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The metal piping went up fairly easily and offers future flexibility.
Dust Collection When I built the fabrication room at our new location I knew I needed to include the best dust collection I could afford. After doing some research online, and talking with Joey Cloninger, I settled on some choice parts. At Simplicity in Sound, we used PVC piping and taped it together. I wanted something a little more robust, and the ability to easily add or remove sections. I chose Nordfab piping. I found someone who was closing their woodworking shop and selling quite a bit of the tubing with enough pieces for my system. The Nordfab pipes have rolled ends and clamp together. This makes positioning or changing the layout very easy. Our controller at Simplicity in Sound is gate activated. I decided I wanted something even easier for my shop. I picked the iVac Automatic dust collection system. The system uses sensors on the power wires to the tools to turn the dust collection on and off. The iVac kit also has motorized gates, so getting dust collection at any tool is simply a matter of turning it on and waiting a few seconds for the dust collector to spool up. I chose the Grizzly G0441 3HP Cyclone Dust Collector. Higher horsepower models were backordered at the time and I was concerned about having enough vacuum. I really have more than I need. I often have to open an additional gate to keep pieces from being sucked to the table. I mounted the collector on the roof of my woodshop and routed the tubing for the collector bin through the roof. The collector bin sits on the fabrication room floor for easy emptying.
60  Mobile Electronics October 2019
The automatic iVac system is a must-have for ease of dust collection.
