My shop is also the maintenance department for my apartments. It is located in the garage/basement of a building. I have a 1HP Woodriver. Looks like this, but not this brand. Problem is I have tenants above. I don't think it is manufactured under that brand anymore. It is not quiet, as is to be expected from that type dust collector.
It has not been a problem previously because most of my operations are short bursts for furniture making. I have never had a complaint. I also work with cherry, black walnut, and dark roasted maple almost exclusively for furniture, so not worried about breathing a small amount(do use cartridge respirator).
Turning i need to run the DC for long periods, I am working with more exotics with high silica, allergens, plywoods, epoxy glue-ups, etc. I really need to minimize what I am breathing without making a lot of noise.
The quietest DCs I have used are Festool at I believe 62 DBs. I don't have one, but a midi is on the short list and I can go ahead and get it(I currently borrow one). Problem is, only 137 CFM. It does have better filtration than the other DCs I have used, so what it gets it will get. Lots of other DCs allow air to flow around the filters to a greater degree in my experience. My experience with Festool products is also that they come a lot closer to the published stats than the other tool lines I have used.
I'm not at all sure 137 CFM is going to pull much from a lathe set-up though. It seems the large DCs don't do all that well.
I can build a closet like containment.
Since a large part of my concern is airborne small allergens and non-bio materials, I was thinking an air cleaner might be my best bet. They don't seem to be as loud either.
Any thoghts as to a DC that would beat the Festool vac in volume without being much more expensive/large OR other options.
It has not been a problem previously because most of my operations are short bursts for furniture making. I have never had a complaint. I also work with cherry, black walnut, and dark roasted maple almost exclusively for furniture, so not worried about breathing a small amount(do use cartridge respirator).
Turning i need to run the DC for long periods, I am working with more exotics with high silica, allergens, plywoods, epoxy glue-ups, etc. I really need to minimize what I am breathing without making a lot of noise.
The quietest DCs I have used are Festool at I believe 62 DBs. I don't have one, but a midi is on the short list and I can go ahead and get it(I currently borrow one). Problem is, only 137 CFM. It does have better filtration than the other DCs I have used, so what it gets it will get. Lots of other DCs allow air to flow around the filters to a greater degree in my experience. My experience with Festool products is also that they come a lot closer to the published stats than the other tool lines I have used.
I'm not at all sure 137 CFM is going to pull much from a lathe set-up though. It seems the large DCs don't do all that well.
I can build a closet like containment.
Since a large part of my concern is airborne small allergens and non-bio materials, I was thinking an air cleaner might be my best bet. They don't seem to be as loud either.
Any thoghts as to a DC that would beat the Festool vac in volume without being much more expensive/large OR other options.
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