DIY Dust Collection Blast Gates - -With 6" and 4" Plans and Templates

[@katzmosestools]

*Get the Diy Blast Gate Plans and Templates HERE:* kmtools.com/search?type=product,page,article&q=blast%20gate*

[@beardedgaming1337]

i was going to order the physical templates to just router out real quick. figured 16 bucks was good enough. after shipping and tax it comes out to a bit over 30 which has me skipping it. just going to make my own.

[@randallsmith7885]

I love that you have your Dad in this video. Awesome!

[@IronCreekSW26]

i bought the CNC files from your website. Just required a few tweaks and they ran perfectly. Cheap at twice the price! I used threaded inserts, and countersunk the heads of 1/4 x 20 socket head bolts, so everything is flush. Great design. Thanks very much.

[@IronCreekSW26]

Me too. Great minds and all that. ;-)

[@gt2scale]

Better components. Better woodworking. Pop and John’s woodworking.

[@katzmosestools]

That'd be the day

[@rodpotts2666]

Great to see you with your dad looks like he's a lot of fun. I sure miss those times with mine.

[@danielgeng2306]

Love seeing father and son in the shop, I hope he does more vids with you Jonathan!

[@daytontanner379]

Could not have come at a better time. I'm rearranging the dust collection for my school's shop and these are great. Awesome use of plywood scrap.

[@katzmosestools]

Awesome dude! Send me pictures!

[@alanr745]

The instatubes! Priceless. Oh, and that blast gate design is perfect.

[@BearCreekWoodworking]

I never knew making your own blast gates could be so simple! Thanks Jonathan! Awesome Idea!

[@katzmosestools]

Thanks brother!

[@jasonbailey9139]

Ah, father/son time in the shop--fun!

[@katzmosestools]

So fun!

[@jeffforbes3772]

Thanks for the video. I'm inspired. So glad that you get shop time with your Dad.

[@katzmosestools]

It was a blast!

[@jeffforbes3772]

@@katzmosestools ha ha! Did your dad tell you to say that!??

[@manfrommars3486]

I have already got a sigjaw, a sirculaw caw and a tultimool. Gotta buy a sindle spander soon. :-D Great idea, well designed.

[@katzmosestools]

Thanks bud!

[@David-ls4qp]

This comment messes with my head

[@monkeyman6292]

Love this video JKM, getting a dust collector soon and going to use this design to replace the blast gates it’s coming with.

[@GregoryFeeney]

Hi there. Just purchased the plans for the 4" version . Simple idea but so so effective. Worth the $5. Appreciate your efforts my friend.

[@FreshAnton]

from 5$ to 16 in 1 Year? I would have spent 5$ too but 16 is way to much in my Opinion

[@mlbuxbaum]

Thank you for these plans, they are great !! I bought the digital version of the plans and i built two for 4" dust collection and modified the plans ( digital is awesome ) for a 2.5" for my xcarve cnc dust collection. Used (overkill ) 1/2" Baltic birch plywood for these.

[@jasonmowery1978]

Great design! I purchased the 4" version. We have a huge CNC router at work. They punched out a full 4x8 sheet of material. That Net me 14 gates. IMO it is the best design around!

[@wmwalkerco]

Damn dude. You have been KILLING IT!

[@katzmosestools]

Thanks Will! Truly means a lot.

[@deanjohnson9572]

Brought your plans, so a big thank you. Only problem was didn’t have the correct software to print in large scale. Spent an hour up-scaling and they turned out perfectly. 🇬🇧 Keep up with your great content.

[@sgsax]

This is an awesome design! Best one I've found yet. Keeping this for reference later. Thanks for sharing!

[@katzmosestools]

Thanks bud!

[@jvirgilio8880]

Your timing couldn't have been better! Hooking up permanent system this weekend. Thanks!

[@katzmosestools]

Video on entire system comes out Sunday.

[@jvirgilio8880]

@@katzmosestools make it early! Thanks bro. Keep up the great videos

[@JohnSublette]

Nice Maker Knife! Great run through of the new dust system - I learned a bunch! -John.

[@OneMHz]

You could probably add some gasket material to minimize the gaps around the edges (or to give us slightly more mortal types some more leeway on precision). I’ve seen people cut them on a Cricut for that CNC this precision too!

[@bobt2522]

Good idea. I hadn't thought of using my vinyl cutter to cut gaskets and spacers. That's as close to CNC as I get.

[@brianwbrown]

So to attach these on the wall, I added some small 1” x 1/2” corner braces (L-brackets). I had to drill them out a tiny bit where the bolt would fit but it works great. One screw in a stud, the middle bolt on the rounded part in the other.

[@skf957]

Superb stuff, thank you. I've been watching your more recent output but haven't seen anything more with your Dad in it. He added a lot to this one. Just sayin' "junior"....

[@JBLewis]

Really great design! I'd be inclined to refine it a little bit with Phillips Flat Head screws and T-Nuts, but I realize that introduces a number of additional operations

[@LutherBuilds]

Love it! Great tutorial for building and assembling them.

[@katzmosestools]

Thanks Josh!

[@mattsmith2090]

Hi Jonathan. I got the 4/6” gate plans and they’re awesome. What I’m wondering is if you’ve tried or had anyone else try to adapt these into a 6” to 4” gate/ adapter? Seems like it would work but wanted to see if there are any reasons not to try it? Thanks.

[@markdejong5284]

I use epoxy instead of silicon. Stronger, ready in 5 mins. Last gates I built with epoxy started to fail and come apart. Mine are not as pretty as yours though. Nice design.

[@meadvino]

question on the paste wax application. why not use some katz moses goo? i already have a jar of that goo made up. wouldn't that work well enough?

[@befmx31]

Instatubes....classic. My dad one time said MegaGigs when trying to describe computer storage. Too funny.

[@rgoldino]

I built the 4” blast gate and it is working great. I need to make the 6” version but it is pretty massive. I’m worried about the weight (can’t attach to the wall). Is there any reason I could not use 1/2” plywood instead of 3/4”?

[@JoaquinGTP]

I was wondering the same thing. I don't see why 1/2" plywood wouldn't work. The thickness doesn't make it more or less effective. If anything, I'd probably only use 1/2" ply.

[@rgoldino]

@@JoaquinGTP I ended up buying the latest set of KM blast gate plans which do specify using 1/2” plywood. The only issue I found is that when the pipe is inserted into the hole there is not much surface area, and silicone caulk alone was not enough to hold the pipe in place. I ended up using epoxy on the inner edge and then also the caulk around the outside, if that makes sense…

[@FredMcIntyre]

Awesome work! 👍🏻👊🏻

[@AdventureIndiana]

Great idea! Just subbed to your channel. Rather than rush in and make a dust collector, I have been watching videos to save myself from mistakes. Nothing will ever be perfect, but this looks like a great idea for me to have right from the go

[@niravsavalia]

great plans - any reason not to make these out of 1/2 ply instead of 3/4?

[@niravsavalia]

nevermind - the plans actually specify 1/2" ply

[@Projects101_NZ]

Very nice design - will be getting the plans to try on my 3D printer as I don’t have a CNC.

[@beardedgaming1337]

how much air leaks through where the pipe rests against the hole? have you teste that?

[@danmottesheard5294]

that's pretty ingenious

[@katzmosestools]

Thanks Dan!

[@patrickkelly1618]

This is awesome! Do you have one for 2 1/2" OD?

[@stevegordon8934]

great video I was wondering where you got the hose for the upper portion of your dust collection for the router? I'm from Gt. Falls, Mt. & I don't have access to a devoted woodworking store, ie. woodworking, woodsmith journal or Rockler. I can reach them thru the internet although I've never seen either one, didn't mention that I would also like to know where I can find one of those by those I mean the spring clamp that you used to connect one of your hose to the dust port from one of your machines. I'd would like to know where I can find them.? Please let me know!

[@andysims9184]

Your dad is awesome

[@katzmosestools]

Yes he is!

[@shaunboydmadethis]

I've seen them in person and they work like a charm! Nice job, bud!

[@katzmosestools]

Thanks bud!

[@Just-ot4vy]

I have a lot of 5" ducting, is the Fusion file parametric so I can change the size of the hole?

[@katzmosestools]

You can edit the file for sure.

[@harvesthunt]

was going to ask same thing.

[@befmx31]

Jonathan, I am trying understand the spec numbers for dust collectors. Which would be a better collector, one that said 1023 cfm @ 11.0 " s.p. or one that said 1600 cfm @ 2.0" s.p.? Thanks.

[@katzmosestools]

I wish I had a good answer. I'd Google it if that came up in my life

[@stanley626]

You want to make the long side away from the pivot bolt square so you can fix a flat section making it easy to fix to the wall/ceiling.

[@Microtunnel]

Nice job guys!

[@katzmosestools]

Thanks Tim!

[@katekeough9819]

I see you rubbed a paste wax which one did you use

[@MarcWaddell]

Hey JKM...I know I asked in the other dust collection video, but specifically talking about 1:31 to 1:38 where you are assembling the blast gates and reference "as long as you've cut your pipe square." How critical is squareness with the assembly of the gates? Normally I use a chop/miter saw, but 6 inch is a bit too large for that. Other methods, including a home made miter box have not been fruitful either (and no rental places have a 20 inch cut off saw for rent). :)

[@barryomahony4983]

Crosscut sled or miter gauge on table saw. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4ayiImljq59jNU

[@papirojo4228]

I’m setting up a small workspace in my garage, but still setting up dust collection. Can the plans be sized down for the 2” pipe for those of us using our shop vacs and dust separators?

[@katzmosestools]

I include the fusion files which can be edited pretty easily. Cheers!

[@hallowed45]

excellent idea

[@katzmosestools]

Cheers!

[@kevindavis9319]

Good ideas

[@kyleschmidt233]

Jonathan, have you revisited how to mount the blast gates? I recently purchased the plans for these and am going to start to make a number of them. Thanks for the great videos man!

[@harvesthunt]

Love your dad. :)

[@katzmosestools]

Hahahaha I think he had a good time too

[@djAnakin]

Great work! I need to do these! I would probably use threaded inserts rather than the nuts though. We'll see.. maybe the inserts won't work properly.

[@garysouza2277]

My thought was mylar washers on both sides, with nylock nuts...

[@guitarbridges1]

If you have clamp together dust collection, can these still work? I got 5” pipes and fitting online and am toying with just buying the aluminum blast gates from the company. I’d have to tweak the plans I bought from you to fit 5” pipes. Anyone have similar situation or thoughts?

[@bobt2522]

Lacking a CNC or the patience to cut out a bunch of odd-shaped parts precisely, I would probably cut one set of parts from MDF and use them as patterns for my router and flush cut bit.

[@katzmosestools]

That's definitely how I'd do it and I should've mentioned it

[@bobt2522]

You could combine the two techniques by using your CNC to cut MDF templates and selling them. I would probably buy a set.

[@robsandstrom9854]

Went to the link to try and find these plans. Have they been pulled down or did I miss them? If pulled down, did you find a problem after using awhile?

[@katzmosestools]

Theyre definitely on my website katzmoseswoodworking.com

[@robsandstrom9854]

Jonathan Katz-Moses thank you for ensuring I knew they were there. I found them in the store under woodworking plans.

[@mmcl1312]

I purchased the digital plans and can't for the life of me figure out how to print these and cut them accurately. In the video you mention that you can turn on the grid in Adobe Acrobat, which I can do, but it doesn't print with the grid, so there's no alignment/reference once they are printed. Is there something I'm missing? I'm surprised to not see anyone else in the comments section here bring up this issue.

[@JoeK0322]

Do you sell any of these already cut out on CNC? Would be interested in buying them if you do.

[@michaelbottalico]

Do you need to ground PVC dust collection.

[@marquisbois990]

So good to know my name is on the box you’re Maker Knife came in! Nice vid bro.

[@katzmosestools]

Hahaha thanks

[@JoeK0322]

Do you sell them already cut on the CNC ?

[@michaelroot2438]

Would like to know how to automate these... I bought your plans and have about 10 of these 6" gates installed in my shop.

[@codyziemke8654]

No bloopers with your dad? haha great video and idea for blast gates

[@StoneFistedProps]

This is awesome Thank You. Question How would I adjust this for a 2-1/2" Shop Vac System?

[@katzmosestools]

You could just size the holes differently or resize the whole thing in fusion

[@StoneFistedProps]

@@katzmosestools Thank you, Definitely wanna make a set of these, they are the Best I have seen thus far.

[@sdoc3]

Loving the design, can I assume the drawings are scalable? I could really use a couple gates on my 8" pipes...

[@mysticvalleywoodworks2777]

So im new to fusion 360. How to i create a new tool path from your fusion down load? For my Onefinity cnc machine?

[@BKMakes]

Does your Dad owe royalties to David P. now? Nice video, I like the options (bandsaw or CNC, etc👍🏻)

[@JoeK0322]

Any interest in selling these already made from the CNC ?

[@reforzar]

Dad is great! 😂

[@katzmosestools]

Hahaha thanks!

[@robertw.1499]

Hi Jonathon, why do you use metal working bits to drill the plywood? Love the idea and build 🤘

[@yougee83]

Quick tip for a better looking silicone seal: use a glass cleaner & a popsicle stick. :)

[@JasonPeltier]

What do you mean 'glass cleaner'? I've also ordered some of those fondant tools. They're basically ball bearings on the end of a stick. They make nice even curves in corners when you're caulking things up.

[@meadvino]

@@JasonPeltier kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYHUZZynrbV8aKs

[@chrisspann6674]

This is a great design. Think it's time to upgrade my DC. Now can you help me make more time to do it? I need a video on that. Great design, brother.

[@katzmosestools]

Hahaha seriously. It's took a week

[@Ukjon72]

Love your videos! Might be interesting to see if you could replicate the design for a 3d printer?

[@katzmosestools]

Fusion files go directly to 3d printer but it sounds like a massive print that costs more than just buying a metal one

[@beginnerswoodshop]

@@katzmosestools Having purchased the plans, I tried slicing the biggest middle part and printing the halves vertically. It used a LOT of filament and ended up a failed print. My idea was going to use the printed versions as a template. Instead, looks like I'll be using the printed plans :)

[@driftlessjoinery5059]

The metal blast gates are miserable due to leaks, the plastic ones fill with chip and won't close. Cool beans man.

[@Headdancer1]

Anybody having problems getting the bottom (tool side) pvc pipe staying inserted? I’m using the wall mount provided in the plans. I’m on my third blast gate and the 3rd one seems to work itself free on the tool side. It has a 45 degree elbow and a 6 to 4 inch reducer on the tool side. It keeps pulling loose despite two different caulks I’ve tried. I’m considering construction adhesive…

[@katzmosestools]

Use the construction adhesive. Cheers

[@kennorman3864]

Can anyone give a link to the thin wall PVC he's talking about? I am only finding 6.625" outer diameter, not 6.25"

[@meadvino]

it's sewer pipe, formally called 2729 pipe. call your local plumbing supply house.

[@JTWoodworks]

Subscribed to the instatubes!

[@katzmosestools]

Hahahaha thanks bud!

[@tundrawhisperer4821]

Forget manual blast gates, GO AUTOMATED! GrnGate.com. is king!

[@katzmosestools]

Too expensive for me

[@tundrawhisperer4821]

Did you look into it? You’d be surprised how affordable this system is! He developed this system for smaller, one man wood shops.

[@katzmosestools]

@@tundrawhisperer4821 it would cost almost $2k to outfit my shop. That's nuts

[@katzmosestools]

@@tundrawhisperer4821 these cost $2-4 to make

[@tundrawhisperer4821]

Jonathan Katz-Moses just throwing it out there as alternative is all. Some may want a different look, How’d you figure 2k? I have six stationary machines on my current system and the whole system, including the blast gates and controller for the dust collector cost me $750. I have a short (and very amateur) video on my KZbin channel showing them in place.

[@dan__________________]

The way the metal ones work is the sheet metal sucks up against the gate frame when the dust collector is running and then gap is non existent. Works great if you buy quality ones.

[@Watter93]

This was my thought as well. He measured the gap on the wrong side of the gate; the side facing the tool. I've smoke tested my metal gates and there is a tiny amount of leakage on some of them, but it's super minor.

[@vagneraparecido3014]

Como faço pra comprar pra cnc router

[@freshoffthesaw8090]

Seen them in action, they work great!

[@katzmosestools]

Thanks for your help bud!

[@carbonitegamorrean8368]

David FTW

[@katzmosestools]

Hahaha

[@joshdura]

The "instatubes" is now my new favorite phrase.

[@katzmosestools]

Might be my new catchphrase...

[@jmb-cm7mr]

I wish you had these in 5inch i have 5 inch metal pipe in my shop.

[@mikekellar3899]

you should be able to adapt the design to 5 inch.

[@Linrox]

Nice job. Great to see you working with your dad. Be interesting to see what the air quality meter reads with these. my only concern is your not wearing a dust mask. Your lungs are important and dust collection is never 100% effective.

[@mrwoodwork5097]

Awesome video! Now I gotta go build me some of these. Instatubes 😂

[@katzmosestools]

Hahaha

[@jgarehart89]

Couldn’t you have provided a better way to splice together the sheets from the plan if printed?

[@craigchingren-hamann9700]

Wait... did your dad start to use Picciuto's sign off... LOL

[@katzmosestools]

I think so hahaha

[@maconbacon]

Missed the stay passionate!

[@bobt2522]

Let's just have fun.

[@MrTheBurkes]

Can't we just have fun?

[@diydad6723]

Instatube like it lol, thumbs up

[@katzmosestools]

Dad killed it!

[@danhunik7949]

Instead of using lock washers on soft wood why not us a flat washer and a nylock nut? They will not loosen and the flat washers will not sink into the wood as fast.

[@katzmosestools]

Used what I had on hand

[@bobt2522]

I would put a flat washer under the lock washer to keep the lock washer from digging into the wood.

[@chrishand259]

Great video man, as always. Also love reading your replies to comments, even to “that guy”... “you’re the best!” Bahahahahahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣

[@katzmosestools]

Hahahaha I cant help myself sometimes

[@patrickharris82]

Has anyone made these out of 1/2 ply?

[@QUERBEET-DIES-UND-DAS]

👍

[@mark_loveless]

This sucked! Which is good. Very timely, getting ready to move into a new shop, looking forward to the next video to see the full system.

[@katzmosestools]

It really sucks!

[@jasonchristiansen9063]

"insta-tubes"....... thats great

[@katzmosestools]

Nailed it!

[@DIYHGP]

Jonathan, for some reason, I can not find you on Instatube,, what gives,,,,,, LOL

[@katzmosestools]

Lol hahaha

[@orelygarcia]

👍👍💜💯😎

[@beardedpenguin3795]

LMAO @4:02.

[@katzmosestools]

Hahahaha

[@brewsterly2927]

In your last video you had trouble as you couldn't find a way to fasten them to the wall, this would be a solution: kzbin.info/www/bejne/habPlGaZid5gjrs

[@Malcrom1967]

Is this Jimmy Kimmel's brother?

[@katzmosestools]

Yes

[@Malcrom1967]

@@katzmosestools These are my favorite of all the homemade ones I've seen. What kind of plywood did you use? Please don't say Baltic birch because I've never seen that anywhere in Canada.

[@katzmosestools]

@@Malcrom1967 hahaha nope. I used shop birch which is cheap and readily available

[@Malcrom1967]

@@katzmosestools just bought the plans. Thanks :)

[@katzmosestools]

@@Malcrom1967 awesome bud!