Slide gates for dust collecting system?

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Anyone know of a good deal on Metal 4" dust collector slide gates?

I have the plastic gates but the slides get filled up with debris and don't seal good so air leaks around them. Even when there is no dust in the slide area.
 
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Metal will do the same thing so if you are looking to avoid this it won't happen. I use both. What I find is I need to at times take a bent paper clip and clean the corners out. That is where the debris lies. Also what I found is before closing one gate make sure the one in front of it is open so that it will pull most of the debris past the gate you are closing.
 
I have found it helps orient the gate to have the gate pull out downward. This reduces the number of larger wood chips getting into that last part of the slide section.
 
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