Hello,
I have abandoned my plan to use the central vac as a dust collector. However, my wife's late father was a pipe organ builder, and left a blower in the basement. The unit has been, uh, collecting dust for about 45 years, and I was wondering if it would be suitable for a homemade shop dust collector.
I'll try to describe the unit, and my plan.
The blower specs are:
CFM 500 Pressure 3.6" The intake and exhaust ports are 8 inches in diameter.
The GE motor specs:
1/2 HP ball bearing motor 115/230 V AC 7.8/3.9 Amp.This sounds like something that I could make into a DC. I haven't been able to start it yet, since it seems to have a 220 plug on it (but not the same size as the dryer).
I have two questions:
1.) Can this thing be used for this purpose?2.) How should I set it up?
I'm not sure how a DC works. I envision the following setup:
machine blower ____ ____ ______ _____ | |=====| |==| |==| | |____| |____| |______| |_____| dust bin filter bag
air flow ------------------>>>>
I'd put some sort of screen on the dust bin to keep the big stuff out of the blower.
Alright, you can stop laughing now. As I said, I really don't have a clue as to how these things work. Anyway, if anyone can help with this, I'd appreciate it.
Curt Blood Amateur Furniture Builder