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On another thread, Stick suggested enclosing the dust collection unit with an air return so that heated or cooled air is returned to the shop. Since we regularly have 30 degree winters and 105 degree summers, this idea seemed pretty good to me.
This thread will be about how I go about doing what Stick suggested, and the installation of a Super Dust Deputy.
This may take a couple of weeks to complete, so join in with any suggestions. Being an old guy, I take my time and only do a few hours a day. The project takes place in a breezeway between two sheds, a 12x25 shop shed and a 10x12 office shed. Both are wired from a shared 60 amp sub panel near the rear of the breezeway.
I put a roof over the breezeway, which is roughly 4 ft wide. The sheds are side by side, but not parallel or plumb. I used 1x6 pine to make a good floor between the two sheds. The office shed has a half door leading out to the breezeway. (At the rear of one shed is a simple stand up urinal-I'm an old guy and nearby plumbing is my friend.) Last week I extended the floor 3 feet so I can walk out the half door into the breezeway without stepping down to the dirt.
Very convenient. The sheds sit on crushed rock, contained by 2x10 planks and held in place by 24 inch long steel spikes on one side, and by 24 inch rebar driven into the ground. Redwood is used for contact to the ground. The rock is why the sheds are not quite parallel, and why the shop shed is not plumb.
The picture is of the DC unit as it was at the start. Sagging hose and all.
This thread will be about how I go about doing what Stick suggested, and the installation of a Super Dust Deputy.
This may take a couple of weeks to complete, so join in with any suggestions. Being an old guy, I take my time and only do a few hours a day. The project takes place in a breezeway between two sheds, a 12x25 shop shed and a 10x12 office shed. Both are wired from a shared 60 amp sub panel near the rear of the breezeway.
I put a roof over the breezeway, which is roughly 4 ft wide. The sheds are side by side, but not parallel or plumb. I used 1x6 pine to make a good floor between the two sheds. The office shed has a half door leading out to the breezeway. (At the rear of one shed is a simple stand up urinal-I'm an old guy and nearby plumbing is my friend.) Last week I extended the floor 3 feet so I can walk out the half door into the breezeway without stepping down to the dirt.
Very convenient. The sheds sit on crushed rock, contained by 2x10 planks and held in place by 24 inch long steel spikes on one side, and by 24 inch rebar driven into the ground. Redwood is used for contact to the ground. The rock is why the sheds are not quite parallel, and why the shop shed is not plumb.
The picture is of the DC unit as it was at the start. Sagging hose and all.
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