Affordable Dust Collection for the Home Workshop

Having a method for dust extraction in the shop is important, but if you have a small shop or work out of your garage it doesn't have to be expensive or complicated.
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"Just a bit (Marked with my knife)", "Loose Joint", "A Chuck Isn't Something You Eat", and "Princess Meow-Meow's Theme" by Per Almered

[paulschwartz]

I'm a relative newbie to building stuff and I so appreciate videos like this from "the pros" showing that things don't need to be fancy or perfect to work well, and that it's perfectly fine to string several pieces of scrap wood together for projects like this. Thanks, Steve.

[neonsynth]

That pair of radio headphones 🤣😂 ah man that brings back memories. You Have great energy Steve, thanks for sharing. Hope you're well 😊

[billparrish]

My favorite approach to keeping them together is something I read in a comment a few years back (never saw a video on it). The guy made basically a 4-legged stool, where the 'seat' was about halfway down the legs, and was really just the cross-pieces of 2 H-shaped frames, notched together in a cross-lap joint (so 4 uprights, joined together with a cross-lapped X in the middle). The bucket sat on the X and was contained by the upper halves of the uprights. The lower halves were just tall enough to clear the vac motor, plus a couple inches. The bottoms of the legs were attached to the top of the vac so as to be removable, by screws going through the leg into the tops of little L-brackets that had been epoxied to the top of the vac. The 5-gal bucket sat in this cradle made basically from 6 sticks, perched atop the vac, which rolled around on its own casters. Simplicity! And very affordable in today's lumber market.

[asriver]

I love that I was able to get my hands on that exact same vacuum model and didn't have to modify the plans at all. I added a small block with a hole on the outside of the cart walls to secure the first hose and used 3 pieces of scrap plywood to build a small cable square that serves as a reel to store the excess cable. I can't live without this cart now.

[Naosuke]

6:05 Just a heads up for those watching in 2023. The casters on the current version of the cyclone separator in the video have bolts that are only 3/4" long, so you need to use 1/2" plywood for the bottom, or use other casters

[gregschlierf]

Nice Build. I did something similar with my vac and a 22 gallon metal trash can. Works great. But the thing I like the most about my build is that I purchased a 20 ft hose that allows me to have the vac outside and be in my garage, cuts way down on noise and I also added a remote switch to my cord so now when it gets cold I can have the vac outside and the remote turns the vac on and off as needed. Just clip it to my belt. Works great.

[KCostelloe]

Very nice! I did pretty much the same thing, but opted for a vertical solution, opposed to your horizontal implementation.

[conguerican]

I have to say that, not only do I learn a lot from you, I have a lot of fun and laughs watching your videos. Thank you very much for sharing. Looking forward to your future ones.

[spinsight]

Another great video, Steve. And as a project manager, I really appreciate you take the time to make a plan for this. Nice work!

[Frenksel]

I was making plans for my garage workshop. In the search for dust collection for my new table saw I watched this video, bought a good shop vac and a cyclone. My first project was a small cart for them, just like in your video. I'm very happy with how it ended up. Thanks Steve, for the inspiration! All the best from The Netherlands, Europe.

[colbyprince]

dude your videos are so strangely fun to watch. Keep it up! you're inspiring

[ArcaneTinker]

I have had that same 4 gallon rigid vac for about 11 years now. it's been left outside enough to not be very orange anymore, but it still works pretty well. Like basically every other wet/dry vac, I do like that you can also get disposable bags for certain tasks that would ruin the cleanable filter or gunk up the container walls.

[i_am_macgyver]

Thank you for this. I'm just starting to get into woodworking and I was thinking of similar to this and seeing it done makes me more confident to do it myself.

[k.b.woodworker]

Living in a climate where you can work outside so much of the time would make a huge difference to me, especially when it comes to dust collection. I'm jealous ;) when I see all warmth and sunshine, especially in Feb. when I have to get a snowplow to reach my car to drive to Home Depot.

I made a dust collector with the cyclone-Dust Deputy-on top, and a small shop vac on the bottom. It's a great space saver. Made from scrap. Having it on top does not seem to matter.

[thomassciurba]

I built a dust separator out of a 10 gallon metal drum from the car dealership I worked at. It has a thien baffle made from a piece of plywood suspended from threaded rods. The inlet outlet was a couple of pieces of PVC. Put that and my old shop vac on a cart like you did. It is amazingly efficient, the shop vac sees virtually no dust. Probably have $15 or $20 plus some scrap wood invested but it was a major game changer.

[howardmcewen]

My dad had an affordable dust management strategy. Me and a broom.

[MrNinja]

Your vids are timeless no matter what someone at some time for the rest of time will need most of your videos

[MattHeere]

Add a little roof over the vac. That'll protect it from the rain and double as a mobile little shelf for project doo-dads when it's inside. Would also give you an anchor point for hoses.

[alainaarrhodge]

I just finished making a diy dust/sawdust collection system using 2 The Home Depot buckets and my Shop Vac. Thank you for your video on creating a portable cart for keeping them together and portable!

[MB-ujbo]

Great video as always Steve. I did not hear you mention "micro-dust" not to be confused with micro-jig. After developing a never ending cough a year ago my doctor asked if I had a woodshop which I do and my wife parks her car in it. He recommended a respirator instead of the paper masks, which I found at Harbor Freight for under 20 bucks. It keeps out dust that we can not see in the 10 micron's and smaller range which is produced when sawing, sanding, using the router, ect... It worked as I am now a world class athlete in my own mind now that I can breath. I also vent the exhaust side of my shop vac to the outside as this small dust goes straight through the filter and into the air to be breathed so reducing as much of it as possible is a must. Thanks for all your ideas and happy wood.