Automatic Dust Collector System DIY

[@markmulder996]

man, this video is just spot on. I love the combination of different skills to make the whole thing work. First of all the basic workshop dust collection stuff, but then also the wiring, electrics and 3d printing to make it fit your needs exactly. What you did here is pretty much exactly what i have in mind for my workshop some day. (actually, some elements even apply to how i'm hooking up my HVAC system to my smart home to make my centrally controlled airco unit deal with individual room temps)

[@ShopRamblings]

I have a lot of things like this I have built. I bought a new camera I used when I filmed this. It sucked. I have got a better one now. Building something is much easier than filming and video editing it. I am glad it made sense.

[@martyjosephson4937]

I wanted you to know I built this dust collector and are very happy with it, I don't have an exhaust filter on it yet. It's a huge improvement over the 1hp Delta with the bags collector, thanks so much for this.

[@ShopRamblings]

Thank you for letting me know. This has been a real game change in my shop. I was worried that others might not have the same results. So far, no one has told me it didn't work for them but have had people all over the world tell they have built it. I am not the best with names, but did you email me a few months ago about a Live show? If so, I replied but never got a response.

[@MarkJonesRanger]

Add in a super dust deputy and a gate to vent outside and your set. Nice setup.

[@ShopRamblings]

Great idea! However, I just moved the system outside. I just have the blast gates coming through the wall.

[@martyjosephson4937]

Just remembered, the nice thing about this system only the machine that you open the blast gate is the only machine that has dust collection. I also use a remote to let me know if one of the gates are open.

[@ShopRamblings]

Before I did this, I would forget to close gates. I would notice dust coming off the saws due to lack of suction. Then I would have to go check, and half the gate would be open. Now, if a gate is open, the machine is running. If they are all closed, then it is off. When I was back and forth between the table saw and the miter saw, I would open the next tool before I closed the last one I was using. This keeps the collectors motor from turn on and off.

[@johnrice6793]

I’m pleased I subscribed. I’m gunna save this video. Thank you! Very well done, very informative. 👊🤜🤛

[@ShopRamblings]

I am glad to give some helpful information. I bought a new camera off Amazon and shot this. The quality is less than my phone. I have since order all new camera equipment. I hope my future videos will be better quality. Right now I have emptied my shop. I have removed all the cleats. I am filling all the holes in the walls and going to paint to try to make it look better. If there is anything you are interested in let me know. If one person has a question, there is a dozen more with the same question.

[@jameshuntley428]

Fantastic video. Thank you for sharing

[@ShopRamblings]

Thanks. I know it is not professional but hopefully it is clear enough that people can build theirs without running into issues.

[@martyjosephson4937]

Hi, I did something like this but used non-contact magnets instead of the limit switches. Very nice, thanks,

[@ShopRamblings]

I had thought of using induction switches. Then, having the gates open and close when the motor comes on. I decided against it mainly because of the miter saw.

[@Peter-e9j2d]

I ordered the parts but the LED and switch are not on there. Are they necessary? What toggle switch do we buy? Is it wired any differently if we don't use them?

[@ShopRamblings]

No. The led is just an indicator. The extra switch is just a bypass. I put it in just in case one of the micro switches stopped working. I could still use the system to finish what I was doing and fix the issue later.

[@struggle375]

you're a wizard man! Where do you learn all this stuff?

[@ShopRamblings]

By screwing up. I have just always tried things. Many of them have not worked and few have blown up. I almost sink a Naval Cruzer back in 1990. Now I figured out I never screw up. I am just figuring out the ways not to do something. Then all that is left is the right way to do it. When i build something it normally takes 3 to get a great product. I will figure out what I think is the best way and build it. Afterwards it will work but I will realize that maybe 10 things would have been better a different way. The second one I will fix the 10 things but maybe only 7 work the way I thought they would but it will be better than the first one. By the 3rd time I normally have all the bugs worked out. This is the third time I have done the dust collector. I built and used it for about a year. Then I build one for a friend. That was the one I video'ed building the baffle. I then tore mine apart and rebuilt it with new parts for this video.

[@struggle375]

@@ShopRamblings haha that Naval cruzer story sounds like a good one

[@ShopRamblings]

@@struggle375 we were inventoring OBA canisters. I found an expired one and decided to cut it open to see what was inside. As I was cutting it with the hacksaw the metal shavings were sparking. It looked pretty cool. The potassium superoxide was like a yellow chalk. I dumped it in a steel trash can. There must have been some oil in the can because it lit off and exploded. Later a friend told me he was on the deck above and it knocked him off his feet. It melted the steel can like it was plastic. Luckily it all burned up before melting through the deck. Even more luck, I had been cutting on a table over about 500 canisters. The trash can was about 3 feet away. Had it lit off on the table above the other canisters they all would lit off. A couple hundred pounds of potassium superoxide would have probably still been burning sitting on the bottom of the ocean. Luckily back then people took care of each other. The ship was put on general quarters. The fire team went in and the whole aft end of the ship was filled with smoke. Probably 100 people involved. We wrote it off as a training accident and no one got in an trouble. Now days it would have been all over the news I would have been it the brigg.

[@struggle375]

@@ShopRamblings you're damn right about that being in the news, nowadays that would have been nationwide headlines

[@ToddKing]

Two things, it just would have made sense to have the payoff at the end of the video showing you opening a blast gate and having the dust collector kick on. Second, as wood workers, we want to make everything out of wood. But it's not a good material for everything. The reason that breaker panels, switch boxes, aux panels, makeup boxes ect are made of metal or plastic is that 120v connections and switches can overheat and cause a risk of fire. Even though your box joint box looks great, and even though the chance is slim, I'd rather see you use a metal project box that has no chance of burning your shop down.

[@ShopRamblings]

I agree with you on both points. Thanks for the constructive feedback.

[@naseralariar9698]

I try to do it but it doesn’t work I don’t know what’s happening

[@ShopRamblings]

Email me your number and I will text you to help figure out were the issue is. [e-mail]

[@luisurbina5115]

Great video. Thanks. Poor audio

[@ShopRamblings]

Sorry about that. This is an older video. Sound has been what I have struggled with the most. I have tried over 10 different microphones and a couple of different software packages. I now have 2 different microphones, one for the shop and one inside. They were almost $500. I hope the audio is better on my newer videos.