New Workshop, First post on this forum too

[adrian130980]

Hi all,

I am new to this forum and hope i am posting in the right area...

I am lucky enough to have a 6m x 4m garage which i have just finished converting (cement floor, electrics and insulated etc)

I am buying some equipment and would like to know if a dust extractor with 1800m3/h would be powerful enough to run all my equipment in this space. I currently plan to use a Mitre saw, table saw, router table, small drum sander and thicknesser.

I would rather buy one extractor and ideally the right one

thanks for any help

adrian

 

[carlb40]

Welcome.

Check the specs on the machines, it should give a min airflow requirement. With that air flow it sounds like a chip extractor type, so may struggle with sanding dust. However you could fit either a cyclone or thiene baffle between the extractor and machines which will help.

 

[Metal_Gazza]

Hi Adrian, nice setup, be good to see pics when you are up and running.

 

[Grahamshed]

Hi Adrian, nice setup, be good to see pics when you are up and running.

Yep, I would like to see it to.

 

[mahomo59]

Goog looking space, I've had to work with what i already had from previous home owner. i've studded, insulated, skimmed and painted it. Single garage, internal space of 4.5 x 3m, So much better now its painted seemed much brighter than previous brick wall. More inviting to work in...my long winded point, painting really does make a difference. I'll throw up some pics shortly.
Looking forward to seeing your shop.

James

 

[wallace]

I would never believe the spec on an extractor. Plus if your having fixed ducting you could probably half the figure

 

[custard]

1800 m3/hr is a decent size extractor for a 24 square metre home workshop where only one machine is run at once, so at first sight you should be in reasonable shape. Even taking into account the fact that machines like sanders have very differing extraction needs to machines like planer/thicknessers, at 1800 m3/hr you're not so much solving the problem as overwhelming it, so you should be set fair for a clean healthy work space!

Unfortunately, as Wallace pointed out, there's a huge difference between the specifications and filtering capabilities of a machine from a reputable German manufacturer like Festool or Felder compared to a machine from the Lucky Dragon Vacuum Corporation of Shenzhen.

So, if you're talking about a respected brand extractor, and you're sensible with the piping, you're golden. But if you're talking about a super budget extractor you may just be okay.