Need Suggestions for Garage Dust Control

[thawkins87]

To sum up a long story, we recently moved to a new house, and I no longer have a dedicated/isolated woodworking shop; my shop is now going to be the 3rd car area of a 3 car garage. However, after day one of building some shelves, I have realized that my makeshift dust collector (read: shop vac) is not doing enough to keep the dust from finding its way to the other side of the garage and covering my wife's car. Does anyone have any suggestions or personal experience for what I can try to keep dust out of the other side of the garage? I had contemplated just building a floating wall there but there are some built in shelves and a structural beam preventing me from doing that (or at least would make it a lot more difficult). Has anyone ever utilized some sort of curtain or something to fix a similar problem?

Thanks in advance.

 

[mbroberg]

As long as you only run one tool at a time this may help you. https://www.woodcraft.com/products/rikon-portable-dust-collector-with-wall-mount

I do not own one, but noticed on sale in a Woodcraft Ad yesterday and thought it might be a step up from the shop vac and Dust Deputy I use now. But, in my opinion, as long as you are in an open area dust is going to make it's way throughout the space.

 

[JimB]

Many people use clear shower curtains to keep dust within their shops. I use a tarp to separate my shop from the rest of the basement. Works great.

 

[mark james]

I have used this: https://www.harborfreight.com/double-garage-screen-door-68310.html

It is just a mesh screen. Very inexpensive, I installed a bottom layer of tubes to hold it down, and a series of bolts in my garage door to "hang it." I pull the door up about 4-6', attach the mesh, start the band saw!!! Easily detached and stored. Nothing fancy.

 

[Woodchipper]

I just built a wall to separate the garage from the basement.