Perfect dust extractor for the average workshop!

Hooked on Woodwork workshop series 3!

In this video, I explain why this is (in my opinion of course :) the best dust extractor for the average workshop! It is the Record Power Camvac dustextractor!

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Video description!
What sets the Record Power Camvac apart from other dust extractors is its multiple motors. You can buy a Record Power Camvac with one, two, or three motors. Because of this, the Camvac creates a lot of air volume to be a good partner for the most demanding woodworking machines and creates enough pressure to handle the small handheld tools. This is one of the reasons I think it is one of the best Dust extractors you can get for the average workshop because you only need one dust extractor for all the equipment in your shop.

The Record Power Camvac does not have a diffuse air outlet. Because of this, it is the perfect dust extractor to build in your workbench! It is a relatively small dust extractor, and most important, because of the one or two air outlets, you can easily distribute the hot air that blows out of the camvac out of the cabinet you build it in.

Sound level
The Camvac is not the quietest dust extractor, but it could worsen with two motors. However, you can easily reduce this level by placing a vacuum hose on the air outlets. This reduces the sounds significantly, and I created a Whispering box that further improves the sound level.

Filtration
The Record Power Camvac had the best filtration in the market and filtered particles to 0.5 microns, where 1 micron is the average standard.

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My Personal Banggood favorites all time!

1. Hongdui Edge Trimmer

2. Doweling Jig / Multi-row puncher

3. Kerfmaker

4. Drill guide cabinet jig

5. T-ruler

6. Precision square

7. Miter square

8. Miter square brass

9. Height gauge

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My name is Dennis and I am from Hooked on Wood.
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Products I use in my workshop

Table saw with dust system:

Harvey HW110GL Europe edition with sliding table
Harvey / Axminster trade S-12 overhead blade guard
Dust extraction: HBM 200
Oneida Super dust deputy 6”

Workbench:
Incra master-R-router lift
AEG 1400w router
Incra 25" SL positioner with Wonder Fence

Drill press: Jet JDP 15B
Miter saw: Festool Kapex 60

Different links to products I use

Clamps:
Axminster trade hold down clamps
Piher Rail guide clamps
Micro Jig dovetail clamps
Bessey parallel clamps
Axminster trade parallel clamps

Push blocks
Micro Jig Gripper
Incra Push block
Thank you for viewing.

Best regards,

Dennis

[warpspeed]

We would definitely like to see the whole vacuum system being set up along with the cost of every component. Congrats on your new working space!

[milunbosiljcic]

You probably have THE cleanest shop I have ever seen like ever. Unbelievable.

[stevehall]

Hi Dennis, I have had my camvac for about 7 years now, purchased well before record power acquired the brand. I also split the hose to reduce the sound. I still added a steel dust deputy to it to extend the life of the filters. I still ended up adding another two extractors as on long runs I did find it dropping off. But a great extractor and I think we'll worth the investment.
I really like the whisper box idea, as I added filters to the end but that reduced the exhaust flow rate, so I will have a go at making one.
You also got me into the black mdf as well which creates a really lovely contrast.
Great channel and love the China series, I have purchased quite a few products off the back of them.

[rodbass]

Yes, would like to see the entire system and install. Also, costs of your supplies. Thanks for all the videos you do. I love to see how you new work space is progressing. Cheers from Ecuador.

[powderking]

Congrats for this overwhelming workshop. That´s the absolute woodworker dream, but unreachable for the most of normal DIY woodworkers. Thank you for the best content i have ever seen and please give us more of this phantastic vids.

[kentneil]

This is such an important video as i've got the same Record Power Cam Vac and I wanted to get rid of the noise it Great work and I am a big fan of your advice and work

[aRndBelgianGuy]

Dennis, you have the most stylish workshop ever.

[jgemeinhardt]

Thanks for the introduction to CamVac, I can see where this is a great solution for small to medium sized shops, including my own. To have enough power to pull from a jointer or planer is very important without having a giant 7 foot tall two stage system.

[WiscoWoodShop]

Glad you’re back. I hope will be treated to frequent videos now that you’re settled. Between you and Paoson woodworking I have been given great inspiration for my SHOP.

[Terrythemaker]

I was so impressed with my CamVac that I went back and bought another one, I now have two in my workshop, they are amazing 🤩 great video as always Denise

[dominicrhodes]

Dennis, great video well done. As a particle technologist (day job) this subject really interests me. Traditional solutions have needed both a shop vac (for the sanders etc) and a chip extractor for the planer / thicknessers etc. The former is high pressure / low volume (HP/LV) and the latter is low pressure / high volume (LP/HV). I bought a Camvac 2 motor 386-4 several years to get around this. What people fail to realise is the HP/LV shop vacs will never be able to pick up the larger particles. I use a Festool M class for that and will continue to use it as I have it! This is where they work best with their 30mm approx hose. The LP/HV chip extracts suffered terribly when you put a smaller diameter hose on them (often down to less than 10% capability). Even a moderate length of 100mm flex hose seriously degrades the flowrate (velocity) through the system. Chip extractors are really aimed at short length of smooth bore high diameter pipes. Even 100mm is 'small', think 150mm as what you should use though most come with 100mm so are constrained from the outset. So volumes out of the chip extractors are regularly less than 50% of manufacturers figures with small lengths of large diameter pipes like 100mm on them. These Camvacs are decent flowrate at high pressure and therefore make a decent stab at everything. In real world situations they often perform much better than the large chip extractors as they do not loose flowrate due to the high driving pressure. If I was doing this again I would buy a 3 motor Camvac. At the moment I have my Festool and Canvac 386 2 motor though I must admit a 3 motor unit is on the horizon :). The idea of keeping to short flex hose and moving extractors around appeals. My cyclone and baffle units attached to my current units suffer low loss of performance due to the high driving pressure, something that cannot be said for chip extractors where losses can be massive. I find the advice on airflows needed on things like planer thicknesers and performance out of chip collectors to be poor and the influence of pipes can be massive and is often ignored in designs. The world is obsessed with flowrates (velocity) but they need to also consider the pressure. One cannot be considered without the other. The other recent complication is we used massive flowrate to pick the large shavings from 2 / 3 blade planer thicknesers. Spiral blade produce finger nail size particle which need a fraction of the velocity to pick up (read flowrate) but advice has not been updated to follow this change. Well done, great video.

[alasdairmackenzie]

Typical!

I've just given mine to a friend because I talked myself into deciding I didn't need it. May have to get in touch with him and revise my plans...

Another great and thought-provoking - video. Thanks, Dennis.

[mauserkk]

Great minds, I bought one of these in January for all the same reasons and its been great so far. The suction is so strong the outlet covers pop off, twin motors are working perfectly with my spiral block planner thickness. Can't recommend enough. Would love to see the bench build with dust kit added, the more workshop build videos the better please Dennis .

[walterplaessmann]

Nice touch to add the orange panels. Now you will officially have a proper Dutch workshop!

[semteXKG]

i took your video as inspiration and built my own quick'n' dirty silencer out of OSB and including a 180° turn inside the box. The difference is night and day. -5db (!) plus the high pitch noise cancellation!

[adamkirkland]

New sub just came across your channel a couple days ago. I love your content and thank you for taking the time to put this out here for everyone. You are very straight forward and informative.

[keithclark]

Hi Dennis, good to have you back hope you had a good break. Looking foward to your new videos. Thanks kmdc.

[Shannon-vr]

I can’t say enough about mine. It amazes me this one and others like it aren’t more popular in the states. We run on 110v here but was worth the electrical upgrade

[sureview]

Thank you for your video it was very instructive and was great in helping me select a dust extractor. I bought a CamVac CGV386-5 90 L 2000 W dust extractor and the suction was amazing but noisy 90dB. Then I build your whisper box which works great dropping the sound down to 78dB with both motors running, which is quite acceptable.

[frasermacdonald]

Thanks Dennis. You really hit the target with this one. Welcome back!