As I plan my shop build and a future CNC, should I plan to have a dedicated dust collector just for the CNC or locate the CNC in a path to route the shops main larger dust collector to it? I’m guessing that having a dedicated dust collector for the CNC would be better, but thought I’d ask.
I’m planning to eventually buy a 5x10 Avid CNC. If a dedicated DC is better, what size DC? Any specific dust collectors any of you used that worked great just for your CNC?
I have an Oneida Dust Gorilla Pro for all stationary tools in my shop. It works perfectly for up to two tools in parallel. Can’t say much negative about it.
I have a Oneida System V Boost. Good for almost two tools at once. I opted for the iVac dust ports. After I got the iVac stuff I figured out that it uses 2 110V outlets per blast gate. I am currently making a wiring harness to run all 9 ports off of a common power supply. Planning on running the wiring harness along the ducting so as to keep it out of the way. Didn’t want to run 110V along the ducting. Also the 10 wall warts would waste a fair amount of power. Still putting it all together.
That is the dust collector I was looking at along with the Clearvue Cyclone for my main shop DC. Do you run the dust gorilla pro to a CNC also? I was wondering if I should have a separate one just for the CNC.
I have a 5 HP (EF5 Metal) from Clearvue and I gotta say – this thing really sucks (in the good way). I can easily run the CNC, an large format planer, 6" jointer, and table saw at once (all those gates open).
I use the wall mount attached to a concrete wall. Few things:
It is much louder than I expected. If you can isolate from the main shop space that would help significantly. I can’t, so I just ordered a 8" muffler to try on the filter side.
The clamp together piping is awesome but it can add up quickly. The best source I found for CT parts is https://blastgateco.com. They can also do custom angles on elbows for only slightly more cost, which can be very convenient.
You can fill up the bin quickly and if you aren’t paying attention sawdust will backup and escape into the filters, clogging them. Using compressed air can clean them out.
I also added a concrete shaker strapped to the filters that I run occasionally to help clean them out.
Nice, thanks for the info. This DC is on my short list along with the Oneida dust gorilla pro. My shop design has an attached lean to that will be finished off and my plan was to put the dust collector in there, although the lean to will have an 8ft wide opening open to the main shop. If you enclosed this dust collector in its own closet, how big do you think you’d need to make the closet?
48" Wide (to include the filter stack) by 36" deep would fit the collector. Of course you would have the input pipe jutting out of that.
You want to be mindful of not letting heat build up in the closet and of course you need to return all the air extracted from the shop back to the shop.
Yes, I use it for the CNC and it does the job very well - even when running another tool on parallel.
Heiko
My setup is similar to berrianmtn’s and it works well for me. If you plan to put the DC unit outside your shop, you’ll need to account for the air being removed from your shop. This will generally require some sort of air recovery unit (costly and requires engineering) unless you live in a temperate climate. I couldn’t justify it for my hobby shop, so I live with the noise. I was able to put the DC in a corner and put a wall near it to reduce the noise somewhat.
I never really thought about all that. The location of the dust collector will most likely be located in an attached lean to portion of the shop, which is opened up to the main shop with an 8ft opening. This might be a happy medium to reduce a little sound without fully enclosing and needing to think about all that.
I hadn’t either until I talked to the nice folks at ClearVue when I was planning my DC setup. Your layout is different than mine and sounds like you should be okay. Depending on how sensitive you are to noise, you may not need to do anything initially. If it does bother you, perhaps putting a simple screen of a heavy curtain or a fixed panel may be sufficient.
I’m assuming you’re wearing hearing protection if machinery is in operation. 
Best wishes with your new shop setup.
I also have a Oneida Dust Gorilla Pro and it works very well. When I planned my shop I built a attached utility enclosure off the back for the dust collector & air compressor, two pieces of equipment I know to be loud. I also knew I wanted to heat & cool the workspace so I considered all the CFM that would be drawn out of the workspace and dumped into the utility room. I thought I would be slick and pipe the HEPA filter back inside the shop. In theory this would keep a neutral pressure in the workspace and return any heat or air conditioning into the workspace.
Well the neutral pressure and HVAC return works very well, however the majority of the noise generated by the dust collector also returns into the workspace 
Bourbon Moth Woodworking just posted a video last weekend where he installed an Oneida dust collector in his new shop build. He did as AlwaysLearning suggested above. He installed it outside and will build a lean to around it and piped the filter back into the space.
Here is a link to the video:
Something with a 1200 CFM or more if you plan on using those big fly cutters a lot..