1HP vs 2HP dust collector for enclosed journeyman?

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Hey Derek, hey all,

@WaywardWoodworker

one consideration since you have a enclosure would be to also have a connection to the enclosure to put it under negative pressure to collect floating debris.

I don’t think you can catch the floating debris this way. First I think it’s like Dennis @BuckeyeDennis said above, you already have negative pressure by the collector hose inside the housing. What then would help would be small air inlets all around (both on the top and the bottom of the sides). The danger of having a second source of suction is that it could be contraproductive to the primary source of suction, at least in case if it’s the same dust collector that does both. Or what do you think?

@Aiph5u

One user had an enclosure around the machine and a professional dust extraction system, but it extracted the dust from the enclosure through a 12" square portal on top of the enclosure – it did not prevent his ball screw being destroyed in a way like shown above and to leave 5" thick of wood dust in the rear of the machine.