adrianm
02-10-2012, 04:13 AM
Nice setup Adrian! On a new thread so this one doesn't get hijacked - any chance you could post some info & pics on your enclosure for some of us? Does it reduce sound levels? Would you do it again? Assuming you have time that is :)
Thanks much, Gerry
As requested. It does occur to me though that you might have thought that my whole ShopBot was in an enclosure given the picture I posted last night. It's not, it's just my workshop walls you can see in the picture.
The 2.2hp dust extractor is stored in a purpose built enclosure at one end of my workshop. There is a cyclone type lid device on top of an old water butt that catches the heavier chips with the dust going into the bag at the bottom of the extractor.
This extractor has a cloth filter bag on top. I used to have a filter drum but the first roof I had leaked and ruined it.
The lift out plastic door is to make bag changes easier and to let some light into the workshop as the enclosure partly covers the main window.
The workshop has four inches of insulation in the walls, ceiling and floor so, as the enclosure is outside that, the noise is almost non-existent. The air rushing up the hose is louder than the motor noise.
It worked so well I did the same setup at the other end of the workshop and hooked all my other tools up to it. As that one isn't controlled by a relay on the 'Bot I have a remote control to turn it off and on.
Obviously one drawback of this setup is that the warm air from the workshop gets extracted outside. I've never noticed the temperature dropping much even with both on. My heating is powered by sawdust which I have more than I can possibly use so the cost of heating the workshop isn't an issue anyway.
Thanks much, Gerry
As requested. It does occur to me though that you might have thought that my whole ShopBot was in an enclosure given the picture I posted last night. It's not, it's just my workshop walls you can see in the picture.
The 2.2hp dust extractor is stored in a purpose built enclosure at one end of my workshop. There is a cyclone type lid device on top of an old water butt that catches the heavier chips with the dust going into the bag at the bottom of the extractor.
This extractor has a cloth filter bag on top. I used to have a filter drum but the first roof I had leaked and ruined it.
The lift out plastic door is to make bag changes easier and to let some light into the workshop as the enclosure partly covers the main window.
The workshop has four inches of insulation in the walls, ceiling and floor so, as the enclosure is outside that, the noise is almost non-existent. The air rushing up the hose is louder than the motor noise.
It worked so well I did the same setup at the other end of the workshop and hooked all my other tools up to it. As that one isn't controlled by a relay on the 'Bot I have a remote control to turn it off and on.
Obviously one drawback of this setup is that the warm air from the workshop gets extracted outside. I've never noticed the temperature dropping much even with both on. My heating is powered by sawdust which I have more than I can possibly use so the cost of heating the workshop isn't an issue anyway.