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Dust Right Master System
Dust Right™
Master System
This system of dust control accessories has everything you need to revolutionize the way you clean up shop. The secret is the innovative Dust Right™ Handle. One end accepts standard 4" dust hose, while the other is perfectly sized to slip in and out of the different Dust Right™ components.

Shop Dust Collection

Getting Tough on Dust

If you don’t have a dust collection system in your shop, now’s a great time to start. For many hobbyists and home-shop woodworkers, such systems seem like a luxury - the last tool to be bought. But more and more of us are beginning to take dust seriously. That’s a fact that the tool industry now recognizes.

Very few woodworkers do their best work while kicking through mountains of shavings and coughing out a cloud of dust. Once you have a dust collection system installed, it will do a lot of the shop clean-up for you - while you work, not afterward.

Being aggressive in cleaning dust from the air in your shop doesn't necessarily mean you have to spend a ton on new equipment.

Powermatic PM1900 Dust Collector, 3HP 1PH, with Canister KitChoosing a Dust Collector

To choose the right dust collector for your shop, you'll need to consider the air volume requirements of the tools in your shop and also the amount of static pressure your dust collector will have to overcome. To help explanation of dust collection design - including formulas for calculating air volume, velocity and static pressure losses - we recommend a dust collection book, where you'll find the detailed information you'll need to do the best job of designing your dust collection system.

There are, however, a few dust collection "rules of thumb" that are based on the size of your shop and the type of tools in it. Below well offer our picks for dust collection systems ranging from a small portable dust collection solution to a central system for a well equipped two car garage sized shop.

How Dust Collectors are Rated

Dust collectors are designed and rated to produce a sufficient air moving force to capture and move woodworking debris under certain conditions. Nearly all manufacturers publish ratings for individual dust collectors including:

  • Air velocity in feet per minute (fpm)
  • Air volume in cubic feet per minute (cfm)
  • Maximum static pressure (sp)

A large, powerful dust collector will, of course, move more air with more friction-overcoming force than a small, portable unit, and therefore can be used to service machinery that produces greater volumes of debris and have greater cfm requirements. Also, because of their greater capacity for overcoming static pressure losses, more powerful dust collectors can be situated farther away from individual machines, making them more advantageous for central dust collection systems.

Affordable, Portable Systems

A portable dust collector is a good option if your priorities are affordability and simplicity.

FlexForm Dust Collection Hose A portable dust collector is moved from machine to machine, keeping it in close proximity of the tool it's servicing and limiting the static pressure losses caused by long runs of ductwork.

There's a minimum amount of set-up involved - the dust collector connects to the dust collection port of the tool it's servicing with a short length of flexible hose and a keyed hose clamp.

Any of these Jet Dust collectors make an excellent choice for a small woodworking operation where an affordable solution is the goal.

Jet 650CFM Dust Collector with 1 Micron Can Filter
Jet 650CFM
w/ 1 Micron Can Filter
Jet DC-1100a Dust Collector
Jet DC-1100a
Dust Collector
Jet DC-1200 JET Dust Collector w/ Bag Kit, 2HP, 1Ph
Jet DC-1200
w/ Bag Kit
Jet DC-1100 JET Dust Collector w/ Canister Kit, 1-1/2HP, 1Ph
Jet DC-1100
w/ Canister Kit

In a central dust collection system, the dust collector stays in one place in the shop and is connected to the woodworking tools it services with a system of ductwork. A central system has a couple of advantages over a portable system. The central dust collection unit can be placed in an out-of-the-way location where it doesn't take up the most valuable space in your shop. Also, a central system is permanently connected to your tools, meaning that you can move from tool to tool freely, without having to stop work to transfer the dust collector's connection.

Cleaning the Air

Cleaning the Air with #24770 JET AFS-1000 Air Filtration SystemIn fact, “dust collection” is really somewhat of a misnomer. “Dust collectors” are actually collecting mostly wood chips and particles. The dust, for the most part, winds up in the air. To protect yourself from that dangerous airborne wood dust, you either need to wear a respirator/mask or, for the highest degree of safety, use an Air Cleaner as part of your dust collection process.

One of the best is the JET AFS-1000 Air Filtration System. This high-quality system features an electrostatic filter which removes 98% of all particles five microns in size. This technology also removes micro-particles of smokes, viruses, bacteria, and fine dust at the rate of 25 times more effectively than an ordinary home furnace filter. And it cleans and circulates the air in a 20 x 20 x 8 shop in under five minutes!

» Dust Collection Hose, Fittings and Accessories

Clear Flexible Dust Collection Hose
Clear Flexible
Dust Collection Hose
Mr. Nozzle
Mr. Nozzle
Spiral Pipe and Fittings for Dust Collection System
Spiral Pipe and Fittings
for Dust Collection System
Did you know that wood dust is related to many health hazards? These include irritation of the eyes, nose, and throat, skin rashes, asthma, allergies, and some serious lung diseases. It has even been linked to a rare form of nasal cancer.
4'' Dust Collector Starter Kit
Dust Collection
4'' Starter Kit
Dust Collection Splicers
Dust Collection
Splicers
T-Connector Dust Collection Fittings
T-Connector
Dust Collection Fittings
Estimates indicate that up to 13% of woodworkers have dust-induced asthma. Breathing wood dust can also cause chronic bronchitis or emphysema.
Y-Connector Dust Collection Fitting
Y-Connector
Dust Collection Fitting
Elbow Connector Dust Collection Fittings
Elbow Connector
Dust Collection Fittings
4'' Dust Coupling
4'' Dust
Coupling
During their lifetimes, one third of all woodworkers experience some adverse health effects from contact with wood dust.
Hose Adaptor
Hose Adaptor
Hose Reducers
Hose Reducers
Universal Dust Adapter
Universal Dust Adapter
While shop vacuums are extremely popular among woodworkers, they may not be the best solution for systematic dust control.
Dust Collection Fittings
Dust Collection
Fittings
Vacuum Tool Kit
Vacuum Tool Kit
4 inch Tool Blast Gate
4'' Tool
Blast Gate
First and foremost, their capacities are generally much smaller than that of most large, stationary machines.
4'' StableGate Blast Gate
4'' StableGate™
Blast Gate
Metal Blast Gate
Metal
Blast Gate
Dust Collection Hose Hanger Clamps
Dust Collection
Hose Hanger Clamps
Second, their filters usually don’t trap some of the micro-particles that can aggravate allergies and irritate the respiratory system.
Adjustable Hose and Pipe Hangers
Adjustable Hose
and Pipe Hangers
4-1/2'' & 3'' Keyed Hose Clamps
4-1/2'' & 3'' Keyed
Hose Clamps
4'' Spring Clamp
4'' Spring
Clamp
There’s no doubt: For most shops, a complete dust collection system is necessary to protect your health.
Steel Base Clamps
Steel Base
Clamps
Universal Dust Port
Universal
Dust Port
Tabletop Dust Fitting
Tabletop
Dust Fitting
Universal Dust Collection Port
Universal
Dust Collection Port
Table Saw and Jointer Hoods
Table Saw
and Jointer Hoods
Dust Collection Floor Sweep
Dust Collection
Floor Sweep
Dust Grounding Kit
Dust
Grounding Kit
Dust Collector Remote Switch
Dust Collector
Remote Switch
Round Swivel Dust Port
Round Swivel
Dust Port
Counter Dust Brush
Counter
Dust Brush
Large Aluminum Dust Pan
Large Aluminum
Dust Pan
Dust Right Vortex™ Dust Separator
Dust Right Vortex™
Dust Separator
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