I wanted to add that just ordered a dust deputy cyclone attachment, and I’m looking at getting the Festool CT26 dust collector. And then woodcraft has the Rikon air purifier on sale this week, so was going to install that in the ceiling. It’s not hepa, but I plan on painting/soldering/tinkering quite a bit out there so I need as much air flow as possible.
I put a 6" PVC underneath coming from my garage/carport so that I can keep the compressor and/or vacuum out in the garage and then just ran air hose/vacuum hose through that pipe and into the shop. Trying to mitigate the noise coming into my ears. Into the neighborhood is a concern, which is why I’m looking at the Festool; it’s a bit quieter at 66db. Makita makes a dust collector that goes all the way down to 59db, but it’s a little less-reviewed.
Materials. It absolutely gobbles up materials. I use a lot of different hardwoods, I like that I can open a drawer and immediately see what I have on hand.
Looks like you got a great plan working. I think you will be very happy with your work place.
One point. There are always trade offs with any method of making things.
With the glowforge it is exhaust with the noise and odors.
With the CNC it will be exhaust and tiny bits of metal, plastic, wood, etc, everywhere. Even with dedicated suction at the spindle there will be ‘stuff’ scattered around.
Be sure to develop a plan or method for keeping all those fiddly bits away from the glowforge.
A simple cover and cleanup after works for me when I am making dust, but a CNC is a tad worse than dust.
One thing I haven’t seen is a way to isolate the GF from the dust generated by the router. I would not run them in the same room without making sure the GF isn’t going to pull in all the router dust.
Heck I might run the cnc outside whenever possible. I almost always sand outdoors when it’s warm and not raining. Otherwise I use the downdraft table I whipped up with my gf.
When I get back to using the CNC, it will be on a 4x4 rolling cart I built which has big casters, specifically to allow me to roll it out onto my deck.
I have the components for a dust extraction system but need to build a permanent cabinet for them in the garage - which backs up to the work space I referenced.
Sorry, the Festool goes all the way down to 62db, Makita is 59db.
The Festool max CFM is 137, Makita 135.
Festool has a 23mm ID anti-static, Makita is 37mm ID.
F is 27lbs, M is 28lbs.
F 6.9 Gallon, M 12 Gallon
F 10Amp, M 12Amp
Both are HEPA
I can’t really vent it outside, my neighbor is less than 10ft away. I’m in downtown Honolulu.
As far as the HEPA, I plan on doing all kinds of things in this shop I want to make sure my kids’ health stays intact, so I’m willing to spend more on the air purification.
I got those awning windows on Craigslist. The guy had 4, I only needed 2, but they were only $70 each for $300 double-pane windows so I got them all from him. I went ahead and put one in today and moved the other one down; I could barely reach them with a stool before. It rains quite a bit here, so the awning windows were important to keeping moisture out when the tools aren’t running.
The only comment I have is to back up @evansd2 about the number of outlets. I’d definitely put at least one up high around where the loft is going to be, as well as adding at least a couple more down on the level where you already have some. That “shed” looks sweet!
Thanks…one is already in on the other side, last one will be by tomorrow morning. Just need to cut out the hole. Also I’m trying to keep them fairly high because of security.
I forgot to mention re:noise. I live less than 300 feet from Punchbowl Cemetery, which is like the Arlington of the Pacific Ocean. Over 34,000 graves with most, if not all, victims from Pearl Harbor. Out of respect for them, I can’t be blasting a router outdoors. I’m wedged in between these condos and the cemetery and that sound has nowhere to go but up there. This is one of the reasons I put in a floating floor with insulation in the floor. I’m putting it in the walls and ceiling, as well. All of the windows are double-pane to help mitigate sound. I’m still planning on a “sub-room” or enclosure for the CNC to keep dust from going EVERYWHERE.
The room is 12’x16’ and there are 9 outlets at waist-level, and 2 switch-controlled outlets at the upper-loft, and one in the floor. Was thinking of putting a cheapo box fan in each window and setting them to turn on with the switch. Could do a lot of exhaust momentarily, albeit noisy. Would be great for painting. Could put each fan on low.
is the cost about the same?
