Before we moved my basement served dual purposes: I called it my workshop
but my wife called it the laundry room. Needless to say, I needed to remove
as much dust as I could. I built an air cleaner - buy the blower from
Grainger, mount it in a 1'x2' box with frames to install a couple furnace
filters. I put a bag filter at the output. In particular, the first filter
collected a lot. Total cost was about $150, or about $100 less than the
commercial units, and it worked great.

Steve

"Peter Wells" wrote in message
.. .
I have a few tools (table saw, radial arm saw, sander, grinder) that I use
probably a few times a month that are fitted with connections for dust
collector. I use them in the garage where a lot of other stuff is stored.
So after using them there is always dust all over the place. To what
extent
would a dust collector keep the garage clean? Do they just get the big
bits
so you don't need to sweep but still leave dust everywhere? Given that I
don't have the space to permenantly connect a dust collection system I'm
wondering if I wouldn't be as well off buying a strong shop vac and
connecting as needed.

All advice appreciated.

Peter