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- | =====Dust Collection System===== | ||
- | ^Name| Dust Collection System| | ||
- | ^Owner | Makers' | ||
- | ^Location | Shop Zone | | ||
- | ^Training needed| No| | ||
- | ^Hackable| Yes| | ||
- | ^Model| MIXED| | ||
- | ^Serial| N/A| | ||
- | ^Arrival Date| 1/9/2018| | ||
- | ^Working| Yes| | ||
- | ^Contact| Ian| | ||
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- | Current Status: Fully Functional | ||
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- | The core of the system is a Hoover whole-house vacuum system mounted onto a cart. Large-scale dust collection is handled via an ebay-ed cyclone separator and a bucket (to start, we're using a 55 gallon drum, but a 5 gallon bucket is the better long-term solution...) | ||
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- | For bench-mounted tools, we are implementing dust collection ports. At present, there is a length of 1 1/2" Schedule 40 pipe with a number of Tees, ending in a ball valve (for further expansion. | ||
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- | Next steps: | ||
- | * Purchase blast gates | ||
- | * Purchase hoses to get from blast gates to tools | ||
- | * Purchase or print adapters from tools to hoses | ||
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- | Upgrades: | ||
- | * HEPA filter | ||
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