Home Made Blast Gate. Simple and Effective! Plus Dust Extraction Questions Answered!
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- čas přidán 16. 04. 2020
- Whats Happening Everyone! In this video I build a blast gate for my dust extraction system its a pretty simple build and I answer some of your dust extraction questions.
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Nice and simple, but you might run into an issue of dust building up in the corners preventing fulling closing the gate. That's the advantage of having the slider being longer and pass thru, that way it never an opening not fully exposed to the air flow, any dust gets pushed back into the opening.
A fly cutter on the drill press,coffee can on hose side and hot melt glue to attach the pipe and can. You can also use a drop or two of hot melt glue to build the gate along with regular glue.this allows a little space for the gate to slide. Open the gate on both ends to clear chips. Pinners and compressors are cheap and one of the first purchaces you should make.
Great simple little build. Always good to be able to make things yourself.
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Excellent video and process. You should be really excited to get your dust collection working . Thank you for the blast gate design. Thank you for sharing.
You are welcome.
Great video, and great answers!!!! Keep on having good ideas!!!
Well done on that Thanks for the idea with the Blast gates I need 2 of them so that’s my job for tomorrow making them and thanks for the heads up with the copper wire it’s always good to edge your bets keep the videos coming 👍🏽
I have those remote control power sockets, I have an overhead light above my table saw plugged into one and my dust extractor plugged into another one, and I have remote on all my machines, so no matter where I am in the shop or what machine I am using I can switch on the dust collector, I only had to do a very minor electrical job because the dust extractor has one of those switches that once they lose power they switch off, so I basically had to rewire the switch to be permanently on , they are not expansive and usually come in packs of 4 sockets and a remote
Your system is coming on a treat. For anyone who doesn't have or want to by pond liner, I use bicycle inner tube for my sealing requirements. This was great when the kids were young as there was always a good supply for recycling, however now they are grown up supply is scarce. It only costs a couple of pounds to buy a new one and cut it up.
good tip
Luckily found a dx4000 near me for £100, so will now look at replacing the Henry+mini cyclone I currently have. The basic pipes will cost more than the extractor :)
blast gates done, few minor adjustments but work great.
You are smokin' dude! Great ideas, well executed, great fun. Many thanks.
Amazing stuff John!!!
Nice one John ! That worked out well. Don't have to find it somewhere else now !
Snap! I was up early too doing the workshop electrics (Could do with a John McGrath 🙂). Ace working blast gate👍 that's one of your many talents John you'll have a go at anything 🛠
Awesome job, John! Really well done! 😃
About automating everything, I think Bob from I Like to Make Stuff did it with Arduino and rc servos... I just don't think those servos would be strong enough in your case. 😬
But, anyway... It's definitely not something complicated. 😊
Stay safe there! 🖖😊
You opened a can of worms with this project John in regards to questions 😂😂 thanks though mate it's appreciated you taking the time to elaborate. Cheers Karl
Glad to help
great stuff. You might find those blast gates will jam as sawdust builds up on the back piece. Simple fix, just remove that piece.
Up bright and early in Virginia, USA, thanks John!
Morning!
Very nice project 👍
Thanks 👍
Nice on john, I cant believe you haven't got a brad nailer I know you loves your tools :-) I bought the Ryobi one cheap and cheerful and it does a great job, a step up from my screwfix one. You can get an adapter so it takes 18v batteries from your other tools. Love your channel Bro
Monday video : new brad nailer 📹 🔨
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I predict the future 🔮 not got the lottery numbers before anybody asks 😉
Keep at it John boy all the best 👏
Up bright and early today. This should answer some of your questions.
Excellent comprehensive video for dust extraction, I am definitely not going to argue with a qualified sparky with regards earthing of the system. Many years ago the company I worked for had Festool vacuums for the orbital Festool sanders. It worked on the basis of air and electric with one large pipe coming out of the vacuum with the sander connected at the end, it came with a grey flexi pipe as standard and every time you switched the sander off and touched the pipe you got a static shock from it. We took this up with Festool who said you needed the upgraded green pipe which had some sort of coating on it which prevented a shock, this worked well and never had another shock. Very surprised that a company like Festool sold those sort of products knowing what could happen. Very interested to see how your system works and if you get any static shocks from it.
I must say for a sparky you do seem well into woodwork and come up with some really good ideas, very refreshing to see the videos that you are making and also taking H&S very seriously, not always the case with some other CZcamsrs. Keep making the vids and you have a very nice workshop to work in.
Thanks Gary. Glad you are enjoying the content
Yet another great vid John, Thanks 😁👍. Just a word of warning regarding the plug in remote sockets... I bought two (cheap) sets last year... used one set for the two extractors in my shop...... the other set for my Christmas tree lights 🤔. They all worked great.... BUT.... all at the same frequency 🤔🤔🤔🤔. The Wife turned the tree on.... and my workshop jumped in to an extraction frenzy 🤨. I don't use them anymore 🙄. Thanks John, stay safe mate 😁👍
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Bed late and up early you're some man
Why am i not suprised you diy'd it. I was almost expecting another camlock :p
Prodigious and quality output John. I have no experience of dust extraction systems, blast gates or remote controls. So my thoughts on this do NOT come from experience. My thinking is that remote controls are easy to misplace. Would it be an idea to wire up each blast gate with a micro switch or a reed switch. You would keep all blast gates closed and when you open a blast gate to use a machine it would trip a relay to power up the dust extraction. When you are finished, closing the blast gate would turn off the system. Doing this would also prevent you from inadvertently leaving a blast gate open on a machine you are not using. This might be a bad idea, I don't know. Like I said, I have no experience.
Love watching your videos. Dublin lad myself . What part of the country are you from.
Have you thought about using amazon echo to turn on and of your dust extraction through Alexa when you are not using your extractor you can use Alexa as a radio and many other things in the shop also when you was putting your pipework together you could have used o rings between the loose pipes regards barry
nice tidy system you just need a remote switch for when you at the miter saw . very surprised how much power that vac has as well..
that's next on the list, its not really a vac its a full on twin motor dust extractor I think it pulls 35,000 litres a minute
I like that idea of remote control switching for the dust extractor. Is it possible to do this with a machine that has an nvr switch though? I was an electrician in a previous life, so I am sure I could diy it if it were explained in say, a CZcams vid 🤣. Thanks again for all the great content John, really appreciate it!
yeah you could but the nvr switch is there for safety so depends on the machine, I wouldn't remote start a table saw lol but if its just the dust extractor you could do it.
not sure how long that rubber will last , I think it will get caught and stop everything working.
you should look at self cleaning blast gate designs. some you tubers have great designs that stop the dust building up.
next video idea. how to sharpen holesaw
Excellent John. So that you don't need to use a dust pan and brush, you could fit a floor catch pan attached to your brilliant dust extraction system.
Great information and plans. I'm just setting up a system and this will be very helpful. If I pass copper wire through the pipe, how does it pass through a blast gate?
you will have to go out and around the blast gate
John your ears must have been burning today, lol I followed your instructions on the blast gate, got to the finished article and the bloody pipe would'nt fit..........yes you've guessed, i used a 4" hole saw which gave me the "internal diameter of the pipe, i needed a 110mm hole saw. Another thing , how the heck did you get that double sided tape apart so quick? lol, ive been married for 45 years so i have not got any finger nails left, it took me 10 frigging mins lol............i'll give the gate another go tomorrow, i'll let you know how it goes
That is class. Scrap wood use up. Which one do you prefer the bought or the made one?
made one is more robust
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Great video John
Just subscribed to channel just wondering where you buy your millwaulkee gear I'm looking to get the hole hog
If you are in Ireland there is a guys selling on adverts.ie who offers a pretty good deal
How do you prevent buildup at the closed end of the slide.
It is so shallow and narrow I really can't see it being an issue it just covers be opening. If I have a problem I'll let you guys know