Diy dust collector blast gate. Cut two 6 x 6 squares of 12 or 34 mdf for the gate body. Diy projects plans wood shop projects workshop storage diy workshop garages shop dust collection wood jig dust collector wood dust homemade self cleaning blast gate homemade self cleaning blast gate i needed a couple of blast gates that could fit onto the y of my dust collector. Just be careful and proceed at your own risk adhere to standard safety practices and you should be ok. Homemade self cleaning blast gate.
Continuing off with my diy dust collector cyclone system i added all the duct work to hook up dust collection to my tools. Of the hose with a heat gun to stretch it the outlet side of my blast gates is a larger diameter. The type i chose to build was the self cleaning type and the materials i used are. But anyway one more shop project before i get back to making actual projects.
Shopmade 4 pvc blast gate duration. The dust is stored in a container or plastic bags until its emptied out. Glass impressions 102266 views. Main blast gate page.
The main component of the dust gates is a 3 in. Make the gate bodies. Mar 4 2016 adding a dust collection system to my shop was a great move but it wasnt cheap. Thats normally the way things go.
This time some easy to make blast gates for 4 pvc pipe. I needed a couple of blast gates that could fit onto the y of my dust collector. I have a feeling that once i get the dust collection completely setup i might get a new dust collector that will require a change to the entire system. I did manage to save money by making my own blast gates.
A dust collector is a tool that collects the wood byproducts produced by power tools. Whether these are wood chips wood shavings or dust it keeps the area where youre working clean. I did not want to use any of those plastic ones as they have problems in cleaning and leaking so i decided to build my own.