[mtlakejim]

Sounds like the prime spot for one of those hanging filtration units?? Should be really effective in the relatively small area.

If it was me though I would sell those weights, get a gym membership (if I was really into it) and use the entire garage for a workshop! Pay for the gym membership by selling a few woodworking projects per month. But then you will be so busy woodworking there won't be time for the gym LOL......

All kidding aside, good job on coming up with a solution to a very common problem. Everyone deals with fine dust regardless of how well they design their shop.

 

[mtlakejim]

Quite a few variations on the hanging dust filters. Several companies make sell them and even some DIY versions out there. Basically it is a box with a fan and tight micron filters. I built one a while back out of a simple box fan with a tight micron filter.
You can get versions that hang from the ceiling and have remotes. The idea is that the fan circulates the air (and the tiny particles that your dust collector misses) and filters capture them.

This is something we have yet to get serious about in our shop and I can tell you that we have a LOT of fine dust all over our machinery and tabletops. We will be addressing it very soon as the fine dust is the most dangerous to health.

I recommend that you take a look at Grizzly for a good price on one of these units. Reviews are very good for their equipment and hard to beat their prices.