Blast gates for the dust collection system - Made by Magnus
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- As a part of the process of getting a dust control system in place, I needed some blast gates to control the air flow. Here's how I did it.
For more information and free plans, please see the written article at my website:
www.madebymagnu...
I wanted a design that were somewhat clog free and also worked in narrow places. Without too much investigation on the web I decided on the design and started building it. During the building I also took some pictures that I shared on a forum about "my design". I was immediately informed that I wasn't first with this design! ;)
Apparantly "Geeks Wood Shop" published his version a half year earlier: • Dust Collection Blast ...
Nevertheless, I had already filmed everything so I decided to upload the video anyhow.
The design consist of two pieces of 12mm (~1/2") plywood with a moving piece of 4mm (~5/32") plywood in between. The design is made in Sketchup and printed with the help of Matthias Wandels program "Big print". I assembled the three parts with a M6 bolt (~1/4" machine screw) and locking nut. Then I drilled the large hole. By doing this I was sure to get a smooth finnish on the inside when the blast gate was open. The design of these blast gates are dimensioned to fit a 100mm (~4") ventilation pipe.
Some of the tools that I used in this project: (affiliate links)*
Mitre saw: Makita LS1018L amzn.to/2CeVWHa
Table saw: Makita 2704 amzn.to/2zDwvtA
Table saw stand: Makita amzn.to/2Cg5tva
Random orbit sander: Makita 125mm/5" amzn.to/2lik9lI
Some of my video gear:
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ55 amzn.to/2BKpn0o
Tripod: Manfrotto 055 Classic amzn.to/2DmzMzK
Video editing software: Sony Movie Studio Platinum 13 amzn.to/2zEZptn
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Music:
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Free plans for download are now available at my webpage. www.madebymagnus.com
How do you only have 257 subs!? Your workmanship and production quality are REALLY good! Keep up the great work.
+Jimmy Neyhart Thank you very much for your kind words!
As you are aware ,but others may not, there is another CZcams subscriber that has a very similar design but with free plans included ! Thanks for sharing though !
You've inspired me. I was planning on building a compact table saw / miter saw station. I was trying to figure out how to easily switch dust collection between the two. I'll try altering your plans and build a "twin" gate to flip between each dust port.
That sounds like an interesting solution!
Funny that I hadn't seen your build before, but fantastic work. Really hard to have "'original" ideas anymore, I found a similar example before building mine. These are awesome, and your video quality is tops, nice work brother.
Thank you for you kind words, I really appreciate it! I think it's one of the great things with all different versions of similar solutions.
Stylish looking and more compact 👍
Nice design! Green means go!
Elegant solution.
Nice job Magnus, thanks for the plans. Now a subscriber.
Yes both blast gates are very similar; but, I prefer your execution. It is less complicated and requires less hardware.
+Paul Glassbrenner Drilling the large holes with all three parts assembled resulted in a very smooth interior surface.
Excelente
Problem solved.Thank you!
Dimensions would be great. Design and execution your way is much better. Thanks.
Thanks! I'm going to have a pdf for download on my webpage within shortly.
Great!
Can you please link to the plans?
Can’t seem to find it on your site
Thanks
Go in under "Projects -> Blast gate" and you'll find a link below the video. Good luck with the build and thanks for your comment!👍
Nice work. Self cleaning too.
+Harvey Smith Thanks!
looks like a good design, but how air tight is it?
Thanks! Well, it seems to be air tight enough to work in my system.
I went to your site but the plans are not there. The page can't be found. can you fix the problem?
Hi Mike, thanks for letting me know about the issue! It was a typo in the link that is now fixed. Good luck with the build!
Sorry, I should have replied here. The problem is solved. Thank you!
Where did you get the ducts?
+Nathan Ratchford It's standard ventilation ducts that I got at my local store for ventilation and building material.
Made by Magnus interesting. My Lowe's has the snap lock with one long seam. I haven't seen spiral seamed ducts there. Thanks and good video!
You can get the spiral ducting at an HVAC supply store in your town .It's more rigid than the single seam ducting . They will usually sell to the public. I've never had a problem purchasing it in my town !
Are you able to supply the templates?
I'm going to have a pdf for download on my webpage within shortly.
Heads up you can’t open your project it blinks of to fast there for you can’t download anything
Hi, thanks for noticing me of problems! I've checked and can't get the problems you describe, everything is working for me...
Try to copy&paste the following link into you browser to get the pdf-plan: www.madebymagnus.com/dwg/plan_blastgate.pdf
Nice video. At czcams.com/video/szyitz53nzM/video.html you don't seem to be hitting the center of the circle, but maybe that is an optical illusion.
Thanks Anthon! I agree, it looks like I'm a bit off in the video. However, I didn't noticed it when making it and they work great.
You used your ruler as a compass later on, so the mark was only needed to get the form fitting on uncut board.