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   BrianDerr | Aug 23, 2009 06:30pm | #1

   Have you thought about upgrading your DC? What do you have now?

   Brian

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   lacava | Aug 23, 2009 06:58pm | #2

   I go from the planer to a trash can with a cyclone lid, and then to a separate dust collector. The dust is moving at such a high velocity that I do not have to turn the DC on.

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   Dave45 | Aug 24, 2009 05:17pm | #3

   This sounds a bit odd. Although the cutter head will cause some "blower" action, it would take quite a bit to cause backflow thru a DC system.

   Do you have blast gates on your other machines? If not, you should. AFIK, only a large shop DC system has enough capacity to work effectively with everything wide open. The rest of us need to reset blast gates as we move from tool to tool. My 1100 cfm DC can handle (sorta) two open gates, but when I use the planer or jointer, only that gate had better be open.

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   JohnWW | Aug 24, 2009 06:53pm | #4

   Something doesn't sound right, describe your DC system, sounds like it has problems.

   The DeWalt planer does have a built in blower, but the DC should just work better with the added boost.

   Where would the chips blown into the chimney go?

   John White, Shop Manager for FWW Magazine, 1998-2007

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   forestgirl | Aug 25, 2009 03:47am | #5

   John, we had a member a few years ago who had to take the cannister filter off his DC and pick out shavings that had been embedded inside after using it with a DeWalt 735 planer.  His conclusion was that he needed to put in a longer DC hose -- he was still using the short hose from his old (non-blower-assisted) set-up.  Sounds like that blower's pretty darn powerful!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   lacava | Aug 25, 2009 04:33pm | #6

   I have dedicated a DC to the planer because blast gates did not prevent dust from going to my other machines. I have ordered a canister, but think I should keep the trash can/cyclone after reading forest girl's message.Is there any way to slow the blower down?

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   JohnWW | Aug 25, 2009 07:07pm | #7

   The blower could be taken off of the machine if you wanted to take the planer apart. It is probably belt driven, but merely disconnecting the belt would rapidly lead to clogging as chips backed up against the stationary blower wheel.John W.

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   forestgirl | Aug 25, 2009 07:17pm | #8

   Lacava, we still don't know details on your dust collectors:  Brand, horsepower, bag or cannister???  I'm feeling uneasy about this diagnosis.......forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   lacava | Aug 29, 2009 05:18am | #9

   I have a Delta AP400. I just bought a canister for it, but haven't put it on yet

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   forestgirl | Aug 29, 2009 06:37am | #10

   Well, 650CFM is pretty low, but still.....  If adding some hose doesn't make a difference, perhaps check for blockage at the DC, something that's forcing the air to take a different route than normal.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 

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   lacava | Aug 29, 2009 05:15pm | #11

   thanks for your help