Dale, this was a great read, although very disheartening. It makes it seem nearly impossible for a home DIY guy to size, build, and maintain a decent fine dust filter system. 800 CFM would exchange the entire volume of air in my basement every five minutes. I realize how important dust collection is, but 6 inch diameter piping, 5 and 8 HP motors, 14 inch blowers. WOW! I'd have more invested in dust collection than in tools.
Great read though and since I have virtually no dust collection at the moment, it will give me pause next time I start working in the basement again. Maybe I'll just install some radiant heaters under my deck and only work outside. Of course, since my head clearance under the deck ranges from about 5 inches to negative 2 inches, I might occasionally set my hair on fire with the radiant heaters, but there's not all that much left to set on fire anyway, so guess that isn't soo bad. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081
