See more ideas about shop dust collection, harbor freight tools, dust collection system.  This is a Harbor Freight woodworking bench I had purchased for $ then I added the castors and shelving from left over projects in my shop, estimating these costs around $ total investment $ heck you can't buy a brick of 22's for that! Harbor Freight parts washer redo - WeldingWeb™ - Welding forum for pros and enthusiasts. I saw this filter project on a website and thought it looked like a neat idea, being I needed a new parts washer I went ahead and ordered Harbor Freight's washer with the wheels and decided I would turn it into a parts washer project. things I. Called harbor freight and they told me the order number in the email didn’t work. They would have to open this ticket too. So I go back to the store I bought it from and their manager Anna was great.  We were waiting on an answer from harbor freight on what the delivery guys were to do, I realized we could reassemble which I did. Saved harbor freight a bunch of time and money not returning this lb section of toolbox. The other piece that was damaged had to be sent back so I can’t assemble the top and bottom pieces until I get it back. So I got 4 sections of tool box Laing in my garage floor so I can’t park my car in the garage now. So with the X, Y and Z axes in existence (note: nowhere near complete or dialed in) its time to make some wood chips. A bunch of 2x4 ends donated from a woodworking neighbor are a bit more failure-tolerant than aluminum. In action. Had to deal with a couple slips in the Y axis. I had the most mental anguish about the Z axis, but in truth the Y axis is more of a pain in the butt than the Z is I took the CAD for the X-axis plate since it was the simplest and played in Fusion with the adaptive clearing. The bolt pockets are too small for my 1/4" end mill but the center hole and outline w. Grime-stoppers, rid your tablesaw of dust. I closed all of the valves with the shop-vac on and it imploded. But what does any sawdust collection system Sawdust Collection System Harbor Freight Us harbor freight quant this really mean in practical terms? I did a bit of research on this because it was also a concern of mine. Underneath the workbench, I connected the hoses to the dust cyclone: connect the shop vac to the top of the cyclone, and then connect the other hose the one that goes to the saw to the side of harbr cyclone.

The other driving factor was that this allowed me to put the shop-vac above the ceiling. More floor space and less noise. I have half filled the 30 gallon drum with sawdust and have yet to empty the shop-vac or clean the filter. I decided to anchor the PVC pipe going through the ceiling by using a floor flange for electrical conduit and drilling a clearance hole for the PVC, then gluing the PVC in place.

I also used a pipe clamp above the ceiling on the PVC. I, luckily, have all 5 of the machines I use the shop-vac on, on one circuit, which simplified the automation requirements as I just had to monitor one point. I settled on a design that did not limit the current in case I did try to run multiple machines, using an Aprilaire 51 current sensing relay that is normally used for humidifier circuits triggered from the furnace fan motor current.

It is only rated for 50 watts so I used it to drive a relay. When I first prototyped the circuit, the relay was energizing immediately. After a replacement current sensor gave the same result, I started experimenting with loading, and determined that although the specs said 50 watt max, it should have also said 10 watt minimum load.

The particular relay I used only draws 10ma and measures 5k ohms resistive load, so I added a 2k ohm 20 watt wirewound resistor in parallel with the relay coil to increase the load and keep the relay from a false start.

The system has been running about a month, and works to my expectations, with more than enough vacuum and velocity. One gotcha in my system is my paper barrel. I closed all of the valves with the shop-vac on and it imploded. Nice ad for Shop-vac I suppose. I'm not good at writing conclusions, or writing at all for that matter, so I end here I guess.

I'd be happy to answer any questions. I modified the circuit by replacing the original relay with a single contact relay and replaced the ohm resistor with a 40 watt light bulb. It has ran well since then, with no false triggers, but I have procrastinated updating this site.

I also added a wall switch directly across the Aprilaire current sensor to aid in shop cleanup. The switch energizes the relay to start the vacuum directly, so I can connect a 20ft hose to clean the floor. Looking around the one that worked the best was a swimming pool skimmer. Live right I guess. The hose reaches everywhere in the shop, even the cobwebs in the corners, and standard attachments all fit. I left the valve on the other side of the room, true it's not quite as handy, but can I reach it easy this way and this lets me put the flexible vacuum hose high on the wall for the swivel path of the saw.

I also ran a dedicated outlet on the wall for the saw from the sensed circuit across the room for the other tools on the vacuum system. Again, since I only use it for one tool at a time, there is plenty of capacity of both the electrical and vacuum system. Thanks, Steve. Steve - great idea and thanks for sharing. I've been exploring how to build one of these and the pvc Y and valves are perfect. A couple of things I did that may be of help is 1 bought a remote outlet that I can carry in my pocket and can start the vac from anywhere in the shop which is really handy at least as long as you don't take it back into the house with you : 2 check out this video for a dust collection bucket which I've found to really work well.

Maybe smaller than you'd like but may be helpful for others. Reply 4 months ago. Question 2 years ago on Introduction. Question 3 years ago. Do you feel your shop vac has enough suction to handle the length of tubing you have? I am thinking about using a 6. My run will be feet before connecting to tablesaw etc.

Also I am thinking on putting vacuum in a noice preventing cabinet. Do you feel it will over heat? I currently use the Dust Deputy atop a 5 gallon pail before going to my shop vac. I recently bought the HF 2 HP dust collector system. I really Sawdust Collection System Harbor Freight Edge like your set-up. For a hobby wood shop, I wanted to start my shop vac with a remote. I don't do electrical and didn't want to spend a lot of time and money on this.

Amazon carries now a lot of outlets with remotes, but my shopvac is 15amps, 6. Comes with 3 separate outlets labeled 1,2,3 and a remote with 3 buttons to operate these outlets individually. Works through walls and other obstructions. The Harbor Freight link won't paste here.

Search for Indoor Wireless Remote System 3pc. Item I found this through a youtube video where the person went to HF and found a Stanley brand equivalent, but I had no luck finding that online or at HF so settled for the house brand. Anyone on this post have any input regarding DWV vs Schedule 40? Any reason one couldn't use DWV?

Reply 5 years ago. Would have used more if shop were bigger, since you only open one at a time. Thanks so much for this.

Exactly what I was looking for. While I'm comfortable with electronics, I have some old X10 outlets with a remote. A few months back I built a no fence miter saw station for my garage shop. I made a dust hood with sliding adjustable doors which makes it easy to open up for mitered cuts.

Although Sawdust Collection System Harbor Freight Plan the dust collection on this miter saw is fairly good, my shop vac filter quickly gets clogged and looses suction, which results in sawdust in the air and all over the workbench.

So this is my baseline. Now I want to show you the readings when I run the saw using my regular shop vac setup. The first solution I want to implement is adding a dust cyclone to my shop vac. The first step is to trace and cut out the hole for the cyclone to fit onto the lid. I cut out the circle using a utility knife, and drilled the six holes for the bolts. After lining up the gasket with the holes, I positioned the cyclone and used the provided washers and bolts to attach the cyclone to the lid.

Next, I drilled a hole through my workbench using a 3 inch hole saw. I threaded the extra hose I purchased through the hole, and hooked it up to my miter saw using a Bosch 35 mm adapter. Underneath the workbench, I connected the hoses to the dust cyclone: connect the shop vac to the top of the cyclone, and then connect the other hose the one that goes to the saw to the side of the cyclone. Just connect the saw and the vac to the indicated receptacles, and make sure to set the switch to auto.

Now the shop vac will automatically turn on when the saw is activated, and will stay on for 6 seconds after the saw stops to clear the hose. Totally worth it. The second solution I want to implement to improve the dust control further, is to build a dust hood behind the miter saw to trap as much dust as possible.

Due to my miter saw's configuration, I needed to cut out 2 slots to make room for the knobs at the back of the fence. I positioned the rail flush up against the back of my fence. I noticed that the knobs reach right to the top of the rail.

Since, I want to make a groove where the doors will slide, this is a problem. An easy fix is to add another piece of wood to build it up. Okay, with those minor adjustments made, I now want to mark out where I need to cut the groove so that the doors will slide right up against the box. I made another rail for the top and cut out the same groove, and attached it, making sure that the groove lined up with the front edge of the box so the doors could slide in.

After cutting the doors, I did a few test fits and adjusted until I felt that they slid nice and smoothly.

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