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Dust collector or shop vac for a small shop?
Shop vac, HEPA dust extractor or dust collector: which suits sanders, routers and CNC, and which suits big chip makers.
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Collect dust and chips
Shop vacs, dust extractors and collectors for a small shop.
Where to start
Review
Grizzly G1030Z2P dust collector
Hands-on owner review of Cody's 3 HP Polar Bear G1030Z2P: real CFM for chip makers, dual bags, honest limits.
Other jobs
- Clamp a glue-up
- Cut plywood and long boards straight
- Rip narrow strips on a table saw
- Engrave and cut with a laser
- Clear laser smoke from the room
- Carve and cut with a CNC
- Design files without paying
- Drill clean, square holes
- Sand smooth surfaces
- Drive framing nails
- Route edges and profiles
- Join boards with pocket screws
- Cut curves and shapes
- Trim and fit joints by hand
- Crosscut boards square and at angles
- Measure and mark square lines
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