Festool extractor+Cyclone with SawStop Compact and Dewalt Planar?

[NewWoodWorkerVA]

New user here; woodshed for a one-car garage.

I am looking at the SawStop CTS which has a 2 1/2 inch dust port and I am looking at the Dewalt DW735 which uses a 2 7/16" inch port but will accommodate a 4 inch hose.

Both tools will be relatively mobile so I can even do my cuts/planing with the garage open or even in the driveway if I have to.

Will any of the Festool dust extractors with the Cyclone accessory be able to handle the saw and planer?  I am looking at the CT Midi or CT 26 but can get larger if needed.

I plan to get a Festool sander and will have the extractor anyway; wondering if this can serve all of my dust needs (saw and planer being the biggest) or if I will need a separate dust handling system as well.

 

[Jim_in_PA]

Saw, should be fine. Planer, well...if you're not using it much and only with narrow stock, you'll be ok. But a thickness planer puts out a "yuge" amount of material, so you'll be changing that bin under the cyclone a whole bunch. I'd be concerned with the airflow of a vac type extractor keeping up with the volume of stuff that a thickness planer produces, too. Vacs have higher static pressure, but limited air volume. In other words, how you use that thicknesser is going to be material to your satisfaction.

 

[Coen]

Yeah and the planer won't be outputting fine dust anyway.

 

[ChuckM]

The DW735 I know has an exhaust fan that accepts 4" and small dia. (shop vac?) hoses, and the fan alone does a good job of ejecting the chips out. So, any Festool dust extractors with a cyclone set-up (Festool or third-party such as Dust Deputy) will work for your SawStop and planer.

Mine is a Ridgid thickness planer, and I've found the difference in extraction result minimal between using just the built-in fan and connecting the port to a dust collector.

 

[Coen]

But how to connect any hose to Dewalt devices...

 

[ChuckM]

But how to connect any hose to Dewalt devices...

Connecting a dust extractor or shop vac hose to the Dewalt planer shouldn't be a huge problem. I have hooked up all kinds of ports using assorted hoses, fittings, and adapters (some from the plumbing dept. of HD or Lowe's).

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[Coen]

But how to connect any hose to Dewalt devices...

Connecting a dust extractor or shop vac hose to the Dewalt planer shouldn't be a huge problem. I have hooked up all kinds of ports using assorted hoses, fittings, and adaptors (some from the plumbing dept. of HD or Lowe's).

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Yes, but try to find out what fits from a webpage... Dewalt's webpage is a loose collection of '404'...

Same with Makita; they seem to invent a different diameter per device made as well.  [unsure]

 

[ChuckM]

When connecting things, I rely on the actual objects or ports rather than their spec. to make the adapters from hoses, pipes, etc. such as these odd size connections:

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[squall_line]

The DW735's fan is good enough that many people just pipe a 4" hose to a 35 gallon Rubbermaid "Brute" trash can and call it a day.  Get the caster attachment and it's pretty easy to move around.

I wonder if the Festool bucket-mixing extractor attachment (MX-A) would fit on a Brute to keep any fine dust from getting into the air while all of the large heavy chips just fill the can...

 

[Michael Kellough]

The DW735's fan is good enough that many people just pipe a 4" hose to a 35 gallon Rubbermaid "Brute" trash can and call it a day.  Get the caster attachment and it's pretty easy to move around.

I wonder if the Festool bucket-mixing extractor attachment (MX-A) would fit on a Brute to keep any fine dust from getting into the air while all of the large heavy chips just fill the can...

I would make a lid with a basic filter bag attached.
A big bag with a lot of surface area so it doesn’t produce back pressure impeding the flow of chips.

 

[ChuckM]

Just remember that this adapter works great for stationary machines
https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/sho.../114859-universal-vacuum-adapter?item=03J6109

I use it on the Kapex (with the Dust Deputy 2.5).

 

[NewWoodWorkerVA]

Follow up here: the planer indeed generates WAY too much material for the extractor even with the vortex accessory.

I bought one of those plastic trash lids with 4 inch in and out ports.  Put the CTS26 on the outport to capture any fine dust.  I was concerned the air pressure would break the CTS!

So no extractor for the planer.  I just attached a fabric bag to the exhaust port (one that some nice pots and pans came in) and that seems to work.  Plus planing is done outside.  If anything that bag filters too much because I get material leakage from the trash can top (even with a bungee cord holding it down).

Extractor works with the sawstop great.  Had to buy some fitting adapters.  The Sawstop CTS is a job site saw with no blade dust extraction so the floor and saw table get very dirty but the vortex container fills up.

New question:  thoughts on plugging the CTS into the Extractor outlet?  20 amp dedicated circuit, 12 gauge extension cord.  Sawstop specs just say 15 amps here. https://www.sawstop.com/product/compact-table-saw/

I’ve researched and should be fine with my Kapex, Track saw (TS60 KEB).  Just leaves me wondering if I’d be ok with the sawstop CTS and my Bosch 1617 router (12 amps).  This Ron Paulk video here shows his CTS plugged into his extractor. 

Thanks

 

[DynaGlide]

Where in Virginia? I might have something for you to help with the planer.

 

[NewWoodWorkerVA]

I am in Alexandria (The Fairfax part).  The photo shows my current setup.  Even with those weights on the air pressure can lift the lid.  Today my hacked filter bagged clogged up; I think I need to build a "fein baffle" like I saw on YouTube to keep the material down while letting air out.

 

[DynaGlide]

[member=80404]NewWoodWorkerVA[/member] Here's the setup I had/have:

https://www.festoolownersgroup.com/other-tools-accessories/dw735-planer-setup/

I've since gotten a dust collector. You're welcome to the bag/hose/bungee if you want. I didn't have issues with the lid popping up once swapping to that style of bungee.

 

[NewWoodWorkerVA]

Thanks.  I may take you up on that.  I think my filter (my hacked bag; and perhaps your original bag; though it has way more surface area) are too fine to handle the volume of air the Dewalt pushes out and more than is needed for the size of material from the planer.  Thinking of replacing it with like window screen material.  Sure fine dust will get out (whatever there is from the planer, if any) but I do planing outside.