After years of choking on dust from my half-dozen saws, planers, jointers and the like, I finally bit the bullet and bought an air filtration unit, a Delta 50-875, and I cannot believe the difference! Truthfully, I thought they were a bunch of hype and likely not worth the $$. I was wrong. I now have a dust collector hood pick-up suspended about 20" above the lathe head to compliment the filtration unit and, after turning a bowl out of dry oak, the shop air is actually clear. Question is : how do I get rid of all the dust that has collected on just about every surface in the shop over the years? I've heard said to open all dust collector ports, turn the filtration unit to high, then use the air compressor to blow on surfaces to get and keep the dust airborne so the machines can suck it up. Anyone do this? How'd it work?
Thanks!