vacuum system

[SavannahLion]

Does anyone actually have/use one in their spare room/garage/shop(lucky bastard)?

All of my tools are either inherited or for whatever reason have no such vacuum attachment.

Since I don't really have a dedicated shop space anymore (I didn't have one before but that's a long store in and of itself) I never really saw the need for a total vacuum solution. I do most of my cutting outside, weather permitting or however much my neighbors piss me off with their damn Harleys. Then I just sweep the sawdust aside to feed the grasses if it's "natural" or sweep it up if it's not.

However, I just recently clogged my wife's sander (I can't find my belt sander so I was forced to use her um... non-belt sander) and I got an earful from her for it.

I really want to get a wet/dry vacuum but I'm thinking it's going to die a horrible death like everything does in this house. So maybe one of those 5 gallon tubs or 35lb plastic cat litter bins I always seem to have around with a partition inside to capture the heavy particles, a panty hose filter, some PVC pipe and a tool adapter.

It's an idea. Just wondering if anyone even bothers with it.

[GregD]

I have set up my whole shop with dust collection.  Most of my machinery came with dust collection ports but some didn't.  I sealed the jointer with luan and installed a port.  I fabricated a overarm table saw dust port.  The miter saw sites in front of a dust collection hood.  I have a downdraft table for sanding.  I have a port on my router fence that I made.  Most of my machinery is on wheels so I have the PVC pipe up in the ceiling with flexible piping coming down to connect to the machinery when needed.  Blast gates are everywhere.  It can be a pain in the butt but it is worth not having the dust everywhere.  I have a JDS dust collector.  Just a 2hp with no cyclone preseparator or anything like that.  Works fine for me.  They make portable models too.  Harbor Freight has a cheap one that would be oodles better than a shop vac which gets clogges very easily with sawdust.