I have a CV1800 with 6" plumbing. For the present I only have it hooked up to my table saw, and it doesn't really catch all the dust or chips from that since I don't have a collection port right over the blade. That said, I have several tools that I simply run a shop vac hose to that is connected to a small shop vac and a little dust deputy cyclone. These are things like Bandsaw, Drill press, ROS, CS and soon to be (tracked) circular saw. This raises the question :
Can I integrate the shop vac hose as a channel with a blast gate, either to augment the table saw gate, or to use connected in place of the shop vac on the small tools, or even to clean the floor like a central vac system? We are talking about the 2-1/2" hose as I would assume the 1-1/4 would definitely be out of the question.
My concern is that this would tax the system having a single 2-1/2" port open. Or is there some way to manage the pressure so that perhaps I have something else open 1/2 way or something like that...
Also, grasping at straws here, to add top of saw collection augmentation can I simply tie into the same 6" run that is collecting from the bottom just perhaps a little higher on the run but still on the same side of the blast gate?
Can I integrate the shop vac hose as a channel with a blast gate, either to augment the table saw gate, or to use connected in place of the shop vac on the small tools, or even to clean the floor like a central vac system? We are talking about the 2-1/2" hose as I would assume the 1-1/4 would definitely be out of the question.
My concern is that this would tax the system having a single 2-1/2" port open. Or is there some way to manage the pressure so that perhaps I have something else open 1/2 way or something like that...
Also, grasping at straws here, to add top of saw collection augmentation can I simply tie into the same 6" run that is collecting from the bottom just perhaps a little higher on the run but still on the same side of the blast gate?