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Re: Automatic Dust Collector & Blast Gate Controller


 

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Or is Dan selling them? Nice job and way above my pay grade when it comes to electronics. My only question is the way I see it this only works on one machine and a specific function? I would like a unit that I could wire the shop into that say I turn on the saw, it opens port A and B (Suction on the above table shroud and the saw itself). Then if I run the shaper it¡¯s a different motor and different blast gates.?

There are also two operations and two sets of blast gates depending upon if I¡¯m jointing or planing¡­.

Any way of having multiple gates and multiple functions? Even if it means I have hard wired multiple torroid sensors and blast gates??

I had to build a remote heavy duty relay earlier this year for my dust collector, the X10 stuff I was using, the 30 amp relay went kaput and they don¡¯t make them any more, at least that would work with all my old X10 remotes and such. So I picked up a 220V magnetic relay with a 110V coil and now have a relay that is remote controlled that will work up to 40 amps, or more if I had gotten a larger relay.

Brian Lamb




On Dec 3, 2016, at 12:38 PM, David Davies myfinishingtouch@... [felder-woodworking] <felder-woodworking@...> wrote:


Dan,
? I echo Joe's comment excellent writeup.? Making one of these is outside my comfort zone but well within my son's zone as he's a EE major at Louisiana Tech.? What would you say the cost is to build one of these?
Thanks,
Dave

On Sat, Dec 3, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Bellsouth?dohertyj@...?[felder-woodworking]?<felder-woodworking@...>?wrote:
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Dan,


This is a great write up!? Thanks for sharing.

John Ferandin and I have been talking about a similar system for awhile but using a PLC rather than an Arduino.

I really like your pigtail device for testing current.? I have most of my shop set up with 30 amp three phase plugs and it would be easy to make a pigtail for testing current most of my machines.


Joe in New Orleans



On Dec 3, 2016, at 8:31 AM,?dschmid4@...?[felder-woodworking] <felder-woodworking@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


I just posted a file describing a new device which controls a dust collector and blast gate when machine is turned on/off. ?


This past spring I purchased a Felder KF700S sliding table saw and shaper combo.? I also installed Nordfab ducting to the machine which included an automatic blast gate at ceiling height.? My dust collector is an Oneida Smart Pro 5HP unit with an RF remote.? In my small one person shop, the dust collector does not run continuously ¨C only when machines are producing chips.

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I wanted the dust collector to turn on automatically whenever I turned on the saw.? The blast gate must open at the same time.? When I turned the saw off, the collector would run for a programmable number of seconds before turning off and then closing the blast gate.? I wanted the dust collector to turn on via RF as I did not want to run wiring or disable my current RF remotes.


Check out the unit in operation at??


Dan Schmidt







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Dave & Marie Davies

318-219-7868


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