Dust Extraction

[nw60312]

Hello,

Trying to improve the dust extraction situation. To date I have a Midi and the standard shop vac. For the hand-held tools the Midi with the 26 hose has been great. It's miter saw, lunch box planer and router table that I am looking for some better solutions in a small shop situation.

While the shop vac works in a pinch here are the couple of thoughts I have had for the bigger tools:

- Get a cyclone and 36 hose for the midi? I believe the Oneida (https://www.oneida-air.com/dust-deputy/ultimate-dust-deputy-cyclone-kit-festool-vacs) can be modified to fit the midi? Anyone using the combination have feedback? Better cyclone options for the midi?

-https://www.rikontools.com/product/60-105 Go with something small and lower cost that I can leave mobile or wall mount?

Other options I should be looking at instead?

Thanks!
-Nate

 

[rst]

I use a midi with the Oneida sitting on top at my stationary cutting table.  At least with the older models, the Oneida did not fasten well so I kept it fast with a ratchet strap.  I think the newer ones have the new attic top so it may well so without the strap.

 

[Bob D.]

Even a lunch box planer will generate a significant volume of chips and could potentially overwhelm a shop vac sized vacuum. At the least it will fill up quickly.

 

[Dick Mahany]

It's miter saw, lunch box planer and router table that I am looking for some better solutions in a small shop situation.

Other options I should be looking at instead?

Thanks!
-Nate

I have a CT36 and a 16 gallon "6hp" Ridgid shop vac.  I typically use the Ridgid vac with a Dust Deputy on a 15 gallon fiber drum with my DeWalt 744 planer.  Even when connected with short sections of 2-1/2" hose, chip collection is quite poor for the planer.  Seems to work fine for my router table.

I formerly had a 3HP cyclone in my previous shop and a 4" connection was very good with the planer, but the shop vac setup just isn't cutting it.  One possible way to get satisfactory planer chip collection with small diameter hoses is the DeWalt 735 because it has an internal chip exhausting fan which would do a better job of collecting the chips so that the shop vac can simply move them to the bin. The planer fills collection bins very quickly.