Dust Collection Systems and Solutions for Every Budget: Complete Guide to Protecting Your Lungs and Eyes from Wood, Metal, and Resin Dust in the Workshop (Fox Chapel Publishing) For Any Size Shop
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Deal with Workshop Dust the Professional Way
Learn the Safety Basics
Workshop dust, whether from woodworking, metal work, or epoxy resin, is messy and can be harmful to your eyes and lungs. Inside this guide, you'll learn the proper safety practices and how to choose the right equipment for:
Eye protection
Protective masks
Hearing protection
Electrical safety
Safely storing and using finishing materials
Keeping your workspace clean is essential in any project. With this in-depth guide to dust collection, you'll learn how to manage a dust-free environment in your shop!
From explanations of dust hazards and proper personal protective equipment to shop vacuums and air filtration systems, all the detail you need is here for a healthy, more sustainable workshop experience, so your creativity can flourish!
High-quality photos, graphics, and exploded views of different systems and use cases
For beginners and experienced crafters to learn protections and precautions for a safer and cleaner workshop
Insight and tips on dust hazards, proper PPE gear, and precautions while woodworking, metalworking, or using epoxy resin
Information on pneumatic air tools vs. battery-powered tools
Dust Collection Basics
Choosing the Right Vacuum
Learn how shop vacuums can not only clean up your space but also be used with power tools! Help guide your buying decisions with considerations of power, capacity, filtration and more.
Central Dust Collection
Get the five simple rules for a dust-free shop, and learn how simple it can be to design and create a system for a small, one-person shop without breaking the bank.
Metalworking and Dust
Find out how to keep dust from causing health issues when working with metal, with tips on the protective gear needed and how to use spark traps, source collectors, downdraft tables, and more.
Epoxy and Dust
Working safely with epoxy can be a challenge. Learn the differences in sanding epoxy vs wood, choosing the correct PPE and breathing protection, using a cyclone dust collector, and more.
Tool Solutions
Dust Collection Tips
Discover useful tools which greatly help keep the dust down, including vacuum-assisted benches, blowers, air scrubbers, a thrifty planer collector (pictured), and even how to dress for dust!
Portable Power Tools
Get the information you need to keep power tool dust down, using shop vacuums plugged into your sanders, drum sander dust collectors, anti-slip dust collection tables, and more.
Dust Collection for Routers
See how collecting dust can be easy with a dust hood on a router table, and how using a simple milk jug can surprise you in helping to catch dust!
Air Filtration Solutions
Shop Air Cleaners
Find out how to take dust control to the next level with air cleaners that can reduce dust and create better airflow and filtration.
Air Scrubber Trio
Learn the details of a between-the-joists design, a hanging model, and a bench top model to catch shop dust at the source, and decide which is best for your shop.
Make Your Own Scrubber
Get instructions, plans, exploded diagrams, and cutting and materials list so you can make your own air scrubber in your shop!