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You only get one set of lungs. Spending some $ and time to protect them makes extremely good sense (!) Thanks for another valuable vid on safety.

Just as expected - something new learned today. It's never a waste of time watching your content. Thank you for sharing.

Incredible design and tutorial!

Stumpy Nubs is the Super Hero of wood working

Add a (draw through) cyclonic collector ahead of the blower stage. Only minimal stuff makes it into the fan or filter. And filter lasts a lot longer as most debris and even dust ends up in the can of the cyclone stage.

I have the big harbor freight dust collector, the roll around, I forget the name, wood crafter dust collector and my first real dust collector I bought about 25-30 years ago from Delta. Plus a couple of shop vacs. The big one from harbor freight is located in the lumber storage room and piped to the shop on the suck side. With the blow side piped outside. The roll around, I think it's woodtec brand? Still has the bag and is hooked to the planner and to the jointer. The smallest collector is the delta and it's in a weather proof box on the outside of the shop next to the wall that has my woodcarving desk. It sucks through the wall and blows outside. We have 3 1/2 acres so the arrangement doesn't bother anyone. The planner and joiner are more shavings than dust. Plus I'm old and getting close to the end of the trail anyway...lol.. I also use a bucket cyclone for the shop vacs.

Great Upgrade James!

That's a great how-to video. Another option to mounting a bag under the fikter is get another 5 gallon bucket screw-on lid and do the same operation, but mount it on the underside of the filter. It'll catch anything that blows by and can easily be unscrewed to empty. Another even better option is just do a single-stage to two stage conversion with an Oneida cyclone. I appreciate the great how-to content, so keep em coming, James!

if there was a 10x-LIKE button... I like this solution. Thank you.

Excellent work James.

I've had a dust collection system for years. I thought the cloth filter captured most of the dust. I finished modifying my system today to add a filter based on your video. The amount of dust collected by the filter is a significant improvement. My lungs thank you for making this video.

Always look forward to your content James. Thank you so much for this one that I will definitely be using in the near future!

I love your channel. All your videos are consistent, pragmatic and well detailed. Keep up the good work, you're great.

Such a wonderful upgrade for dust collection. Thank you for sharing

I never stop learning from you, James! I have been wanting to upgrade from a shop vac for years. This is what I needed to make the plunge.

I have always found your videos very informative and excellently presented. Thank you for them.

Thanks for the great video James 👍 You are a great teacher.

I always get so much good information from your videos. Thanks!

Incredible video, Stumpy!!

Love your work mate, I'm learning a lot about setting up a workshop and not doing myself a mischief with the tools :)

Very well done on the use of the 5 gallon bucket! Never would have thought to use one of those.

Excellent video. Makes me really want a dust collector system to add this filter to. I will put this to use in my shop for sure. Thank you!

That's a sweet canister filter!

wow. this is the best video I've seen on small shop dust - and I don't even know your vacuum. This is awesome and I'll be sharing with my dad who needs to up his shop dust collection game! Thanks for sharing so many great tips and tricks from your experience in your shop. I'm a happy subscriber and look forward to your great content. Thanks for sharing and please keep it up!

Excellent work! Thank you.

Now that was great info .Happy trails

Moving my woodworking from outside to inside. So, thank you very much!

I love those gamma seal lids.

Nice design! Thank you.

I like big filters and I cannot lie.

Pretty interesting indeed, James! Thanks! 😃 For now I'm running everything on a bucket, a cyclone separator and a vacuum cleaner, everything in a small kart. But some day I'm definitely going to upgrade it! Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Thanks so much for your very informative design, parts and assembly of the dust collection system.

Once again, Splendid content!

Great video, just the right amount of detail and narration.

I have watched so very many of your videos, but this one really makes me appreciate your great common sense and engineering skills.

I am amazed at how you figured out how to connect all those components.

Pretty cool. Thanks!

That will certainly improve air quality in the shop. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.

Always great info, James. I'm currently dealing with a shop-vac and Home Depot's DusTopper in our garage. We plan on moving to a new home and having a dedicated shop area where I can get some better dust collection going. I'll keep this in mind when that time comes.

first the video on square nails and now this informative and complete ,thankyou.

Nice, helpful video. Will incorporate this system into my shop. Very much appreciated!!

Wow. This is an excellent video. I am an avid fan, and as I have finally moved into my small shop, I especially appreciate these vids made from r my situation. I was worried about the size of dust collector I needed and now I am not. Thank you so much.

Great video. I'm building a small shop, and this modification will be an excellent way to keep it clean.

This channel doesn't make a single bad video,been subd for years and years!

The contact cement tip was great! I’ve got a decent single stage setup and positioning that bag is the pits!

This was awesome! 👌 Thanks. Excellent channel.

Hola! 🖐Yet another very informative and educational video. Lots of info packed into a short presentation. The DIY options you present here are genius. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills. Take care and have a good one, Adios! 👊

Any viewer who intends to machine wood on an ongoing basis needs to adopt this level of dust protection. Most of you wouldn't dream of taking up smoking but wood flour in your lungs is at least as dangerous. Worse, the damage you do now won't become fully apparent for many years Wynnn is a genuine leader in this field, one that actually provides the protection you pay for..

Thanks for this video, as it answered some of my questions. I enjoy your videos and they are so well done, without loud music or unnecessary info. You have a way of explaining things so that there is no question of what we are to do to get excellent results.

wow what a great video on the way to improve dust collecting, i have been having problems with collecting cedar dust with a bag system. i will be imediately changing to the filter system, thank you for this great video

Brilliant use of available components. I've built a few professional systems over the years including a 200 HP beast for an aluminum oxide grit plant but when I started building my small shop unit the biggest challenge has been finding affordable components. You can bet my final filter will follow this design to the T.

Really good suggestion as well as explanation why something like this is important. Small shops or hobbiest like myself get intimidated by "proper" dust collection. It can be real easy to spend time and money to install dust collection, but if you don't do it correctly, you may still end up breathing a lot of dust. that simple flashlight test convinced me this is worth checking out

My husband and I really enjoy your channel. I wanted to bring a young woodworker to your attention. As of 9 months ago he was still in high school. He mostly uses joinery and is so talented. His name is Josh Wright and that is also the name of his channel. I think you will be impressed by him.

Great video. I like your approach to the dust problem. I have looked at the filter from your links and couldn’t find the micron size of particles it filtered. But your flashlight test looked good visually. Thanks again for the video.

On my home-made shop dust collector, I had a similar door, in my case for rectangular filter insertion. I hinged it, and used a window sash lock on the opposite side that draws it tight into the weather stripping. Much faster access than using screws.

Great info! Keep them coming.

Grest ideas and instruction. Thanks!

Another great video brother

I would get get a pressure gauge to keep an eye on how full your filter is. The other thing to remember is with a finer filter it will fill faster, especially with fine dust creators like sanders. I've run an Oneida air cyclone for about 10 years with HEPA filters and have to replace them about every 5 years.

Just looking at your shop it's clear that the extra filtration is making a huge difference. It's so clean on your shelves, it almost looks like a store display

I used a 6"-5" fernco rubber fitting to connect my cyclone to my dust collector. That will work perfectly on your system without modding the metal pipe or have possible leaks. It will take a little stretching. Its one of the simpler ways to get it connected, I think. I haven't had any issues yet. As of now it also seems to just flexible enough to remove it if there was any clogs.

Man I really love your content.

Thanks for the great idea.

I like big canister filters and I cannot lie, sounds like a song I once heard.

I have two identical "four bag," three horse dust collectors. Once has canister filters and the other has after-market bags. Even without test equipment, you can note a big difference in air draw between the two. The one with canisters is running through a Super Dust Deputy, but still does a bit better than the bag unit.

Im running two 20" "simple deluxe" industrial fans that I bought on amazon. They claim to be 4650 cfm each on high. One of them on low moves more air than a box fan on high, and it runs quieter. Its been great for keeping fine dust out and getting fresh air in when I am staining or using finishes. Well worth ~$100

Another great video, good timing as I’m currently trying to design a dust extractor/collector for my garage workshop. I live in Chesterfield, Derbyshire in England and over here, the availability and cost of the system components is not as good as it is for you in America. I’m going to start with a shop vac with a cyclone separator but plan to build a larger dust collection system later this year but still want to use a larger Cyclone. Thanks for your inspiration. Myke

@Stumpy Nubs - thanks for sharing, these hepa filters will help protect you and your family those fine particles which will really make quality of life poor as you get older. I've used these in different forms for heavy metals, powder paint & phenolic dust so keep up the good 👍 content and promoting good working practices, safety & making it look good 🙂👍

That’s wild. I’m gonna have to look at doing that

Superb video.

That makes a lot of sense!!! I didn't think about it!!!! Thank You!!!!! 👊🤔👍😎😃

great video and a very clear explanation, I will point out that on Wynn's website that particular filter is not intended for single stage use, its intended for 2 stage systems with a cyclone separator before the blower. they have a different model filter for single stage applications that has an extra filter layer on the inside to keep chips out of the filter pleats.

I think if you have a steady stream of fresh air in the workspace blowing out of the shop ( as suggested in the mining literature) this will deal with fine dust escaping the filter and you don’t have to do all this. If that kind of airflow is not practical ( winter) your process seems like a good option. Nice video Frank

Absolutely fascinating...!

Im only running a rigid shopvac for now 😕 I made a dust cyclone following Chris Notap's video which helped a lot. I used 2" pvc pipe/fittings and put it on a rolling base bungeed to my vacuum. Its worked well for me, saves me from having to empty out the shop vac as often, and it keeps the filter unclogged longer. The filter only gets fine particles and the rest is caught in the cyclone. I have clear flex hose on most of my machines so I can plug the cyclone into whichever im using. Some of them are joined with a Y connector and blast gates to save time always dragging it to each machine.

Great video. My issue with running configurations like this is the fact the filter will fill with dust and clog. Best to separate out as much as possible before the filter. This setup works to capture dust, but the filter will clog up and need to be cleaned rather quickly.

I like big canisters I cannot lie! That sounded better in my head... 😊

I have been using canister filters for mobile extractors when students are sanding. We use a wide collection hood on a flexible hose. Recently I noticed that after not even a year dust coming off the outside of the filter when I used the agitator handle to shake off loose dust inside. I am not sure if this cloud of dust was from inside the filter or just from atmospheric dust settling on the outside. I decided to sheath the whole thing in a Hepa filter bag for a big drum vacuum. This has improved the situation. I do aim to replace the filter at some point, but at £150 a pop and after not so much use, that can wait a bit. Great video as always :)

Very helpful, it’s time to upgrade! Thank you,

I made a Pentz cyclone out of thick aluminum sheet metal (basically the clearvue design), and the impeller is a used Torvit 18" that I got on used on eBay. It's 5 horsepower, and a beast. I have a bin for the dust and the chips, but the fine dust isn't sent through a filter, it's ported right outside... that set up works great for me. Sure, it sucks the heat out in the winter, but my shop is a hobby and not a business, so I'm not running my collector all day, and my gas powered heater warms the garage right back up fairly quickly.

I like big canister filters and I can not lie....

I have a suggestion for an additional improvement. Add another screw on bucket lid to the bottom of your filter just like you did in the top (with the center cut out) . Then you can just screw a clear or at least, a translucent 5 gallon bucket to the bottom of the filter instead of clamping a plastic bag to it. It is a lot more convenient to empty the dust out, And a lot faster.

I see somebody mentioned doing a remote extractor for a small shop. I was going to say similar, a good thing I read the comments. Even if the shop is not small it is a good idea. A friend has his shop in what was a detached two-car garage at a house he bought a couple years ago and he built enclosures off of the back wall. We'd talked about this long ago. One is built at one end of the back wall and houses his dust collector and the other one is a good 20' from the other at the other end of the back wall and houses his air compressor. No airborne dust in the shop from his dust collector and the exhaust stirring up the air and the air compressor encloser has sound deadening foam in it...he recently bought a MUCH quieter compressor, you can't hear it at all in the shop. Both add-ons are accessible outside. I'm sending him the link for this video, even with the remote extractor he may want to do this filter set-up.

I made my filter with a Wynn filter and used gamma seal kits at the top and bottom. Instead of using a bag I just use a 5 gal. bucket at the bottom. Much easier to take off and on.

Excellent! Thank you

Great stuff!

My workshop ain't a showroom, and I produce a lot of fine dust, so I efficient dust extractor is a must. It's the most used machine in the shop. But anyway woodworkers always tend to go for the cheaper ones, a couple weeks later add this add that to make it more efficient.

Excellent!

I always love your videos, but this one is special: I just bought a Harbor Freight dust collector with the intention of stealing the blower for a better setup. Now I know exactly what I want my setup to look like! Thank you, man! You've saved me a lot of trial, errors, and headaches.

Good video, but you show the Wynn filter being used with the dust collector without a cyclone in front of it. Wynn expressly states on their website for the 13F230NANO filter that a cyclone MUST be used with it. From Wynn: "Note, this filter is designed to be used with Cyclone and Hybrid systems only. For Single-Stage dust collecters please choose one of the 35-series filters."

IF your dust collector bags don't seal well, you may be able to use the self adhesive foam gasket material used between campers and pickup beds. My "properly sized" bags always had spots where dust formed on the outside of the collector at different places. Adding the 2" wide gasket material to the metal of the collector went a long ways to cranking up the seal on any bag to collector connection.

Genius - thank you!

Another option. I upgraded my original Delta cloth bag with a 1 micron bag from American Fabric Filter in 2003. They supplied a large diameter top bag and an impermeable cotton canvas bottom bag. The top bag is suspended from the ceiling joists by loops in my basement. Empty bottom bag when full. It was the best move I made in years. Sorry, I don’t have the receipt with the cost. I couldn’t be more pleased. A simple upgrade if you want to stick with a cloth bag. It does take some use to build an inner layer of dust to reach maximum filtration.

Great video.

Great idea thank you

This is a great suggestion, for interior applications, but sure sure of expense for filters! Simpler mount the system on the out side the shop on the side of your building or shed, then breath easy and less noise in your shop and save your money! Ps do the same for your vacuum and air pumps !!!!!

Alternatively, let your dust collector bag live outside of your workshop, especially if your workshop is small...

Very informative, great video. How would you incorporate a cyclone with this set up?

A 3d printer would be a useful addition to anyone doing these diameter to diameter connections as long as the air doesn’t run > 120 Fahrenheit. The filter itself may be too big for most “prosumer” printers (12”x12”) but that 5” to 4” adapter would be 5 minutes in cad, 3 hours of passive printing, and $5 of TPU - a flexible filament.