Dust collection manifold?

[fritter63]

Would love to find a ready to buy solution - or at least photos of something that has been created before (possibly with auto open gates).

Thoughts?

I'd be willing to work with you designing a manifold (and doing the CAD work) that could be 3D printed, say at Shapeways.com

Shouldn't be too difficult. Let me know.

 

[fritter63]

Is this what you were thinking?

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[Peter_C]

Hmmm...a triple auto blast gate would have been nice to have today, and now I want one. RO90 with a D27 hose, OF1010 on another D27 hose, and a TS55 on a D36 hose. I had the three hoses in use today, and a triple tap plugged into the CT36, just need all the automatic blast gate components. At least today I had the right hoses plugged in for the tools I was using.

 

[southrider]

For my purposes a linear series of 3 or 4 ports makes more sense. I'm wanting to fasten it closely under the top of an MFT, and have the gates handy to reach.

A V shaped collector like you've drawn is probably more efficient in air flow, but would seem harder to mount, stabilize,  open/close the gates, and require two hands to change hoses.