April, thanks for the free plans you offer on your site. I appreciate them. I'm a retired teacher, have watched several of your vids and it's motivated me to do a few projects in my garage for fun. Blessings!

April you are awesome! I'm always impressed with how professional you are and how confident you are when it comes to tackling your projects. You are amazing!

April, I love the idea of building a shed to for the dust collector! I had mounted mine high in the air, but it is too noisy being in the same room. I plan to build a shed now. When it gets done, that's another issue. I built a step up floor out of Two by Sixes and plywood to go to my stationary tools. The power lines are also in the step up floor. This has worked out really well for me. I painted it grey and the paint is still in excellent condition, even with me walking all over it for all these years. There is a little step to go over it, but it has never been an issue to me. Since I put mine in many years ago, I built all my blast gates. They are a bit of a pain, so I plan to replace them with purchased gates. Thanks so much for inspiration. John Esposito

I worked in a sign shop that had a HUGE dust collection system - such a great thing to have! The floor sweep was used all the time.

I used a similar setup with the Harbor Freight dust collector. We plumbed inside the shop with 4" PVC pipe. We were able to position the motor, impeller and the trash can under an awning/covered area behind the shop. The exhaust just blows straight out behind the shop into the weeds. A floor sweep is definitely the next thing to add!! It really is nice how quiet the dust collector is when it's outside the shop!

April, I really like your attitude and optimism. Your confidence is well-justified. Thanks.

Very nice. I had the same reaction when I swept some dust into the floor sweep for the first time. Such a simple tool, but so awesome. I love having my dust collector in the other room, because of the sound. Can barely even hear it. Great job, thanks for the video.

Super job! You will be glad you finished this one. The floor sweep is a great addition to any dust collector.

I really admire your analytical thinking as you run into problems doing your projects. I also admire the results you achieve. Keep up the good works and thanks for the ideas and videos! 👍

The sharing of your information and skills is very much appreciated! All of your videos are excellent and these dust collection ones are particularly pertinent to me right now. Thanks.

For a young and self taught wood worker you come up with some very nice projects. Thanks for sharing with us!

Hej April, put some magnets in front of the floorsweep to collect fallen drill- and screw bits out of the sawdust

Looks great, April. I've been putting off doing this in my shop for a long time too. Look forward to seeing you next month in Atlanta. Rock on.....

This video is really fantastic. I have the same Freight Harbor dust collector, and have been planning a wall mount, two-stage filter (just like yours), and plan to vent outside as well. Mine will be mounted inside the shop because I live in Seattle where rain is a constant, and I have no adjoining shed or other outside shelter. Anyway, I learned A LOT from your videos. I've been thinking about how to rotate the collector because of the vent direction, and you were kindly brave enough to pull off the flange and describe how it is mounted to the motor - so now I can use your tip! Also, I was stumped figuring out how to attach some kind of quick-release "lid" on my trash can so that I can easily attach/detach the baffle. Your system looks pretty good, I'll probably try a different approach, but I was inspired by your use of the buckle system on the trash can handles. BRILLIANT!!! Anyway... I have loved all your videos. You are working on so many similar projects and I'm really impressed with how you work through issues, and how quickly you are able to complete these projects. My miter workstation took weeks, many redesigns, and I've just completed modeling version 3 in SketchUp and am doing cuts / rabbets, etc, today (pre-assembly). Thanks for all the inspiration, I'll be subscribing and following along on your awesome projects.

I think the two coolest parts about this is the fact that you installed the dust collector OUTSIDE of the shop (to take up less floor real estate and to have it on a remote. Pure genius.

Your videos are so motivational! I have two of those dust collectors, still in the boxes, bought over three years ago. I guess I'll have to get on this.

Very nicely done April. I'm sure you are going to enjoy your dust collector for some time. I'll be looking forward to seeing when you route the exhaust port of your dust collector to the outside. Keep up the great work. Thanks for sharing Roy

Great job April! I actually build my own dust collector and I have 2 videos on my channel of the build. But I still haven't hocked it up to anything! So I know the feeling of having something you need to do but you just keep putting it of. But the feeling of relief when you get it done is great! Keep up the great work!

Awesome job, April. I started off with flex hose for my trunks and quickly grew to hate it for air resistance. I switched to galvanized 4" pipe and it was night and day.

Hi April, great job on the new "fitted and working" dust collector. But what i do like is the floor sweep port, this is a great addition to yours and any shop. You can get switches for the blast gates to switch on the motor as and when you need it, we have them fitted in a shop i work in, no remotes to loose.

Finishing a procrastinated project can be its own reward. Good job. Thanks for sharing...

Just wanted to say, You are awesome. You have really made a huge difference from this video to well, the Shop Tour from Dec. Because of these videos I have started building a work shop. Its a hobby and looking to get started but wow, How motivating. Great job.

Thanks for the idea for the Floor Sweep, Im assembling my Harbor Freight Dust Collector right now, I love that idea. Thanks!

Nice work. Looks good. You could probably turn the Y connect thingy by the floor sweep so it was more flush against the wall and that'd move the house out of the way... Maybe.

Good job April. I had the exact same feelings the first time I used my floor sweep!!!

Glad you're finally done. The floor sweep is awesome. Now I want one.

Great Job April; I had no idea that the install would be this intense and SO interesting. We learned much from you...as usual. I'm in agreement with the others as to venting it through the stud, but that's so little after completing such a large project. I bet you're feeling pretty good right about now. Congratulations!!

Hey young lady. I took the plunge today and bought a collector. It's a Fox and is 220 v. I'm gonna use your ideals to mount the piping and connecting the tools. Thanks fro your vids. They are more help than you know.

Good video. I just bought my dust collector last week. I'm going to take a bit of your ideas and some of Jay's and see what I come up with. I think yours is a little simpler. No need to get so complicated. Thanks.

Very nice April! Building that shed and putting the dust collector outside of the shop is the way to go when I upgrade my dust collection. I liked how it sounded in your shop when you turned it on, my shop vac is so annoying! Thanks for posting this vid! :) :)

Nice work, April. Love how you crack yourself up in your videos!

Very cool! And it's nice to see somebody else who gets to do stuff when they feel like it.

Good video April. Very smart having it on the other side of your shop wall.

Hi April. great video . as a keen diyer I stumbled onto this video , myself and my 3 young daughters found your video and diy skill very interesting and inspiring. all the best .

As usual a great and useful video, thanks for your time in providing this to all KZfaq woodworkers.

nice job April, you might want to install a piece of screening on your exhaust port to keep critters out of the turbo area, this prevents a messy clean up.

You are always informative, precise and entertaining to watch.

Congrats on getting that done! I love watching your videos.

Isn't it exciting to get something like that all hooked up and functional? Nice work!

You are so talented April and are an inspiration to all woodworkers especially female👍🏻

Always nice to have ducted dust collection in the shop. You'll love having that now!

Congrats! Excellent, its so quiet and it seems to work great...

The floor sweep is so cool!

it came out great. I love how the shop looks

Now I really want to put my collector outside! Great job!

Very cool idea for the dust collector. I have the same HF unit and love it.

Looks great! I'm glad you showed the "through the wall" fitting. Mine will be outside of the shop as well. Could you just rotate the 'Y' fitting to the left a little bit so you can fit the broom closer to the floor sweep? Maybe that would give you more clearance.

Love it! I only waited a year to fully install my HF. I'll have to share my pictures soon. :)

Very nice! I hope you enjoy it after all that work.

I've learn a lot by watching your videos. Appreciate all your videos

The variety of builds, impressive! Started with the tool storage. (also you are soo perfectly FIT. jealous!)

Great job and the outside DC is something I need to do. Also thought about putting the air compressor outside to. Thanks!

very cool! i need to get my dustcollection set up...you might have given me the much needed push to do it :)

I have literally no reason to need to know how this is made but I can't stop watching your videos 🤣 they are awesome!

Hooray/!!!!!!!!!!! I'm glad you're happy with it. I've been waiting to see what you thought before investing in one myself.

I do recall asking about this some months ago and its nice to that you got it done.. YAAA!! GRATZ!!

Good video, April, thanks. I went to HF just after watching your video. Now I just need room in my small shop to install it.

I'm with ya completely! If I say, "I'll get around to it"...I don't need to be hounded every six months. Great project. Thanks for sharing all your ideas. Cheers!

Thumbs up!! With the issue of the hose being in the way of the blast gate/floor sweep you could simply turn "y" fitting left to where it touches the wall and then connect your table saw hose angled down the wall and across to the table saw. Just a thought I had hope this helps!!

That floor sweep is so cool

Nice job there..How about this, cut the stud that the exhaust connector was going to hit, frame the opening like you would do a window and run the exhaust out that way since the wall isn't a load bearing wall, it wouldn't hurt a thing, just my thought..Good continued wood working !!

Yes! It's installed! Turned out great. Cool trick marking the holes. Looks good too. Really cool job, kiddo! Troy

Hey April, I finally took the plunge into dust collecting. Installing the collector was a piece of cake. I put it in my attic so anything that sneaks out of it will be harmless. However I found plumbing this thing was a huge undertaking. I ran the 60 feet of pipes thru the attic where but still hanging the rest from a 10 ceiling was interesting. It's finally in and can't wait to use it and trouble shoot everything. Thanks for the inspiration any tips. Maybe one day I'll get a big ole shop like yours.

Nice Job on the Installation April. It looks great :) Thank you for sharing...

Awesome sauce.....that was super quite....like the floor sweep attachment....great job. 👍👍👍

I have gone down 'shed addition' KZfaq rabbit hole. So glad I find your channel, April!

nice, I'm the same way, I bought parts for a dust extraction setup but I've really not progressed that far with it yet ;-) I'm going to have to look at one of those remote setups, I think that would make me use it way more often.

thx for posting, I am rewatching your lean to build, very inspiring for me, thx April :-)

Hi April, I'm jealous! Just a suggestion - there should be no problem exhausting your dust collector out of your shed. Since that is technically not a load bearing wall, I would cut the hole in the wall through the stud and frame around it similar to a window. I think you did pretty much the same thing when you mounted your A/C unit in your shop.

I'm going to be installing a dust collector in my shop soon, it isn't a Harbor Freight model but it was still very helpful to watch your process.

Love that it was a dust collector collecting dust before and after the project was completed...😁👍

Awesome dust collecter, it even collects dust, when not even activated, by just hanging there... :D

Perfect job I'm going to set my dust collection system exactly the same way you did

Looking at 1:07 I don't think many guys have garages so organized and equipped by awesome tools like yours. Not mentioning your mind set tuned to being an outstanding builder.

Hi April, Nice to have another needed project finished, but not quite. Still have to connect the exhaust in the shed to the outside. :-)

Oh wow April! I think I was most impressed by how handy it was to just sweep the dust to the wall and poof!! All gone! :)

I mounted my HF Dust Collector on outside wall and vented it directly out through the wall. Thanks for the great idea of rotating the housing and the heads up on the backwards threads.. Wish you would have mentioned that I needed a Pulley Puller to remove the impeller... Lol .. Maybe you didn't need one?? I enjoy all your Videos.. Thanks & Keep up the good work..

Way to go April, now you will have a clean environment that will not be damaging to your lungs. Next is a air filtering system. HA! Thank you for modelling a clean shop envronment. I will be moving mine out side as soon as the rainy season is over.

Great job April! I'd think you would just use your great woodworking skills to make a 90deg adapter duct for the outlet so that you can connect your current outlet position through the outside wall while missing that stud.

Great work, thanks for taking the time and sharing!

That is great. Good job April.

Great job April always enjoy your work

Hey good job, I am probably doing this now. Don't listen to those negative people. You do great work. Keep the vids coming.

Well that sucks.... I cant blame waiting for you as a reason I haven't started mine anymore ! Nicely done, thank you for ideas for mine !

Great video:) I would like to suggest that you rotate the blastgate you put on the bandsaw. They tend to clog up when they are mounted like that.

Hello april. I do not speak English, already I apologize for spelling errors. It was very good your system to collect dust I wonder what engine specifications such as this power system, and rotation. Congratulations for the work.

The floor sweep is nice. Greetings.

Very nice accessory !!! and it is surprisingly quiet.....

If you want to have a removable hose (like that one that goes to your table saw) and don't want to un-do a hose clamp every time here's an idea: Get/make two flanges like that on the inside of the through-wall duct. Then drill some corresponding holes in the flat parts of them. Glue in some rare earth magnets in the holes. Now you will have a coupling that can be disconnected and reconnected easily, or even blocked off completely using a small sheet of metal. Magnets for this project can be got at HF really cheap.

Nice Job April. I can never schedule anything cause i never know what i am doing the next min....lol. that is awesome with the no sound while running dc.....see you in atlanta

Way to go! I love having dust collection.

Hello April. I really like watch your video all time and video thanks for sharing. You really idea outside your dust collector and keep away from clean floor.

Nice Job April... That is very well done.

Really nice workmanship!!😊

april looking good...just an FYI I have gone through 3 of those remotes with less than 1 yrs worth of use...dont know why...maybe lightning ....I now use the 20 dollar outdoor remotes for lights ..they may not be rated for the amps but my last one lasted 15 yrs and just went out a few months back...and when connecting those plastic fittings try super gluing the connectors together instead of using a flex hose between them.when applicable ..if I do a video on them I will let you know...love your stuff

Nice work. One day I need to do this. I have bought and used the large 3",4",5", and 6" diameter hole saws, and used them successfully on my 88 year old home to run exhaust vents from the 2 upstairs bathrooms out through the concrete stucco wall. I found If i use a long enough drill bit with the hole saw, and I check for being perpendicular, the center hole lines right up with the first hole drilled. Saved me from using a jig saw 30+ feet in the air. 8^).

As always, a great job and video, thanks for sharing.

You should run another junction off with a reducing two inche hose so that you can have a vacuum setup for around the room with a long hose

Hi, I enjoy your vidjoes... I have been using very similar dust collection system in my workshop. I moved to 4" PVC for all runs longer than 4'... Cheaper, more efficient flow. Some fret about fire hazard with the static charge potential with the PVC. This potential was debunked in a documented report in Fine Wordworking several years ago. Keep up the great work!

Again, nice work! I'm happy to find another creator and subscription!