Well of course this was a brilliant idea! I appreciate how Doug and Ashley think outside the box and make it work for them. Having to empty the system frequently isn't a bit deal and the sawdust is beneficial for helping with mud, composting, possibly in a Woodstock, etc. Such a sharp idea!
Doug and Ashley, if you leave that orange tube the length of is, you can also use it to clean your workshop on wheels. The hand tools that came with the hose will work great for the stuff that is left over and general dust that naturally comes in when you're working in it. This portable workshop is absolutely fantastic. A+ on your part for building it. I can imagine several craftsmen copying this as this would make getting to and leaving a jobsite much easier and faster.
Looks good. I sell central vac's for a living. When it comes to application like yours (or vet clinics / barber shops) I like to sell a cyclonic separator (Vacu-Maid sells one) before the dirt enters the canister. It just protects your central vacuum from coming in contact with fine woodworking dust because the separator captures 97 percent of the dust you suck up. If you are on top of your maintenance you should be fine though.
Sometimes I think you must be a relative to Einstein with all the inventive ideas you do. This is just another example of your excellent ideas and endeavors. You are amazing. I hope this helps save you breathing capacity and health. I follow your videos and can't wait for each one each day. Looking forward to the next.
Great job and video!, but don't forget to run a ground strap to the pvc vacuum pipe, friction will cause static electricity!!, also, connect the strap to the electrical ground emt and run a ground from the trailer frame to a nearby ground rod !!
Doug, you're so intelligent about so many things!! I'd still wear a mask. One idea for the sawdust is to let your kids use it along with nice black dirt and coffee grounds to make a nice bedding for worms/night crawlers.
My dad DIYd his own vacuum system in his workshop. Running the pipe similar to yours but he used a shop vac outside the shop and that went into a plastic barrel with a large bag inside it. Once the bag was full he’d take it out and give it to people for mulch or chicken bedding or horse bedding.
Hi Doug. You are a *master* at thinking up brilliant ideas👍. You are meticulous and take pride in everything that you do no matter how small or big. Well done! Another brilliant video. Thank you for sharing🤲. As always keep safe and God bless your beautiful 👨👩👧👦 💐💞
Since you are a DIYer and not a contractor, electrician or HVAC expert, things do not have to be done only one way. Up to code yes, but you always throughly and diligently look into that for each area you have lived. This gives you the freedom to think outside the box, which you are an expert at, a n d adapt what is needed to meet your particular need at the time. This has served you very well! It always is interesting to me to watch TV shows or videos of renovation or building something. So keep up the good work Doug!
Oh my goodness….you never cease to amaze me. What a great idea!!!! And it looks to work pretty good. Love your “thinking outside the box” attitude. Nothing you two do surprises me. But I get it. The best vibes for your family. I am so excited when your videos show up 😍😍
Awesome little workshop. About dust collection, maybe you want to check the static generated by suction in pvc pipes, with the sawdust may be a security issue. In some videos of another people, I saw they put a grounded copper wire all along the pipe to reduce that static. I love your videos and I enjoy a lot all your great work, this new home will be great for sure.
Very ingenious Doug, great way to keep down the mess along with guard your breathing work space! Plus those wood chip and shavings may come in handy for something. 👍👍👍
Good ideal. It will work fine. My motorhome had a built-in system and I never had a problem with all the sand and dirt and pet hair. As long as you empty the vacuum and clean the filter it will last a long time. 👍🙂 Well after watching the whole video. Maybe you could get a drum the same size as the vac. And adapt it to fit with that. So holding capacity is bigger. Just a thought. 👍
If you add more tools along the trailer, replace the switch with a pull chain style one back towards the vacuum, and then run a string along the center of the trailer from front to back, kinda like a stop request on public bus, can just reach up and grab it without looking :)
My last home had a central vac and I loved it so much. Yes my central vac had bags that needed to be changed. Again you are amazing to be able to think of so many things to help you out in the long run👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hey Doug, I've heard these pvc dust collector systems can create a lot of static and maybe be a fire hazard? I think some people run ground wires along the pipes maybe something to look into. Nice work
I think this is one of the cooler non-home projects. I would make a safe bet that there r a lot of people who want one of these and will make themselves one. DIY’ers love a place well stocked with tools with easy work space. And the organization that comes from something like this improves a persons physical environment and emotional need for order. Great job Doug!!!
I was wondering when you were going to get this up and running!! I am always so IMPRESSED with you guys!! You never take the easy route!! But, what is best for your family and in the long run you help all of us !! THANK YOU!!
I am kinda jealous of all the wood chips you are going to have. We left a large pile of wood chips for about 1.5 years and ended up with the nicest soil amendment. Happy accident. Thanks Bob. Since we have no soil to speak of here ( bedrock) this is huge for gardening especially with the fertilizer shortage. Very nice adaptation. Going to mention this to my wood working son-in-law. He has a much larger space, but maybe it will work.
Looking great. Maybe put one port on the floor, in a corner. that way you can just sweep all the leftover debris in to a foot wide funnel on the floor, that leads into the vacuum pipe. Those are very convinient imo. Just remember to have the gate higher up so you dont't need to do a deep squat every time you wanna sweep the floor.
The ends that you didn't have a need for, you should have a need for. A length of hose would make an excellent hand-held vacuum to clean up the loose stuff that didn't get picked up by the main unit. Plug it onto the system at any inlet and use it to vacuum the surfaces of your tools AND the floor.
Could you not add a big clear or black plastic bag to the bottom end of the collecter chamber instead of the metal collection bin. That way you will see when the bag is nearly full and needs changing.
I believe that you have thought about most issues, and it is great that you are taking care to protect yourself and the family from risks. However, everyone needs to please take care dealing with all workshop dust. Even metal swarf and dust can cause fires or explosions. It is an explosive! Someone mentioned the risk of static charges, they are not a trivial issue and can be the source of ignition that the dust air mix is seeking to go bang. Any finely distributed dust mixed with the air can cause a destructive explosion, and many workshops have been destroyed. Yes, with loss of life when the system fails, is not maintained, or not installed in the first place. Flour mills are well known for his issue, but other workshops suffer. Dust is insidious, damaging lungs when not blowing things up. Some materials can also cause other troubles, with fine particles, and the glues and preservatives used in manufactured goods, being unsafe to health.
Would it be safer for him to ground the vacuum system so there wouldn't be static? I worked for a company that made plastic facia bumpers to hide the macanics when building a car. We had to ground everything in the building.
I've researched the topic and found the danger to be greatly exaggerated. It's truly a non-issue for an average wood-shop. There have been no fires or explosions from PVC dust collection systems. It's just one of those myths that floats around.
You are like the MacGyver of building tools! You see something you need and you just do it! You're very crafty! Overall I think it worked precisely how you needed it to! Good job!
great idea. That will save you from breathing in so much dust. since the canister fills up so fast would there be a way to divert the fill intake hose outside so it can fill a larger container or bag?
well done, I would tape the joints that you didn't glue just to ensure no suction is being lost at the joints. To bad the bottom of the vacuum isn't a clear plastic so you could see how full it is.
Wow, once again Doug, you are so amazing with all of your ideas on making the work with things better, sawdust can be such an unfun clean up and you just made that part so much better, and I believe there is never anything wrong with making work easier and better. Thanks so much for sharing this great video, I hope you all have a great week, I'm looking forward to seeing your next video, sending love and hugs, bye for now.
There are a few people concerned about static charges. It can be an issue. Stumpy Nubs did an entire video about how he added wire to the duct work. One person suggested grounding the vac unit. I'm sure it is already grounded. The problem is when saw dust and particles are flowing in the plastic pipe, it creates static electricity. So, the pipe should be grounded. Looks like a great system for a small shop. Very ingenious. I recently added a wireless 240 volt lighting contactor to operate my dust collector remotely. The contactor with 2 remotes, mounting box, fittings and by-pass switch (optional) was $45. A dedicated "dust collector remote switch" with 1 remote is $130. Congrats.
Possible free chicken bedding! I know you did the chicken thing! My wife and I have chickens but we only have two hens and a rooster we acquired some fertile eggs from a neighbour but plan to keep a total of maybe five hens and the rooster hatching out a couple dozen to sell each year and have enough eggs to furnish ourselves. I have a sawmill so we have our own source for bedding. I cut cedar and I heard it was good for keeping mites and other pests at bay as they don't like the cedar. Your doing a great job Doug and Ashley and family!
That's a great idea, it's not everyday you'll be doing tongue and groove .. I think just for normal things in the work shop it will work well .. clever idea Doug.
Talk about being creative! Your work is amazing. Your projects are well thought out. Maybe there is a way u can somehow see the bag while working, is it possible to remove the lower can and tie the bag some how so u can see it. I don’t know. If there is a static situation u need to take care of it, important. Good job.
Hey Doug, I myself thought about the dust clogging statically, and the idea that fabric softener is suppose to suppress dust from sticking to surfaces, surfaced in my mind. Maybe a few softener sheets sucked through it when it’s emptied from time to time would help🤔 It’s really a shame (for me) that you live all the way across the country, literally upper to lower corners!! I’d find💰to have you as my projects manager! I don’t know anyone personally I could trust more to do an excellent job given all that us glued to your channel have witnessed! Old people still dream!!! I got drywall, plumbing, insulation, windows to replace, siding…are you drooling at the 💭 yet??!! Hahaha! My compliments To another job well done!!
Hello, Hope you didn't get too much rain where you are. I have seen on the news that there were floods in Florida. Doug, I think you have done an amazing job on the dust collection system I had a thought ..... Ashley could use the sawdust for compost or for mulching around plants to keep weeds at bay. Look forward to your next video Stay safe !
No matter what you say Doug. You are a genius. Between you and Ashley it's no wonder how smart Bella and Maverick are.
Not only do you think outside the box, you kick that bad boy to the curb🤣 I love it.
Hi Ashley and kids.
Stay safe
Doug you are a wonder!
Well of course this was a brilliant idea! I appreciate how Doug and Ashley think outside the box and make it work for them. Having to empty the system frequently isn't a bit deal and the sawdust is beneficial for helping with mud, composting, possibly in a Woodstock, etc. Such a sharp idea!
Doug and Ashley, if you leave that orange tube the length of is, you can also use it to clean your workshop on wheels. The hand tools that came with the hose will work great for the stuff that is left over and general dust that naturally comes in when you're working in it. This portable workshop is absolutely fantastic. A+ on your part for building it. I can imagine several craftsmen copying this as this would make getting to and leaving a jobsite much easier and faster.
I would add ground wire to each tool connection because of static electricity. Fine dust can be explosive!!!
It's a safety issue!
Doug ..... You are without question...the brightest light in the ball park. You hit a home run with this project as you always do. You are AMAAAAZING!
Doug you can make anything, you are a genius, and also so humble about it.
Looks good. I sell central vac's for a living. When it comes to application like yours (or vet clinics / barber shops) I like to sell a cyclonic separator (Vacu-Maid sells one) before the dirt enters the canister. It just protects your central vacuum from coming in contact with fine woodworking dust because the separator captures 97 percent of the dust you suck up. If you are on top of your maintenance you should be fine though.
Very cool idea I would suggest adding a suction port that extends to the floor to sweep floor particles into.👍
Sometimes I think you must be a relative to Einstein with all the inventive ideas you do. This is just another example of your excellent ideas and endeavors. You are amazing. I hope this helps save you breathing capacity and health. I follow your videos and can't wait for each one each day. Looking forward to the next.
Wow Doug, you are so innovative. The archetypal "thinker outside the box".
Hey! Happy Sunday evening!🥰🥰🥰
Great job and video!, but don't forget to run a ground strap to the pvc vacuum pipe, friction will cause static electricity!!, also, connect the strap to the electrical ground emt and run a ground from the trailer frame to a nearby ground rod !!
👍👍 Before too long, (hopefully) you'll have the boards for your walls!
Doug, you are a genius, so creative, so clever. Your family is the sweetest ever on TH-cam, you’re my favorite channel. Much Love ❤️
Really cool idea Doug. We had a central vac in our house growing up. I never thought about using it as a dust collection system. Dave in TX
Great idea.
I never even knew those existed 😳, but yes very great idea and I will definitely be looking into that for my own shop!
Doug, you're so intelligent about so many things!! I'd still wear a mask. One idea for the sawdust is to let your kids use it along with nice black dirt and coffee grounds to make a nice bedding for worms/night crawlers.
My dad DIYd his own vacuum system in his workshop. Running the pipe similar to yours but he used a shop vac outside the shop and that went into a plastic barrel with a large bag inside it. Once the bag was full he’d take it out and give it to people for mulch or chicken bedding or horse bedding.
I love this channel, you guy are my favorite!
You are a genius Doug! What a great idea!
Doug, you inquisitive and inventive soul, it's a pleasure to watch you develop solutions like this one. Well done you. Cheers, Ardith
Hi Doug. You are a *master* at thinking up brilliant ideas👍. You are meticulous and take pride in everything that you do no matter how small or big. Well done! Another brilliant video. Thank you for sharing🤲. As always keep safe and God bless your beautiful 👨👩👧👦 💐💞
Great idea Doug. You could donate the sawdust to an animal shelter for use as kitty litter or save it for a kitty of your own.😻
Great job! I love the inventive way you solve your own problems.
Y'all have come a long way in a year. Proud of you.
Thank you!
Another video!! Whoop!!
Awesome idea 💡. You can repurpose the saw dust possibly for your wood stove make small compacted blocks for it or spread it out on and muddy areas.
Since you are a DIYer and not a contractor, electrician or HVAC expert, things do not have to be done only one way. Up to code yes, but you always throughly and diligently look into that for each area you have lived. This gives you the freedom to think outside the box, which you are an expert at, a n d adapt what is needed to meet your particular need at the time. This has served you very well! It always is interesting to me to watch TV shows or videos of renovation or building something. So keep up the good work Doug!
Great job Doug looks pretty slick.
Oh my goodness….you never cease to amaze me. What a great idea!!!! And it looks to work pretty good. Love your “thinking outside the box” attitude. Nothing you two do surprises me. But I get it. The best vibes for your family. I am so excited when your videos show up 😍😍
Always thinking, always doing. Pretty neat. I figure you can tweak it. Hi Ash, Belle and Mav !!! Love ya all, Granny
Doug you are so talented.
Just love how your mind works 🤔
Awesome little workshop. About dust collection, maybe you want to check the static generated by suction in pvc pipes, with the sawdust may be a security issue.
In some videos of another people, I saw they put a grounded copper wire all along the pipe to reduce that static.
I love your videos and I enjoy a lot all your great work, this new home will be great for sure.
Wow, you are so good at finding solutions. What a great idea to keep the air cleaner in the workshop.
Doug stay safe and ground your system so static electricity don't build up
Pretty sweet dust collection system there. Please let us know who it works out for you.
👏🏼👍🏼
A very nice, simple solution to keeping your shop clean and your lungs healthy. Great job!
Very ingenious Doug, great way to keep down the mess along with guard your breathing work space! Plus those wood chip and shavings may come in handy for something. 👍👍👍
Good ideal. It will work fine. My motorhome had a built-in system and I never had a problem with all the sand and dirt and pet hair. As long as you empty the vacuum and clean the filter it will last a long time. 👍🙂 Well after watching the whole video. Maybe you could get a drum the same size as the vac. And adapt it to fit with that. So holding capacity is bigger. Just a thought. 👍
Great garden compost maker!
I have a dust collection system in my house but people generally call it "furniture".
😂😂😂😂
haha, good one.
If you add more tools along the trailer, replace the switch with a pull chain style one back towards the vacuum, and then run a string along the center of the trailer from front to back, kinda like a stop request on public bus, can just reach up and grab it without looking :)
My last home had a central vac and I loved it so much. Yes my central vac had bags that needed to be changed. Again you are amazing to be able to think of so many things to help you out in the long run👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hey Doug, I've heard these pvc dust collector systems can create a lot of static and maybe be a fire hazard? I think some people run ground wires along the pipes maybe something to look into. Nice work
Smart idea.. good luck 🧲
I think this is one of the cooler non-home projects. I would make a safe bet that there r a lot of people who want one of these and will make themselves one. DIY’ers love a place well stocked with tools with easy work space. And the organization that comes from something like this improves a persons physical environment and emotional need for order. Great job Doug!!!
Doug does it again, brilliant!
Doug you did a great job once again 👏
I was wondering when you were going to get this up and running!! I am always so IMPRESSED with you guys!! You never take the easy route!! But, what is best for your family and in the long run you help all of us !! THANK YOU!!
I am kinda jealous of all the wood chips you are going to have. We left a large pile of wood chips for about 1.5 years and ended up with the nicest soil amendment. Happy accident. Thanks Bob. Since we have no soil to speak of here ( bedrock) this is huge for gardening especially with the fertilizer shortage. Very nice adaptation. Going to mention this to my wood working son-in-law. He has a much larger space, but maybe it will work.
Thanks Doug and Ashley👍😎
hi ash tell dug to cut a square hole on the vacum collection can and then put a perspex window and then you can see the how full it is hope this helps
Looking great.
Maybe put one port on the floor, in a corner. that way you can just sweep all the leftover debris in to a foot wide funnel on the floor, that leads into the vacuum pipe. Those are very convinient imo. Just remember to have the gate higher up so you dont't need to do a deep squat every time you wanna sweep the floor.
The ends that you didn't have a need for, you should have a need for. A length of hose would make an excellent hand-held vacuum to clean up the loose stuff that didn't get picked up by the main unit. Plug it onto the system at any inlet and use it to vacuum the surfaces of your tools AND the floor.
Could you not add a big clear or black plastic bag to the bottom end of the collecter chamber instead of the metal collection bin. That way you will see when the bag is nearly full and needs changing.
I believe that you have thought about most issues, and it is great that you are taking care to protect yourself and the family from risks. However, everyone needs to please take care dealing with all workshop dust. Even metal swarf and dust can cause fires or explosions.
It is an explosive! Someone mentioned the risk of static charges, they are not a trivial issue and can be the source of ignition that the dust air mix is seeking to go bang.
Any finely distributed dust mixed with the air can cause a destructive explosion, and many workshops have been destroyed. Yes, with loss of life when the system fails, is not maintained, or not installed in the first place. Flour mills are well known for his issue, but other workshops suffer. Dust is insidious, damaging lungs when not blowing things up. Some materials can also cause other troubles, with fine particles, and the glues and preservatives used in manufactured goods, being unsafe to health.
Would it be safer for him to ground the vacuum system so there wouldn't be static? I worked for a company that made plastic facia bumpers to hide the macanics when building a car. We had to ground everything in the building.
I've researched the topic and found the danger to be greatly exaggerated. It's truly a non-issue for an average wood-shop. There have been no fires or explosions from PVC dust collection systems. It's just one of those myths that floats around.
When I build my workshop, I will have to use a lot of your ideas on dust collection. Thanks for sharing.
Doug all you care is about you and your hobbies and machine think about your Wife and two beautiful children get them a home
You are like the MacGyver of building tools! You see something you need and you just do it! You're very crafty! Overall I think it worked precisely how you needed it to! Good job!
great idea. That will save you from breathing in so much dust. since the canister fills up so fast would there be a way to divert the fill intake hose outside so it can fill a larger container or bag?
You are so creative Doug! I think you did a really cool job on your vacuum system. Until next time God bless y’all 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻🇺🇸
Doug, hope you put a screen on your vacuum exhaust exiting the shop to keep critters out!
well done, I would tape the joints that you didn't glue just to ensure no suction is being lost at the joints. To bad the bottom of the vacuum isn't a clear plastic so you could see how full it is.
Ingenious. Great sawdust for compost toilet!
You are so clever Doug! The shop looks great.
You need to run a ground wire on the PVC pipe it will build static electricity
That is what my husband thought too. Pretty cool system idea though. But the static it’ll create with the PVC might be worrisome.
Pretty clever system. I appreciate the ingenuity of the design. Progress!
Put in a flex pipe in the middle so you can vacuume the entire shop after working what is left over
Wow, once again Doug, you are so amazing with all of your ideas on making the work with things better, sawdust can be such an unfun clean up and you just made that part so much better, and I believe there is never anything wrong with making work easier and better. Thanks so much for sharing this great video, I hope you all have a great week, I'm looking forward to seeing your next video, sending love and hugs, bye for now.
That’s amazing! You are so smart
I love how u invent things.
You have such a wonderful imagination. Great job!!!
There are a few people concerned about static charges. It can be an issue. Stumpy Nubs did an entire video about how he added wire to the duct work. One person suggested grounding the vac unit. I'm sure it is already grounded. The problem is when saw dust and particles are flowing in the plastic pipe, it creates static electricity. So, the pipe should be grounded. Looks like a great system for a small shop. Very ingenious. I recently added a wireless 240 volt lighting contactor to operate my dust collector remotely. The contactor with 2 remotes, mounting box, fittings and by-pass switch (optional) was $45. A dedicated "dust collector remote switch" with 1 remote is $130. Congrats.
Possible free chicken bedding! I know you did the chicken thing! My wife and I have chickens but we only have two hens and a rooster we acquired some fertile eggs from a neighbour but plan to keep a total of maybe five hens and the rooster hatching out a couple dozen to sell each year and have enough eggs to furnish ourselves.
I have a sawmill so we have our own source for bedding. I cut cedar and I heard it was good for keeping mites and other pests at bay as they don't like the cedar.
Your doing a great job Doug and Ashley and family!
That's a great idea, it's not everyday you'll be doing tongue and groove .. I think just for normal things in the work shop it will work well .. clever idea Doug.
Brilliant idea. I just installed one in my sister's house. Glad you didn't glue all of it in case of a clog.
You are a great problem solver Doug. You never fail!
Incredibly creative… You are amazing Doug. Thank you for sharing this. Stay safe and well
Another great idea brought to you by DIYfferent😉💚🧡
Ingenious! You will tweek it to your liking as you work with it awhile. Solves majority of dust problem! Great job.
Yay! Great idea! I'd say that's a win.
You have amazing ideas, you guys have incredible minds 👍❤️😀
That will make doing the tongue & groove boards so much nicer. No one wants to breath in saw dust.
I hope this system works out in the long run.
Doug - you are SO INNOVATIVE! Excellent!
Nice job! You are so creative. That looks like good bedding for rabbits or hamsters. 😀
Excellent idea and setup... I might do the same when the time comes for my new shed
You are making a dream workshop. I think you did a great job with the vacuum. Looking forward to you using the boards you've prepared.
With all that sand you spread around your property you certainly are going to need something like that , great idea
Talk about being creative! Your work is amazing. Your projects are well thought out. Maybe there is a way u can somehow see the bag while working, is it possible to remove the lower can and tie the bag some how so u can see it. I don’t know. If there is a static situation u need to take care of it, important. Good job.
Good job doug, that is a diy win !
You guys have a very creative minds! That's so awesome!
You know I think sawdust has met its match :-) great idea
Your brain is amazing.
Hey Doug, I myself thought about the dust clogging statically, and the idea that fabric softener is suppose to suppress dust from sticking to surfaces, surfaced in my mind. Maybe a few softener sheets sucked through it when it’s emptied from time to time would help🤔 It’s really a shame (for me) that you live all the way across the country, literally upper to lower corners!! I’d find💰to have you as my projects manager! I don’t know anyone personally I could trust more to do an excellent job given all that us glued to your channel have witnessed! Old people still dream!!! I got drywall, plumbing, insulation, windows to replace, siding…are you drooling at the 💭 yet??!! Hahaha! My compliments To another job well done!!
Love when Doug goes all Frankenstein on us
Hello, Hope you didn't get too much rain where you are. I have seen on the news that there were floods in Florida. Doug, I think you have done an amazing job on the dust collection system I had a thought ..... Ashley could use the sawdust for compost or for mulching around plants to keep weeds at bay. Look forward to your next video Stay safe !
Doug, you are a creative genius!
You really think things through. Hope it works well for you
Very nice, I think that should work well for you.