Emptying out the dust bag on a 1 hp dust collector in my workshop, without making a mess and minimal airborne dust. More about this dust collector: woodgears.ca/du...
One of the few disadvantages of Australian plugs is that this doesn't work with our polarised plug/socket system. This is why, pre-metric, that size was called 4x2 here and not 2x4.
That's a similar technique to how I used to empty the lawnmower bag back when I mowed lawns. It was a huge benefit for a bag full of dusty dry leaves in the fall.
I liked Marius Hornberger's video where he did the same but his shop got full or airborne dust, he ran the duct collector for 10 mins and filmed it, when sped up you could see the air becoming clearer - very cool to watch
My method isn't available to everyone: My blower sends the sawdust through a PVC pipe out into the woods behind my barn. When the pile gets too big, I rake it down and I'm good for another couple years.
Ok so, how about this Mathias. Create a swivel joint where the blower outlet joins the duct that holds the two bags; it just needs to rotate at least 180 Degrees. Then after letting the dust settle, replace the top bag with the paper bag fasten it or hold it and swivel the duct until the paper bag is on the ground, wait for it to settle, then unclamp it and done. What do you think?
I only have cyclone that dumps into barrel (no bag), but take mine outside, spread mine around my yard and/or in my compost. Then I use air compressor w/needle shaped attachment (while wearing dust mask) to spray out the filter after shaking it in every direction for 5 min.
two ways I empty my small dust collector 1. i put a contractor bag in the filter bag on the bottom as long as the top filer bag does not have a liner inside it works great. the second one is there is a trash can adapter I bought after market that works along as you are willing to empty it more often. Now the one at my BIG cabinet shop dumps into a dumpster. :) No MESS!!
Hmm I don't know. I have a hard container for dust collection so I can just shovel it out and doing that relatively slow (and outside) reduces the dust much more than this. As long as the dust doesn't fall everything stays clean.
Hmm, that's how I empty my red devil, but with less hassle. Stick the bottom of the dust canister in the back, push the button to open it up and the dirt drops out. So maybe think about adding a trap door to the bottom of your bag that will open with a lever. But you might end up with more dust flying around which is what you're trying to avoid.
You could make the dust wet, let it soak overnight and no to little dust when emptying. Or make a paper bag holder that holds the filter bag attached to each other, just like the dust extractor, a mechanism to flip it over, let it setttle and seal the paper bag, flip it back. Detach paper bag and filter bag.
I always put off emptying those for too damn long and then the bottom bag is basically almost full. What I do is I use the plastic bags we have for recycling and put it over the bag like you did. That tends to work pretty alright, although some dust always makes it out.
Since it is a dedicated dust collector to one machine (i assume), probably takes months or even a year to fill up. But thats relative to what type of work and how much of it your doing it , of course.
I had a 1HP collector, using the thickness planer it would fill in 20 minutes. I now have a 2HP with a pre-cyclone feeding an 85 litre bin. Much more civilised.
@@axiom1650 It's home made, so not as efficient as the good ones. It collects nearly all of the shavings, but lets some of the fine dust through. After using it for about a year I would probably be looking at emptying the bag in about five years. Far easier to empty the bin than the bag. Bonus is that there is a lot less abrasion on the impellor.
I ask the same thing. I don’t live anywhere near street food cooks yet I often find myself in front of a screen watching those street cooks cooking food.
For those worries about small particles: these fabric filters do nothing for the fine particles anyways. Just assume the shop is full of suspended fine dust and if its an irritating wood species nothing short of a respirator will protect you
It might work better to redesign for 2 bags up top and a plastic collection bag on the bottom. Add a Thien baffle over the bottom bag and you would kill a few birds with one or two stones.
The commercially made systems like this just wye off to two (or more) different middle sections, but it's likely overkill unless you go to a larger impeller. Other options to increase surface area would be a taller top bag, a pleated element filter, or a series of socks as used in baghouse dust collectors.
Does the air quality tool you use determine particle size? Is there a secondary air cleaner that you could put in there that might attract the super fine stuff, like with static or something?
Several manufacturers have offered a standalone air cleaner. They work well, but are really just a blower fan and a furnace filter, with the added luxury of a remote control for speed and timer. I'm running a surplus lab hood filter, but a DIY box with choice of filter media and junkyard fan will do wonders. Matthias had videos from a couple such designs that inspired me to modify my lab hood for a bigger prefilter stage.
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Question. ( context) I have the exact same dust collector but use the Busybee ( aka Craftex) plastic bags on the bottom. In your experience do you have better vacuum pressure using the double filter bag instead of the plastic bag on the bottom.
All depends on dust build up. At some point (with the plastic bag) the air flow got low, but just beating the top bag (with the dust collector off) so the cake fell to the bottom fixed that.
@@matthiasrandomstuff2221 I’m sure they are, I used these for about 6 years: it created a very fine layer of dust throughout the shop covering everything. I then switched to an actual filter which you can replace the bag with (this in combination with a plastic dust bag). The difference is amazing (in visible dust at least, never measured the amounts of particles in the air).
