Cyclone Dust Collection

[Dean May]

Why couldn't you locate the unit outside, enclose it in a plywood structure,
and vent it back inside the shop?

 

Dean

Dean May             cell 812.239.3359

PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272

Terre Haute IN  47802

 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Farrell
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 1:06 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Cyclone Dust Collection

 

I recently purchased a 5 hp cyclone dust collector/separator for my
woodworking shop. It has yet to be delivered. I would like to solicit input
from any of you folks that have used/installed one of these units - or maybe
even someone who has just put some thought into it.

 

My air-conditioned concrete-block shop is attached to the rear of my
concrete-block 2-car garage. I have been thinking of installing the cyclone
in the garage, piping through the shop and exhausting outside the rear of
the shop with no filters. This has the advantage of keeping a lot of the
noise out of my shop and no hassles with filters. The downside of such an
installation is that the garage is very close to my neighbor's nice back
porch with pool (the noise might be a problem) and all the air that is
exhausted outside the shop has to be made up with outside air coming back
into the shop (half the year, humid and hot) - if this thing actually moves
anything close to 1,500 CFM, it will replace all the air in my shop every
six minutes or so.

 

The alternatives are to install it inside the shop and exhaust through
filters inside the shop (noisy, filter expense and hassle).

 

Does anyone have experience with these decisions? Thanks for any input.

 

Terry Farrell

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