Mark Jerde wrote:
| "Morris Dovey" wrote in message
| ...
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|| I'm fairly sure that my 2 HP motor isn't really. I run only a
|| single 4" line and the whole setup is dedicated to the 'Bot. The
|| very first thing I did with it was to mill the entire 4x8 MDF
|| table surface flat. It took close to 3 hours with a 1/2" bit; and
|| by the time it finished the dust was so thick it was difficult to
|| see all the way across the shop. This setup was my first
|| experience with dust collection - and does a first class job.
|
| ??? That much dust in the air *with* a dust collector ???

No - that was the experience that convinced me that dust collection
wasn't an option, but rather a _requirement_.

It took quite a while to clean up after that first cutting session
(but the table surface ended up _flat_)

Each spring since then I trim off another 0.01" from the table top to
keep it flat. So far I've gotten fairly good mileage out of that 3/4"
sheet of MDF. g

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Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto