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   TKanzler | Jan 23, 2006 10:47pm | #1

   The only two wood cutting machines I would use an ODP motor on (intentionally) are the drill press and jointer, especially if the jointer has an enclosed base.  Jointers tend to make more shavings than dust, and don't get used that hard or for that long, anyway, at least in my shop.  Commercial or other heavy users might feel differently.  I save the TEFC motors I get (usually for nothing, so I save them when I find them) for tools that make a mess, which is just about everything else.

   If you use an ODP motor, blow it out with compressed air once in a while - you should be able to get a feel for how often you need to do this by how much detritus comes out when you do.  On the rare occasion I blow mine out (many years apart), I get practically nothing, and it even has an open stand (with a dust chute).  I don't even bother with a DC connection, since the pile of shavings cleans up easily with a dust pan and brush.

   Be seeing you...