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   forestgirl | Jan 05, 2006 10:10am | #1

   Which 13" planer do you have?  If it happens to be the DeWalt 3-knife model, which has fan-forced evacuation, you won't need much muscle from your dust collector.  Any others, e.g., Delta, will need more help from the DC.

   Another thing about DC for a planer:  If you're planing fairly narrow boards most of the time, a smaller DC will do OK.  However, when you run a 12.75" board through your 13" planer, there's a huge amount of shavings coming off the cutterhead (relatively speaking).

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
   Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   woodenhead | Jan 05, 2006 09:17pm | #2

   Thanks , it is a Delta any suggestions?

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   forestgirl | Jan 06, 2006 08:23am | #3

   Delta...hmmmmmm......just don't know.  I have a 1.5HP Jet cannister collector on my Delta 12.5" planer and it does a fine job.  I would not be surprised if a 1HP had a little trouble, but don't know that it would fall short.

   Somewhere I saw a chart that listed various tools and what the required CFM was, but I can't find it right now.  Might have been on Bill Pentz' site, but when I tried to go there, it didn't come up.

   I supposed at worst you might have to simply take lighter cuts when you're doing a wide board.  Perhaps someone will come along who uses one of these small collectors on a planer........  One thing to keep in mind, planers produce a large quantity of shavings, so you'll be emptying that little puppy just about every time you use the planer.  You won't be able to let it get very close to full before it suffers loss of CFM capacity. 

   Do you have a space problem? or a wallet restriction?? What's driving your choice?  I'm concerned you'll spend that $175 and find that it's not really helping you much.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   John_D | Jan 06, 2006 10:16pm | #4

   I've got a 1.5 HP Delta, with a Delta 22-580 (?) planer.  It keeps up fine.  I take off a little less than 1/16 per pass.  I also use a garbage can lid separator, and you're sure right about the thing generating a lot of shavings!

   I ran the planer a couple times without DC, just to see what would happen.  NOT PRETTY.  Tons of chips spewing every direction, and marks all over the planed stock.  Ugh.My goal is for my work to outlast me.  Expect my joinery to get simpler as time goes by.

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   forestgirl | Jan 07, 2006 07:52am | #5

   I ran mine without a DC for quite awhile.  What a mess!  Really great to have it all going into that big plastic bag now.  Wish I knew how well that little Grizzly would do for our OP here.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   kelvinpot | Jan 09, 2006 01:23am | #6

   My biggest DC improvement in all regards was to throw out the bags and duct the DC outlet right out the side of the shop! No back pressure as the bags fill up. No more messing with shavings, just push-em around once and awhile as the pile builds up. Perfect suction, no downtime. Makes my machine perform like a much bigger unit, and oh yeah, heard all that talk about what bags are best at keeping the fine particles out of the shop? None is best! Send it all outside. Can't be beat. One guy i know even put a pretty long outlet on his that is flexable and he just moves it around in the little woods along side his shop. This spreads out the dust. Can't be beat. throw out your bags!
   KElvin

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   Knotscott | Jan 09, 2006 03:56am | #7

   Kelvin - Sounds great to me...I wonder what my neighbor 25 feet away would think of the idea! LOL!

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   John_D | Jan 09, 2006 10:23am | #8

   If you have any combustion going on in your shop, make sure the air you're venting is made up for, or the negative  pressure can make your chimney work in reverse.  This can draw in post-combustion gas, including carbon dioxide (EDIT: carbon monoxide too).

   I'm sure you've got it handled, but the safety note is worth mentioning for future readers.  :)

   My goal is for my work to outlast me.  Expect my joinery to get simpler as time goes by.

   Edited 1/9/2006 3:11 pm by John_D