Hello all! I am setting up my shop and was curious if anyone had any suggestions on dust collection in a sanding room? I have worked in factories and don’t want to buy a full torrent collection system. Looking for a solution that can handle a good amount of boards, but is less maintenance and pulls less power. If you have any ideas or suggestions let me know!
Thanks!
Reduce size of working place, where venltilated, to just what you need. In this place push air from the top throug wide F7 filter and suck at floor with wide surface cleanable G4 filter. Everywhere of this working place you want 0,2 to 0,4 m/s wind speed, not to much so you only help dust fall to collection.
Lemat is right. Circulation. Air pulled in on one end and pushed out at the other. Ventilation up high near the ceiling is good for respiration, but I also like to have a fan pulling air in at the floor. Pulling air in at the floor(12”or 18” above floor level) catches dust before it hits the floor and is pushed and pulled out of the room at the other end. Ventilation at the ceiling doesn’t need a fan, just a vent. Dust collection shrouds on your sanders are good but sometimes more hassle than they are worth. If you are doing any production, they restrict your movement too much and slow things down. If that doesn’t matter and you can get a shroud that will fit an eight inch pad, a vac and a cyclone will get rid of most of your dust