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John M
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[I was just about to send this to Ed via e-mail but then I decided to instead post to the forum incase others had similar questions.]
Hi Ed,
I just got done putting in my raised floor and spiral pipe when I came across Bill's site and saw your ad. I'd been using the Nagyszalanczy Dust
Collection book as my guide and was thoroughly disappointed to see Bill's strong warnings against the use of 4" branches to machines from a 6" pipe as had been recommended in the book.
Due to the time and expense I've already invested, I've pretty much ruled out changing over to 6" branches at this point. I'm hoping that the relatively short length of my runs (35' main line with 4 45 degree 4" branches) and use with only hobbiest power tools (10" contractors saw, 6" jointer, 13" planner, etc) combined with a strong motor will overcome the apparent problems with 4" branches.
I have a couple of questions I'm hoping you may be able to assist with:
1) Ideally, I'd like the cyclone to be located roughly 8 feet away from my workroom wall. This would necessitate an ~12 foot air return run back inside the workshop to the filter canisters. Would the extra length of this run represent a problem? What is the diameter of the return run? Finally, is mounting the filter canisters horizontally near the ceiling and taking them down periodically to clean them a viable solution for a small shop?
2) Do you make 4" blast gates?
3) Bill's remedy for the 4" branches is to keep a couple blast gates open to ensure enough velocity in the main line to hopefully prevent clogging in the main line. Instead of open blast gates on the branches, I'm wondering if the same affect could be had by making holes in the end cap of the 6" main line? Or would this somehow prevent sufficient velocity in my 4" branches?
Thanks for your help. I've pretty much decided to go with your system.
-- John
Hi Ed,
I just got done putting in my raised floor and spiral pipe when I came across Bill's site and saw your ad. I'd been using the Nagyszalanczy Dust
Collection book as my guide and was thoroughly disappointed to see Bill's strong warnings against the use of 4" branches to machines from a 6" pipe as had been recommended in the book.
Due to the time and expense I've already invested, I've pretty much ruled out changing over to 6" branches at this point. I'm hoping that the relatively short length of my runs (35' main line with 4 45 degree 4" branches) and use with only hobbiest power tools (10" contractors saw, 6" jointer, 13" planner, etc) combined with a strong motor will overcome the apparent problems with 4" branches.
I have a couple of questions I'm hoping you may be able to assist with:
1) Ideally, I'd like the cyclone to be located roughly 8 feet away from my workroom wall. This would necessitate an ~12 foot air return run back inside the workshop to the filter canisters. Would the extra length of this run represent a problem? What is the diameter of the return run? Finally, is mounting the filter canisters horizontally near the ceiling and taking them down periodically to clean them a viable solution for a small shop?
2) Do you make 4" blast gates?
3) Bill's remedy for the 4" branches is to keep a couple blast gates open to ensure enough velocity in the main line to hopefully prevent clogging in the main line. Instead of open blast gates on the branches, I'm wondering if the same affect could be had by making holes in the end cap of the 6" main line? Or would this somehow prevent sufficient velocity in my 4" branches?
Thanks for your help. I've pretty much decided to go with your system.
-- John