM me if youwant to "talk"
Jack

Also: I would bring the feed thru the ceiling in a corner, then on second level bring it up around 3' above the floor and then go horizontal along the wall, pitch it back to the corner, and use flexible hose to connect to machines.This way no floor space taken up, nothing to trip over, machines can roll around. Then gates are waist level etc etc. Just a thought :}:}:}