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  • Tool News - Oneida Dust Deputy for your Festool Vac

    by American Woodworker Editors     Tuesday, January 26, 2010
    Oneida has just released a mini-cyclone kit for use with Festool shop vacs. The Oneida/ Festool Dust Deputy Kit is an integrated cyclone and dust container kit that can be mounted directly on a Festool shop vacuum. It converts the popular Festool vacuum...
  • Cartridge Dust Filters

    by American Woodworker Editors     Tuesday, January 19, 2010
    Better filtration for single-stage collectors by Dave Munkittrick The cartridge filter is the first significant improvement in single-stage dust collection in more than 30 years. Cartridge filters offer better filtration, better airflow and easier cleaning...
  • Tool News - Woodstock Shop Fox 2 HP Dust Collector

    by American Woodworker Editors     Tuesday, January 19, 2010
    Woodstock has just introduced the Shop Fox 2 HP Dust Collector. It features a 2 HP, 220V, single-phase motor and a 12" impeller. It has a static pressure rating of 12.8", an air suction capacity of 1,550 CFM and a 30-micron woven-fabric filter...
  • Tool News - Flexaust Conductive Vacuum Hose

    by American Woodworker Editors     Wednesday, September 30, 2009
    Flexaust Genesis DPZ-C Hose is a conductive, flexible all plastic hose that features a smooth interior for efficient air flow at full 29” Hg vacuum and an abrasion-resistant flat exterior which bends tightly and drags easily. Designed to prevent...
  • Tool News - Lee Valley Dust Collection Accessories

    by American Woodworker Editors     Wednesday, April 1, 2009
    Lee Valley released a couple of very handy accessories for dust collection. The first is a swivel connector that reduces stress on hose fittings, which means it's easier to move portable dust collection around the shop. At $7.50, it's money well...
  • Oneida Air System’s Clear Plastic Dust Deputy

    by American Woodworker Editors     Sunday, March 1, 2009
    The Dust Deputy converts an ordinary shop vacuum into a hi-efficiency cyclone vacuum. It separates 99+ % of all dust and material before the vacuum barrel solving filter clogs and maintenance problems inexpensively. Material separation is easy to see...
  • Tool-Controlled Dust Collection

    by AW-Editor     Thursday, September 18, 2008
    Tool-Controlled Dust Collection Do you use your dust collector every time you should? Probably not. With this new system, you will—without any extra effort. System 1 from Creative Dust Control is fully automatic. The system consists of a motorized...
  • Miter Saw Dust Shroud

    by AW-Editor     Friday, September 12, 2008
    Miter saws are a great convenience, but they spread sawdust like a sprinkler spreads water. The new Downdrafter shroud from Rousseau, $200, combined with a dust collector, acts like a parachute behind the saw and grabs almost every bit of dust. You may...
  • Remote-Control Dust Collection

    by AW-Editor     Friday, September 12, 2008
    Do you turn on your dust collector every time you should? “I'm only making one cut,” you say. But how many times in a day do you make “only one cut”? A lot of devices on the market allow conveniently controlling your dust collector...
  • Highly Compressible Hose Makes Moving Machines Easier

    by AW-Editor     Thursday, May 15, 2008
    The Flexadux PVR-4 is a medium weight clear PVC hose reinforced with a spring steel wire helix. Designed for dust and light woodchip collection, the ribbed construction on the outside of the hose leaves a smooth interior wall that minimizes airflow resistance...
  • Roll-Around Cyclone

    by AW-Editor     Sunday, May 11, 2008
    Oneida's Portable XXP020100, is the only dual-cyclonic roll-around collector on the market. This collector is perfect for workshops with height and space constraints or shops that need the flexibility and mobility not offered by a central dust collection...
  • Corral Tablesaw Dust

    by AW-Editor     Sunday, May 11, 2008
    Tablesaws are notorious for spewing fine dust everywhere. This dust isn't just a nuisance; it's hazardous to breathe. The Dust Cutter, a fabric bag that easily fastens underneath most benchtop and contractor-style saws (up to 17-in. by 20-in....
  • Small, But Effective, Dust Collector

    by AW-Editor     Thursday, May 8, 2008
    Steel City's cool new Mini DC, $100 can be used two ways. You can run it as a stand-alone dust collector or place it in-line with a central dust collection system to “supercharge” the air flow and get better collection. The Mini DC offers...
 

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