Tom King Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 I just use a big one, and big pipe, and don't worry about all the little details . As long as it gets everything, I'm good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prov163 Posted March 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 4 hours ago, Carl10 said: Prov, No war starting, but DC topics usually have a lot of opinions and subjectivity (not too much in this discussion). Bottom line is what do you want from your DC? To feel air moving through an opening and the ease to make that happen. Or to move the most air possible with the equipment you have. There are countless numbers of people that saw a YouTube guy use undersized pipe on his DC and it picked up chips so they copied it and then went on to profess themselves as experts of using undersized pipe and how great it works! (all untested of course). Do they move air? Will they pick up chips? Is it cheap? Of course. Could it be better, absolutely. The funniest was when someone asked for help on a system that he was going to use corrugated drain pipe, because he had it. It too would work, until it clogs. So there are pros and cons to whatever you connect. Usually cheap and easy has a performance impact..... Wow. A government engineered car. Cool. I get what you're saying Carl and while I do have a budget, I won't let a nickel hold up a dollar. I spent $700 on the DC so spending another $200 on piping seems reasonable, especially considering that I only have one 12' run and one 15' run. I only run one tool at a time and I will have blast gates to isolate each machine so that only the one running is pulling dust which I hope will help. Thanks for your advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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