HOMEMADE Shop Vac Device TRIPLES your dust collection!

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[@fredmercury1314]

This idea sucks.

[@StumpyNubs]

@@fredmercury1314 I see what you did there ;)

[@davidowen1818]

Thanks as always for a great project. And thanks for protecting my eyes! I was cleaning a table saw blade the other day and splashed some of the cleaner on my face. The very 1st thing I thought of was you saying "Oh - It's only one cut ....." and I immediately stopped what I was doing and put on my safety glasses. Only 71 years old, but still learning safety from you every single day. My eyes and my wife thank you!

[@paulheitkemper1559]

No need to measure and fit the individual blast doors. You can just build the whole layer from one side to the other. The doors don't have to be precisely centered over the circular openings as long as they fully cover it. So you fasten one side, put a blast gate next to it, then fasten the divider on the opposite side and work your way across, making sure that the blast gates fit snuggly before you fasten the divider.

[@onlineconsumer4796]

That would be better way of making it. And since you can make the blast doors the same size, you only need two blast doors as you would have one always open. Just move the doors as needed.

[@LarryTait1]

Nice but you could use a single length-wise blast gate, with a hole in the middle, and slide it left or right to change the air flow to the two outside positions .

[@paulheitkemper1559]

@@LarryTait1 also a usable idea, except you'd need the gate to be super long to properly plug the holes and slots if the first or last gate is in use, plus an extra space to close them all.

[@SenselessUsername]

@@LarryTait1 That's the usual design for handmade two-way blastgates, I'd say. Only possible downside I see is that it sucks in 'false air' from two sides instead of one (negligible power loss?), and the aesthetic of there always sticking out two full holes' length plus a bit (and 2/3rds of the time, asymmetrically). Advantage is that if a bit imprecise or too slippery, it won't have a tendency to fall to closed position during use... but then you'd have to adjust anyway.

[@homesformeremortals5935]

This is a great one.

[@ourcommonancestry6025]

I solved my dust problem. I pay my son $20 per week to clean the shop... Some weeks, there is nothing so easy 20, other weeks, sucks to be him.

[@kramer00999]

so many reasons my Engineering brain just went nope, nope, nope. Have spent a couple decades explaining to people why this is poor performance and highly inefficient.

[@charlespanache7047]

Can you give any examples? I've seen a few shops use a similar setup with 1main vac and multiples gates to.choose which tools dust to collect.

[@StumpyNubs]

Shop vacs are high pressure / low volume. A dust collector is the opposite, and relies upon air speed to keep the ducts clear more than a shop vac does. This will reduce shop vac suction a little, but not like it would a dust collector.

[@jamesemanuel9527]

10 likes 38seconds in 😂

[@scottmorris4914]

Nice project, good to see a project video.and this is one to support the small shop woodworker. Very good.

[@L.Scott_Music]

2 1/4" is the standard size for a door knob hole hole saw, IIRC.

[@covishen]

Another Stumpy Nubs Innovation! Awesome idea and I plan on building one, it will come in very handy for my projects until I get the money together for a larger scale system. Thank you!!! Also nice new background, I originally thought that was the "garage" workshop area, turns out I was mistaken. 😁

[@StumpyNubs]

It is the "corner workshop" area. That stuff is moving into another building that is more like an actual garage. I am using the space to freshen things up, and for some courses I am working on. More info at 6:50 :)

[@SenselessUsername]

I would use hardboard or thin MDF instead of full 3/4 MDF for the template --- easier to cut the hole & to enlarge it, and there's a chance the template bit cuts all the way.

[@MCsCreations]

Brilliant, James! 😃 Thanks for the build and tips! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@EEEZSolutionS]

You must be reading my mind!!!! I have been trying to figure how to incorporate my shop-vac for three of my stationary tools in my little workshop -- and this is PERFECT!!!! I know what I'm doing this weekend!! Thank you, again, for being such an awesome educator. Your videos are so helpful to guys like me who are just getting into woodworking - you never speak over my head and I appreciate that. That said, I your videos are also as meaningful to the more experienced who want to up their game. Best, Larry

[@rainsticklandguitartalk9483]

I would add small stoppers to the thin boards being pulled in and out. Just a tiny screw and nut would work, but there are a million options (so long as they won't fall out into your vac system). They could be attached to the sliding board at a position farthest back inside the hole (when the board is shoved closed), which would allow the largest amount of opening without worrying the pieces will fall to the floor and get lost or messed up. If you wanted to get fancy, you could notch out the housing to allow a niche for the nut and screw at the front of the hole, which would ensure there was no airflow being lost, because you could still pull the board out fully.

[@corey6393]

I was thinking the same thing. Would be nice to not have to think too much when grabbing a slide gate for the next tool operation. This is a great little shop project idea. I hope to be setting up some real dust collection to one wall of the my shop soon. This little selection box will serve a belt sander and maybe my miter saw.

[@matthewvincent4818]

I also like the idea of building in some form of stopper. However, an alternative if one didn't want to hassle with that would be to draw one line on the top surface of each slide that, when flush with the front edge of the box, would indicate that the slide was entirely clear of the hole and not restricting any air flow (I'd make this line green), then another line further back on the top of each slide to indicate not to pull it out any further without making it potentially unstable in the slot (...and this line red).

[@christophermarini5738]

Am I the only one who knows this project would take me MUCH longer than an hour? Am I really that much slower than these KZbin woodworkers or am I missing something?

[@brentfrench752]

God I wish I wasn’t so lazy! I’d have some pretty slick jigs and things you’ve shared with us over the years!

[@Chris.Davies]

3:22 - Stumpy, I see all those fractions, and my vision goes all wonky, like some twisted parody of numeracy. Could you please put millimetre measurements in brackets in your diagrams, and in subtitles when you're speaking? Because I come from the 95% of the planet for whom your squiggly/wriggly things are as meaningful as Royal Cubits. I am old enough to remember when our whole country went metric. For *everything*. In one weekend. And... one day it will be true that no one anywhere knows what seven-eighths of a Whatnow is. Come to the dark side, mate - we have delicious millimetres, and lovely lovely grams. Regarding the splitter - I have been too lazy to create one, and I spend ages plugging and unplugging stuff - and it has three different diameters... Now I will build the time saver. In metric. Cheers.

[@stevenvachon9745]

I made something like this a few years ago but I decided to put a single blast gate sliding horizontally in a box with a single hole that lines up with the hole in front but exits out one hole in the back (with angled baffles to direct debris to the hole) . This uses a single motion to change ports. It's similar to a deft cleaning blast gate but as it closes one hole it opens another. Any bits that get caught only requires removal of the hose to clean out. Only had to do this once though in the 5 or so years that I have used it (pretty much every day)

[@Bob-of-Zoid]

You stumped my Nub!!!!🤪 My freaking shop vac ate my cat!🤬

[@bobby-c7731]

This will solve some problems for me. Unfortunately, I cannot find the plans on your site. Did I miss them? Or do I just have to watch the video and take careful notes?

[@danschultz999]

I'm having doubts about the suction. In my experience, most people are cheap, and engage in a lot of self-sabotaging behavior. Leading them to beat the crap outta their shop vac. If you have a high end vacuum, I could see this being useful, but definitely not as useful as you think for everyday use. It's a gimmick at best for me. It's nice to see some content, but there are better woodworking ideas to explore. 🙂✌️

[@LarryTait1]

I like the concept ! Also, you could use a single length-wise blast gate, with a hole in the middle, and slide it left or right to change the air flow to the two extremities

[@sparkplug0000]

Noticed you using your FastCap tape measure in this video. I saw it featured in one of your previous videos, tried one, and it is amazing! I liked it so much I bought several more to give to my brother and daughter and other handy people I know. It’s that great. Thank you so much for your videos and sharing your experience and insights.

[@osomxl]

Jonathan Katz-Moses posted a video over a year ago with an adjustable manifold that uses magnets to hold the main vacuum line. You just slide it side to side depending on what circuit or machine you are using at the moment.

[@1885dr]

a while ago you had mentioned that you would be doing a modular shop bench / tool stand build . Is it available yet ? if so where can i find it ? thanks for all the work you do .

[@joshuabray37]

Oh, wow, such a simple solution for an annoying problem I'm having... I have a festool dust collector and have to keep switching out hoses for various tools (it's a long story as to why). So, I have several different sized hoses (and no, I can't just buy an adapter, again, long story)... With this, I can just make different sized holes for the various hoses. THANKS FOR THIS! I have a CNC, so making this will be easy.

[@bbc4130]

Wouldn’t it be soooooo much better if the single hose attached to your dust collector slid side-to-side so that it aligned with whichever attachment hole was in use? It would solve the blast gate issue and the bottleneck 90 degree turn problem that this project includes.

[@rafaelshumaker1883]

Oops. Don't use the biggest one you have. Use the biggest one you have that is still smaller than what you need.

[@mitchd949]

Looks like you made an error on your drawing at 4:33. Center blast gate are shown as 2-3/4 wide whereas outer areas are 2-7/8. At 4:40 and 4:45 we see you testing a single blast gate in both center and outer slot.

[@joelfouse]

Nice. Seems like you could even use this as a hose conversion interface by making one of the outer holes a smaller size to fit the hoses that attach to some hand held tools. 🤔

[@scottmahoney7920]

Was thinking of just this for my palm sander

[@jessicat3951]

Thanks Stumpy! 🎯I love your straightforward and clear communication style. 💗Some of these guys are so wacky and annoying!

[@thecracker217]

We are working in a abrasive industry, we are using pulsing for cleaning catridges but dust get in between pleats not getting grounded?

[@danlopretto7222]

Brilliant! I’ve been thinking about how to create this very thing every time i snake the hose from behind my chop saw to hook up to the mini router table near by. 😊 I’ll be using a bit and brace to bore those large holes; ole timey woodworker style.

[@FrederSnorlax]

Instead of three holes closing individually it would be more efficient to have the hose on a sliding head that aligns with one tool at a time, so trash is always going straight thru the valve and maintains air velocity with less snagging. Downside is you can only use one tool at a time.

[@EcoHamletsUK]

Just need to add a motorised drive to the blast gates to open and close them as each machine is turned on and off!. I have an annoying habit of forgetting to connect the right hose to the right machine, or even turning the dust extractor on, until it's too late 😀.

[@kaiwheeler64]

You might find an old exhaust manifold in the barn for a more streamlined affair.

[@wxfield]

You can also 3D print a 4-hole-to-1-hole gate (with 3 caps for the unused ports) out of TPU filament. It ended up being less work for me and I finally had a reason to use my TPU filament. Pretty rugged too.

[@MrJhonbaker]

neat but it seems like overkill. Still - innovative.

[@joshharroun2004]

This is a genius idea and a great project for novice or pro wood workers! Love your videos!

[@MRrwmac]

Very nice and useful project!

[@bamsebrumbamsebrumen5403]

A good and afordable advice , I think 🙂👍 One could cut a round log, hollow it out in a similar way and have a rotating inside valve but then one only gets one active opening at the time, then again most of us have only small weak shop-vacs that cannot handle more openings

[@J.A.Smith2397]

Once again why your my boy blue!

[@chrisstearns10]

Liking the change of backgrounds 👍👍 although your hand plane collection is very impressive.

[@StumpyNubs]

6:50 :)

[@chrisstearns10]

Change is one thing guaranteed in life, we can all do with some change from time to time.

[@eaglewhite3107]

Built one similar some time ago. Not nearly as refined as yours. I find it to be very useful.

[@greglongenecker1772]

I wanted to convert my jointer to helical spiral cutters , so I called "My wood cutters " last July an ordered it and that was seven months ago , and I'm still waiting!! and if that's not bad enough I had to take my jointer apart to measure for the new cutters, so I've been without a jointer for the past seven months which really sucks!!!!

[@StumpyNubs]

Mywoodcutters is the retailer. They can only ship it to you after the manufacturer makes it. The manufacturer makes heads in runs for each individual machine. If they are out of stock, it takes time for the next run to be made. It's frustrating, but it's how helical heads are. I am sure Mywoodcutters has explained this to you.

[@MaddMaxxWoodWorks]

Thank you so much for this project. People like me that are not doing woodworking for a job will be able to use this

[@gregj2647]

Great idea, however showing it in actual use would have been helpful. From my experience with blast gates, dust tends to collect in the slots makings it difficult to close the gate requiring the slot to be cleaned out. Have you experienced this with your design?

[@StumpyNubs]

It opens up for easy cleaning.

[@onlineconsumer4796]

Another design would be make a simple manifold with the number of inlets/outlets you need with no box in the middle. Think of just a 2x4 or 4x4 with holes the size of your vacuum connections drilled straight through it. You connect all of your tool zones to one side and then when you want to use a specific zone, you just attach the vacuum hose to the zone you want vacuum. No box to fill that needs to be cleaned. Yes, the down side is only one zone gets vacuum at a time.

[@StumpyNubs]

Pulling the vac hose in and out will wear on the wood holes and you will soon lose your friction fit.

[@logannorton4571]

How do you always know what I need?

[@balazslakatos9817]

I'm affraid you are losing lot of suction (performance) with this design, the shape of the airflow is not optimal.

[@StumpyNubs]

Shop vacs are high pressure / low volume. A dust collector is the opposite, and relies upon air speed to keep the ducts clear more than a shop vac does. This will reduce shop vac suction a little, but not like it would a dust collector.

[@robinfisher4990]

Nice job Stumpy! Simple, easy and effective.

[@alanwasserman8176]

Hi James, are the plans on your website? I would like to have the plans, thanks

[@StumpyNubs]

I may make plans for it, but in the meantime all of the drawings are in this video. Just print the screen images :)

[@alanwasserman8176]

Thank you James👍

[@XDIY]

New workshop James? The dust collection idea is great!

[@StumpyNubs]

6:50 :)

[@-joe-674]

James, love your videos. Where did you get the male hose connector visible at 5:58 and connected to the single hole at the bottom of the distributor?

[@StumpyNubs]

It came off my shop vacuum hose. You can buy them wherever hoses and accessories are sold.

[@davethurston753]

Great idea - thanks

[@danielhaulbrook3498]

Every time you say 1 hour to build I just assume it will take me 2-3 hours, but cool project

[@unionse7en]

The geometry of that one will reduce the flow a lot. If one wants less flow restriction greatly increase the distance between the inlet and outlets , less sharp flow directions change). Concept is good otherwise.

[@StumpyNubs]

Shop vacuums run with higher pressure than dust collectors, and are not as reliant on air speed. Yes, it will reduce suction some, but not as much as you think.

[@unionse7en]

@@StumpyNubs Correct , the higher the flow the worse the flow restriction will be.

[@Vicflash]

This build contradicts his video on dust collection and smooth transitions.

[@StumpyNubs]

No it doesn't. Shop vacs are high pressure / low volume. A dust collector is the opposite, and relies upon air speed to keep the ducts clear more than a shop vac does. This will reduce shop vac suction a little, but not like it would a dust collector.

[@WoodenItBeNice]

Brilliant James. If i hadn't put a 4" system in my workshop I would be making one of these. Fantastic video. Take care James. Cheers, Huw

[@TheChooseyourtempo]

I am literally working on a shop vac project right now. I just upgraded my filter and bags to HEPA, I installed a cyclone collector to a 15 gallon canister with a gasket, upgraded some hoses, and added an automatic on/of switch. This would be a perfect manifold for my mobile work station that has my table saw, router table and downdraft table. My long term plan is to get a larger dust collection system (along with a bigger shop), but in the short term, this will work great! Thanks for the tutorial you have a new subscriber here ;).

[@LemonySnicket-EUC]

What automatic switch did you use ?

[@blackhorse2947]

Good idea…………

[@stephen1137]

Oh... you have a HARVEY bandsaw. Let me borrow that. I'll bring it up as soon as I'm done. The project I have in mind is building a 1500 ton merchant sailing vessel and its launch, cutter, barge, and jolly boat. Or something.

[@chuckjohnson4048]

I made a plenum for 6 tools with a blast gate for my table saw, band saw, router table, miter saw, surface planer and drill press. I attached each tool but the table saw and router table to shelves that were hinged inside my off feed bench. I adjusted the height of the surface planer, and miter saw so that their "table" was flush with my bench top and when the tools were folded down into the bench each tool's lid was flush with the rest of the bench. I used counter sunk 180 degree hinges on the 5 lids. one lid covered the plenum. Power Tech provided a funnel shaped vacuum device that formed the bottom of the plenum and helped direct the collected dust into the 2 1/2" flex hose going to the cyclonic dust collector which was in turn connected to the shop vac. DIY BLAST GATES were mounted to the plenum's top so that I could collect each of the tool's dust by opening just that one tool's blast gate. Perfect, no, but much better than no vac. I also plugged each tool to a multi outlet and the multi outlet to a auto switch designed for the shop vac. regardless which tool was switched on the vac activated automatically. This set up for my 10 x 20 utility shed greatly reduced clutter and gave me back my floor space I had lost from all the floor mounted tools I ended up selling.

[@Mike-2422]

I built this great item. My vac hose is 2 5/16 inch diameter! I don't have a 2 1/4" forstner bit, But I used a 2 1/4" hole saw. I enlarged the hole with a Dremel using a small drum sander bit. It takes about a minute to enlarge the hole for a Good hose fit. I drilled 7/8 inch Finger holes in the blast gates To make them easier to grab.

[@DonaldMcDaniel-c4l]

😄

[@woodworksbygrampies1284]

👍👊

[@999erh]

There's a video out there by a guy called "well done tips" who used magnets in a sliding configuration that's worth checking out. The sharp angles and space for turbulence here will have a pretty significant impact on suction.

[@dpmeyer4867]

cool

[@ltandrepants]

looks like it’s ”shopmade” not “homemade”

[@StumpyNubs]

If your shop is in your home, its both.

[@clemoniii]

🤣 This is an interesting way to spend time in the shop next time i run out of good wood for the REAL MACHO HE-MAN projects. 🤣

[@rickmunn7356]

I’ve been looking at different designs for the same purpose and I really like what you did. So I built one today. Great instructions. I’ve only got a straight router bit and a crappy router table so my recess doesn’t look as pretty as yours. The functionality is perfect. Thanks for so many great videos.

[@bellefancy]

Nice project. I don't believe I've ever been the first one to watch a video before! 🤣

[@hamubice1551]

You weren't today either lol

[@bellefancy]

I realized that after I saw the comments. It popped up and I looked at it and it said no views and it had been posted 11 seconds prior. That's how I came to that conclusion. There's something else I can add to my bucket list. 🤣

[@BGP369]

45deg leading to bottom of manifold leading to shopvac, so less airflow resistance, and less chance of debris starting to clog inside. A couple lovetaps will likely losen debris without having to remove anything.

[@epeiusgarage]

This is pretty cool. One day I’ll have room for dust collection system lol

[@assamite9614]

angle tee exits. this one will reduce your flow

[@grahamrankin4725]

I may try setting this up on my CNC router. I do have a corner where this unit could handle my belt sander, spindle sander and my bench band saw from a single shop vac.

[@Nettle314]

I like this version a lot, I think I'll do the same! I was left wondering though, if that narrow space and hard angle reduce the air flow much? (At least the two holes on the sides)

[@thomasaccuntius9946]

Old project. I have built several of these manifolds for a standard 4" dia hose vacuumn system with 5 blast gates . I sloped the ends and used velcro to hold a plexiglass window front. This allows me to see the vacuumn is working and it can come off to clear any blockages.

[@farrier2708]

Great idea but may I suggest that gates have a stop to prevent them being removed completely. The gates would have to be installed during assembly and slots would be needed for the stops, so as not to reduce the hole size. Without something like this. I can hear a lot of expletives as they are opened, dropped, and clatter on the floor.😎👍

[@markp6062]

Excellent! Great project and infinitely useful! Thanks

[@bradleytuckwell4881]

Nice simple build thanks I think you just solved a problem I have. Now I only need one shop vac

[@jimanderson4495]

More neat stuff from James. Thanks Buddy.

[@36736fps]

I have something similar but the lower half is a triangle pointing down. Much less pressure drop and never needs cleaning out. The front and back sides are 1/4" ply and the left and right sides are 3/4" thick by 3.5" wide pine. Bottom is 1.5" by 3.5" like yours. No need to rout out the box inside.

[@davebenson1504]

Nice new back drop... and no Detroit Red Wings cup 🙂

[@andrewbrown8148]

Great idea, James~! I've been looking thru videos of others for a manifold solution and yours looks perfect...and perfectly simple~! I recently put in my 4" piping for the HF dust collector I modified into a 2-stage dust-zilla, so I may try to scale your plan up to accommodate it. Either way, I'll be making one for the tools I have connected to my shop vac. Thanks for this and take care~!

[@mariushegli]

I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.

[@michaellacaria910]

Another great cheap useful idea. I made similar single blast gate by simply sandwiching the gate and made slider longer so it doesn’t fall off. Silicon can seal any air leaks etc., there’s a million ways to do it but I really like yours because there’s some nice simple skills involved and it’s easy to make and very useful. I may consider magnets to seal top and bottom and still make it easy to separate to clean. Thanks for sharing this. And btw, some people complain about the click baits and commercial but I think it’s a small price to pay for getting quality content from you, and others. After all nobody invests in all this work for nothing and viewers should respect that.

[@garageworksongsawesomeness7002]

Perfect timings. In middle of setting up dust collection after a bout of severe rearrangerItis.

[@Casenundra]

This could be a great CNC project.

[@Xdonald331]

Built mine! I found using a child's size silicone bracelet makes for a nice edge seal on your hoses if they're a little leaky

[@BigBrotherIsTooBig]

All this talk about holes has me anxious for my wife to get home... so she can help me make this.

[@FranksDIY]

Love this project . Awesome

[@bobby-c7731]

Unless I’m mistaken, this is among the first from the single garage set. Maybe even the first. I love it! Looking forward to more of these and learning from you.

[@kennethstaszak9990]

Instead of adjusting the tightness of the screws add a layer or two of masking tape to the spacers to control the friction of the gates.

[@daven1719]

Damn, even your 2x4s look better than mine!

[@markmurdocca2456]

Great idea! and the comments you elicited below are inspiring.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Thanks James, I'll be using that in my shop. Thanks for sharing with us. Stay safe and keep up the great videos. Fred

[@vmoutsop]

Please, more content like this that creates solutions and things instead of just talking about products and techniques. Thanks

[@jayhitek]

This is a great idea Stumpy. Did you post plans for this or just go back through the video and jot the notes down?

[@rhuynh]

Does that wide area reduce the cfm or velocity? I was about to do something like this but feel when the air hits that wide area, something will go awry or atleast a negative impact?

[@rjtumble]

Great little project, thanks James. You think it would help (or be worth the effort) to use double sided tape to attach the thin strips for the blast gate? Wondering if that would help with sealing it up, but maybe the hoses go past those pieces of wood when you insert them, so it wouldn't matter.

[@patrickkeller2193]

While it works to enlarge the template hole with rasp and sandpaper, it does require a bit of skill to actually keep it perfectly round. Probably better to use the router for that task as well.