I'm on the very verge of buying a Makita 12" thickness planer. Naturally I want a dust/chip collection system for this. I have a very small shop and I will never have a table saw in the shop. In fact the only other large power tool I have is a bandsaur.
So the dust collection system needs to be large enough to handle the planer and that's all.
Question:
What size do I need for a 12" planer? And what performance value matters? CF/M?
though most of my work is small, I will occasionally plane down wide oak boards. So the system has to be sized for that. It will be very near the planer so there' sno duct loss issues to worry about.
Thanks for any info you may have.
--- Gregg
My woodworking projects:
Replicas of 15th-19th century nautical navigational instruments: