I have a crazy idea. I'm currently renovating my shop and making it temperature controlled. I'd also like to control dust. I originally wanted a stationary unit with ~20 ft of 6" piping to tools with blast gates all with a thein separator between the tools and the collector. Then I looked in to the cost to do this and seeing that systems designed to be stationary with long runs start at ~1500 and go up from there and portable solutions are more in the 400-500 range - I honestly don't think I'll use a portable solution as much as I should, but if the below doesn't work, then I'll probably go with this.
Of course, there's also the 2hp HF solution that is 199 without coupon. So here's my crazy idea: Still have 6" piping to each tool which leads to a large drum thein but instead of 1 "suction" port on the lid to 1 dc, what if I had 2 ports on the lid (4" each) each leading to a cheap HF 2hp dc.
I've done some research this morning and understand that the pressure difference won't change but that flow would increase and given a large enough pipe for pulling in dust into the thein separator, then the combo won't be restricted. My goal is having a stationary dust collection solution with piping to 3-4 blast gates around the shop with flex hose from there to the tools.
Thoughts?
Chris
P.S.
Here's a (not to scale) sketchup drawing of what I'm thinking:
Of course, there's also the 2hp HF solution that is 199 without coupon. So here's my crazy idea: Still have 6" piping to each tool which leads to a large drum thein but instead of 1 "suction" port on the lid to 1 dc, what if I had 2 ports on the lid (4" each) each leading to a cheap HF 2hp dc.
I've done some research this morning and understand that the pressure difference won't change but that flow would increase and given a large enough pipe for pulling in dust into the thein separator, then the combo won't be restricted. My goal is having a stationary dust collection solution with piping to 3-4 blast gates around the shop with flex hose from there to the tools.
Thoughts?
Chris
P.S.
Here's a (not to scale) sketchup drawing of what I'm thinking:
