Thanks Patriarch. This sounds like exactly what I'm talking about. I can
get some 2 1/2 hose to run down from the fence to the sweep 'Y'. The 'Y' is
2 1/2 " ? Or were you at 4" there ? So these plumbing/sewer fittings fit OK
with DC parts ? What did you use to connect into the box ? You wouldn't
happen to have a picture around would you ?

jim

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"Jim Bailey" wrote in
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I've almost finished a new router table and I' thinking about dust
collection for it. I'd like to come up with a plan to have a collection
point under (at)
the router itself (it's boxed in), then somehow 'T' off that
externally to another that goes up to the fence (Woodpecker with 2
1/2" fitting), so that I can simply hook my quick disconnect into a
single point and draw from both areas.


I did a similar thing, using 2 1/2 off of the fence, and 2 1/2 out of the
(Woodpecker) box underneath. These both run into a wye sweep 60 degree
fitting that I found at the hardware store (sewer & drain). It hooks up
to
the most convenient of the dust collection sources, depending on how the
shop is arranged at the moment - shop vac, rollabout small DC, or big
Delta
DC with a seperator. The table is on wheels, and where it sits depends a
lot on what size the job is, and how nice the weather is.

Air velocity at the fence seems to be a major factor in chip clearance and
quality of cut.

Patriarch