Cool build! I'm curious how it's gotten on as I'm a bit worried about the cooling of the motors. Usually those vacuum motors cool themselves with the air that they're sucking through, but in this use case there's very little airflow and thus very little cooling. Have any of the motors burnt out? Also, have you ever been curious to hook those motors up in a series to get a stronger vacuum on the table? In parallel like you have now it will be able to deal with leaks better, in series it should make a slightly stronger vacuum.
Very helpful video - thanks. About to make up a hold down table for my new router. Wondering why you chose the pet dryer for each zone instead of a blower into your large PVC tube. Are your shut off valves necessary if you can electrically isolate which has suck and which doesn't? I got valves (2") from Amazon and they are really stiff to operate. How are yours?
Hey Ian, The valves are necessary on my setup as all of the vacuum motors into a shared plenum so then I can have the force of 4 vacuum motors on a single area if needed. And yes, I purchased 10 PVC valves from Amazon as well and two of them are trash because I couldn't turn them at all. Good luck with yours.
Following along with baited breath. 😁 Not really going to ask questions since they’ll all likely be answered as you progress. Seems like an unlikely source for vacuum generation at first but it all makes sense in the end.
Thanks for following... I have based what I have created here off of the Hurricane Vac system. I had that on a previous machine of mine. I have had to replace several motors in the Hurricane and this is what they had used. While being 220v motors, and these only being 120v it shouldn't be too much of a difference. In the next video, I will be adding a spoil board and will demonstrate how well it actually works. It really all comes down to losses in vacuum, and trying to minimize that. Thanks for the comment! And thanks for watching.
Great question! The final setup video, Part 3, will be my zoned spoil board that goes on top of the vacuum table. Debris will not really get in it, so I'm not 100% concerned about it. I'll have that part out soon. Hopefully it will make sense to you. Thanks for asking and watching.
@@x3cnc479 Oh, it made sense. I was just curious about this because it's common to protect blowers from inadvertent debris. Really...just a curiosity. I thought about vacuum on my Stinger II, but in reality, I'd get little utility from it since I don't do a lot of work with sheet goods and when I do, it's easy to calculate for screws.
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Cool build! I'm curious how it's gotten on as I'm a bit worried about the cooling of the motors. Usually those vacuum motors cool themselves with the air that they're sucking through, but in this use case there's very little airflow and thus very little cooling. Have any of the motors burnt out?
Also, have you ever been curious to hook those motors up in a series to get a stronger vacuum on the table? In parallel like you have now it will be able to deal with leaks better, in series it should make a slightly stronger vacuum.
Nice work their Paul
Thanks - One more part coming... I'm putting a zoned spoil board on it. Then I'll be ready to start cutting.... lol
Very helpful video - thanks. About to make up a hold down table for my new router. Wondering why you chose
the pet dryer for each zone instead of a blower into your large PVC tube. Are your shut off valves necessary
if you can electrically isolate which has suck and which doesn't? I got valves (2") from Amazon and they are really stiff to operate. How are yours?
Hey Ian, The valves are necessary on my setup as all of the vacuum motors into a shared plenum so then I can have the force of 4 vacuum motors on a single area if needed. And yes, I purchased 10 PVC valves from Amazon as well and two of them are trash because I couldn't turn them at all. Good luck with yours.
Regarding the grid. What size are the squares and how deep did you make the grooves? Great videos.
Hey Jeff, thanks for watching. They are 2" squares and I went 3/8" deep, but if i were to do it again, I would cut them 1/4" deep.
It would have been nice to see it in use.
Following along with baited breath. 😁
Not really going to ask questions since they’ll all likely be answered as you progress.
Seems like an unlikely source for vacuum generation at first but it all makes sense in the end.
Thanks for following... I have based what I have created here off of the Hurricane Vac system. I had that on a previous machine of mine. I have had to replace several motors in the Hurricane and this is what they had used. While being 220v motors, and these only being 120v it shouldn't be too much of a difference. In the next video, I will be adding a spoil board and will demonstrate how well it actually works. It really all comes down to losses in vacuum, and trying to minimize that. Thanks for the comment! And thanks for watching.
Nice setup. No concern with the lack of debris filtration?
Great question! The final setup video, Part 3, will be my zoned spoil board that goes on top of the vacuum table. Debris will not really get in it, so I'm not 100% concerned about it. I'll have that part out soon. Hopefully it will make sense to you. Thanks for asking and watching.
@@x3cnc479 Oh, it made sense. I was just curious about this because it's common to protect blowers from inadvertent debris. Really...just a curiosity. I thought about vacuum on my Stinger II, but in reality, I'd get little utility from it since I don't do a lot of work with sheet goods and when I do, it's easy to calculate for screws.
Nice work!
Thanks! I appreciate the comment. Thanks for watching
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Good luck... You've got this! I'd like to see pics or video when your done.