Dust collection is a difficult part of laying out any shop. There’s always a balance to be struck, whether it is making sure your dust collector is powerful enough or keeping your ducting run in an efficient manner. And let’s face it, spending big bucks on dust collection isn’t nearly as fun as a massive jointer. Well, at least that’s the obvious route that furniture maker Mike Korsak took.
Mike’s shop is a decent size, and while he may not admit it, he has room to spread out a little bit. Mike chose to put all of the dust-spewing machines we love (planer, jointer, and tablesaw) in one corner of his shop to keep his dust -collection needs centralized. This way he doesn’t have to have a huge dust collector and a lot of ducting to keep his shop from becoming covered in everyone’s favorite byproduct—sawdust.
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Comments
How big, in square feet, was the shop??
A 360 scan would be nice.
*Chose or has chosen, not choose.
I think he's going to find that having a dust collection duct going down the right side of the tablesaw, or any side for that matter, just doesn't work out. (been there, done that) You wouldn't think you would have to break it down that much to make a few cuts on stock that reach that far, but in reality it seems like you're doing it every other day. The best way, especially in his case, is to bust up concrete floor and take it to the wall. That way it's completely out of the way
Do you think he can open the window to run long boards through the table saw? Seriously, it looks like it might work.
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