To me that is more a chip extractor better suited to say a planer/thicknesser, spindle moulder or saw bench rather than fine dust extraction that you may get from a belt or ROS sander.

An idea of what type of dust you are wanting to extract would help and the sort of work you are doing as not worth having a big machine if a small one can cope with what you are producing.

Something like a Record DX ….. would filter finer down to 0.5micron and handle hobby use planer as well as hand held sanders

Edited By JasonB on 24/01/2022 15:48:37

I had 3 & Any bits of metal may penetrate the polythene bags & let the air out. Wood chips that are sharp sometimes used to do this on thin bags.I forget the gauge, but you may need a heavier one than the standard that one you may get.

You may want 50mm hoses to your tooling if expecting to move it about during use as the standard 4 inch is too awkward & by the time you reduce the hose size you get little more suction than a Henry cleaner.

Not worth it, unless permanently attached to a static wood machine such as a planer, thicknesser, saw etc

Yes the DX 1000 will be Ok, I have a larger model that has worked well for 20 years on both my combi machine as well as the bandsaw and handtools like router and sanders. I mostly work with MDF and it handles that well. Only if i'm thicknessing a large amount of hardwood does it need emptying regularly.

They have a paper filter and then a filter bag that goes over that. The paper one should last for several years, bag replace every 5 or 6 fills more if just planings.

As already said that is a chip collector and not suitable for dust. The other type like the Clarkes one link to will remove some of the dust.

If however you are trying to remove free floating dust then THIS type of extractor is ideal but even then a respirator needs to be worn until the extractor remove the free floating dust

A decent indutrial vac can be used as a vacuum sorce drawing through a cycloninc filter to make a very effective dustextractor . Very simple to make and stops all the dust and muck filling and clogging the vacuum cleaner . I have one fitted to my bead blasting cabinet . It allows for a contant negative pressure so that no dust or blast medium escapes. Catches virtually all of the dust and is very cheap to make . Some good "How to" vids Youtube .