I'm a 'newbie' who has only been turning for a year or so, and have been trying to upgrade my small garage shop to include dust and shaving collection systems... I've set up a mini cyclone shaving collector with a 5+HP shop vacuum, a large shop fan w/filter attachment and a new dust collection system w/1 micron filter...yet I recently read several articles that all the work/$$$ I spent may be worthless... See the following articles from another forum I subscribe to: http://billpentz.com/woodworking/cyclone/beginnnerscorner.cfm
Terry Hatfield's Dust Eliminator (http://cnets.net/~eclectic/woodworki...one/Index.html)
Todd Crow's Dust Collection (http://www.ecenet.com/~kcrow/dust_collection.htm)
Art Silva's talk on dust collection (http://www.lvwwg.com/mar00/LVWG0300.HTM)
Am I waaay off base, or have I wasted all my time, energy and money to invest in my new shop dust safety precautions or should I now install an 'external shop vent' or come up with someway to move all my dust collection devices outside??? I often use a 'dust be gone' mask under my full face bionic shield but wonder if I'm still not protected... Expert advise needed fast!!! Thanks and safe turning to you all!
Terry Hatfield's Dust Eliminator (http://cnets.net/~eclectic/woodworki...one/Index.html)
Todd Crow's Dust Collection (http://www.ecenet.com/~kcrow/dust_collection.htm)
Art Silva's talk on dust collection (http://www.lvwwg.com/mar00/LVWG0300.HTM)
Am I waaay off base, or have I wasted all my time, energy and money to invest in my new shop dust safety precautions or should I now install an 'external shop vent' or come up with someway to move all my dust collection devices outside??? I often use a 'dust be gone' mask under my full face bionic shield but wonder if I'm still not protected... Expert advise needed fast!!! Thanks and safe turning to you all!