I’ve had one of those iVac switches since 2011 and it still works like a charm. I tend to have mine mounted pretty centrally in my small garage setups so I can get to it easily if I want to use it in manual to vac the floors.

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+k2tha nice!

Good to see you Ryan.

Ivacs are great! I've used it in my shop for the last 10 years. I have pretty much gone the same routed you are. I do use my large 2 hp dust collector on my table saw, band saw, and jointer. They are all stationed close enough that I have some simple short runs of 4" hose to each and all my other tools, drill press, miter saw, and planer all use individual shop vacs with home made cyclones on each.

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+JB Marker nice!

Glad to have you back!

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+brightest07 thanks!

I bought something last year called "IntelliPlug - Desktop Version" that was available in uk. It is meant to turn on/off peripherals with a desktop PC. It is ok for powering table saw and shop vac as it can handle 13A at 240V. It cost less than £3 on Amazon at the time. It doesn't appear to be available feom Amazon any more though (Only 3rd party resellers that want £20).

i think the little ones Mathias made is the ideal dust collector. Especially when the dust collector and the tool are connected to the same switch

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Toby Beswick they are a sweet little setup.

That's a cool gizmo. Can't wait to see your fully operational battlestation!

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Walter Kessler lol me too!

I’m really liking your shop set up so far.

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Nick Kelsoe thanks! Me too:)

Ordering one right now. Glad you explained the delay in the start. Thanks!

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Ludwig Barnes nice!

That's a pretty sa-weet setup. Thanks for sharing. Good to see you back as well, life happens and you roll with it.

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+David Clauson thanks! Glad to be back:)

Looking great Ryan 👌

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Humus Workshop thanks!

That would be handy to have. Thanks for sharing.

I just used a christmas light remote ,bought it at walmart inafter season clearance for 6 bucks ,works great

Dude! I’ve never heard of iVac and am completely blown away by this! Haha. Thanks for the video!!

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Brandon White it's pretty sweet;)

Don't know why KZread turned off my notification of your channel. Luckily, I checked on you before I got too far behind. Good to see you back.

i leave my shop vac turned on , i plug it into a power bar with a switch and use that as the on off button save the shop vac button from wearing out prematurely which they usually do . tip for ya. works good enough for me

I love your channel..i might follow your idea of having more shop vacs for dust collection ..it is less visual pollution in shop and I agree about dilemma of opening blast gates turning system on etc ..👍

@servant74

6 жыл бұрын

I have several small shop-vac type units. But I do put HEPA filters on each one. That makes a surprising amount of difference. Also, just a box fan with a 20x20 filter on it helps with general sanding dust in the air.

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+servant74 agreed:)

great little set up ive been meaning to do something similar but end up just moving my table outside, granted living in california the weather doesnt change much..

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Trevor Vera yeah that would work will here....lol

And dude that is some hella good dust collection on your side you got there I have a Ridgid miter saw going to have to copy what you did

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Joe basement woodworking thanks:), It does work will.

I bought the small Ivac and it's great. I do have to say that holding that thing by the power cord is extremely dumb. It's a freaking power cord, not a handle. The other ends of those cords are attached to sensitive components and you are putting a lot of stress on them by holding them that way. Yes, it may be reinforced, but why risk it? This is probably why you see so many people complaining about power tools on Amazon. "I picked it up and swung it around by the power cord 20 times and now it doesn't work. Piece of junk! 1 star review!"

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Get over that Wall nice!

you can find shopvac with build in system like that, but it neat to be able to add one if you want to upgrade what you already have

@servant74

6 жыл бұрын

I noticed that recently. I started using the iVac several years ago. If I upgrade a vac I might try on that has a similar circuit built in.

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Greg Arka only the really expensive ones have it, like festool and Bosh both have one.

@shoutrr

6 жыл бұрын

I got a bosch easyvac 3 for about 100€ (it's very small and have a tiny dust container so I paired it with a triton dust collection bucket, and since I have a very small shop, it works fine for me), but it's not a product for pros, yeah.

Hi Ryan, they are cool and would love one but living in Ireland and 240 volt can't get one for here, sent them an email last year and nothing so far. Definitely a good buy

Thanks for sharing this Ryan I have one but only a two socket and I thought it was broken because it had a 2-second delay when I turned on the table saw I know it has that delay at the end to clear out the lines but never realized it was preventing the breakers from cutting out going to have to plug it back into the wall and use it and get a few more for my band saw planer jointer now that I know it won't trip the breaker once again thanks for sharing this shop is looking pretty good man

@servant74

6 жыл бұрын

As a computer geek with lots of disk drives to manage, I found that spreading out starting or stopping motors, just by a little bit, can make all the difference as to whether the breakers blow or not. Anything with inductive motors (like almost all shop tools) have spikes both when they turn on and off. The iVac will also let you power the vac from one power source, and the load (saw?) from a second source, allowing you to spread the loads over multiple breakers if you need to and have it available.

@tooljunkie555

6 жыл бұрын

servant74 so if my Shop-Vac is 11 amps and my table saw is 15 amps I should be able to power from the same socket as long as theyre both plugged into the I vac right? I guess I could just try it out for myself and if the power fails then I know not to LOL thanks for a little bit Insight I know nothing about Electronics something I should have paid attention to back in high school and college

@servant74

6 жыл бұрын

If you have a 20A circuit, I would rather have one on each of two circuits. The iVac would allow you to do that. The iVac has two power cords for incoming. On for tool power and one for vac power. One of them gets plugged back into itself if you only have one power source (yea, sounds crazy, but it works and the instructions give a clear howto. Once you go through it, you don't need the instructions again (unless you forget, like I tend to ))

@tooljunkie555

6 жыл бұрын

servant74 okay cool I will definitely give that a try once again thank you very much for the insight such a pain reaching all of my workbench with a yardstick to turn on and off my Shop-Vac every time LOL I got something to look forward to today now hahaha

Been using my mitersaw with the ivac for years. Bring it to the jobsite all the time as well.

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+jc86 nice!

Great and super simple way to do it ! On your table saw , Do you have some dust collection from under or does the only that port from the top is sufficient ?

You might try the DGC i-Socket Autoswitch too. It's a simpler unit and I have had great luck with it in my table saw. I got mine through Amazon. Easy.

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Wayward Woodworker nice, I'll check that out.

Cool!

Happy Thanksgiving wishes to you and your family. Hope your first one in this house was good. Can you direct me to more info on the chop saw DC setup? That appears different than what I've seen in your previous vid.

Fastcap (www.fastcap.com) makes a Remote Control Vacuum (sku - rcv) switch that works well. I used some inexpensive remote light controllers for Christmas lights.

I still think that miter saw dust collection works well! I remember you doing that a while back.

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Bruce A. Ulrich yeah, really happy with that:)

Even though I made mine for a 3 horse 220V dust collection system, the price for the parts were the same amount it would have cost to buy one. I will be buying my next one when the one I have quits.

For lower power tools, there's a cheapo smart power strip on floating around the internets that works well. I have and use a few of them - they have the same delay as on the iVac, as well as lots more outlets. Wish I could remember the name. 15 amp max is the only downside.

Cool! 👍

Fantastic explanation! video, editing, framing, focus, timing, you nailed em all. The next progression is----what do we do with the sawdust??

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+ninjaplease thanks, hmmm good question;)

@meanders9221

6 жыл бұрын

I always have neighbors asking for mine for their gardens. I think they mix it into compost bin rather than putting it straight on the soil. Just let them know, and it will disappear magically.

Great review and product. Plan to add a couple to my garage shop too. I noticed that you have a Rigid bench sander. Been thinking about getting one. What are your thoughts? Would you buy it again? Thank you.

Always excited to see something when you upload! The new shop looks great. Hey, did you use 2x6 for your benches or does is the camera just adding weight to the picture, lol? If so why?

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Junkyard129 I use 2/6 to get the long span without using legs. I will go as far as 8ft with the 2/6 which just makes it easier to rearrange the stuff under the bench

@andrewgonzales3715

3 жыл бұрын

What happened to you ? Where did you go

You can use one unit for both just use a splitter and run cords to the table saw and the other shop vac. Just don’t use both the chop saw and table saw at the same time if you know what I mean.

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Jason B hmm never thought of that, good call!

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Shop built except, it's two different shop vacs, I would have to add a blast gate....

I think you could make an automatic system that opens blast gates and turns on shop vac depending on the tool you use. I am thinking uno or adrino and some selinoids and relays.

@joemarietta5880

6 жыл бұрын

Discussed this for our work shop, don't think you even need arduino but rather just sense the inductance of motor and signal actuator to open the blast gate.

I need this. Question can you use a power strip plugged into this so if you have a variety of tools you want to trigger the shop vacuum it does? Bear in mind I am not speaking of having multiple tools running simultaneously.

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Gary Karczewski from what I can tell, yes. They also sell a wireless unit that works with multiple pieces of equipment.

I wish iVac had a 230VAC version that I could use with my table saw

I have a request on your next dust collection video... I have the same tablesaw and have issues with the bottom dust port.. can you show how you have that set up? Have you done anything to try and make the tablesaw more air tight to make more suction? I'm planning to make some sort of upper vacuum like your older one (with the moving arm).

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Ryan Haugle I actually just do the passive approach for underneath, and just let it fall to the ground.

@Rhaugz

6 жыл бұрын

Shop built huh. Ok.. have you don't your over head in the new shop yet? I tried installing one and didn't notice a difference at all.. not sure if I want it more towards the front of the blade, or towards the back. I'm getting covered in dust still!

What would be neat is if the blast gates were normally closed, and when you power the tool, the dust collection unit would start and the blast gate for that particular tool would open....but I'm in dream world again....right? ;) lol

@aaronbrown7218

6 жыл бұрын

That is possible, solenoids and an arduino.

@servant74

6 жыл бұрын

iVac folks have that kind of thing, and others do too. It is more $$ than I can justify.

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+KSFWG that would be sweet:)

Do you have a video on how you made the dust collection for the table saw?

What is that little black dust capture part channel behind the Chop saw? Did you make that?

@MerrillMath

6 жыл бұрын

Subhendu Chakraborty He did. There's a video in his dust collection playlist

`question as you are using shop vac do you have to change your filters often? That can add up quiet quickly. Just wondering.

@servant74

6 жыл бұрын

That is one reason I use the HEPA filters. They cost more, last longer mainly because they can be 'gently' washed. At least in my light-use shop, it makes sense.

@richardgarrow9260

6 жыл бұрын

thanks that does make sense. I appreciate the feedback. Trying to decide myself.

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Richard Garrow I clean them, I just put it in a garage and beat it around till the dust falls off, good as new. Gotta keep water out of the vac though....

GREAT PRODUCT...I wonder if they make them for European Clients? Great video too...thanks...rr

@servant74

6 жыл бұрын

I also have e-mailed these folks. They are not a huge corporate blob, but a small company. They seem to have a bit of everything. If you need something they don't have up front on their web site, email and ask. What is the worst they can do? Say no or at worst, not reply.

@rick91443

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, why not? After 34years in France I foget(all too often,) how simple things can be....Thank you for taking the time to reply...cheers...rr

@rick91443

6 жыл бұрын

"Master Slave Switch..." thanks. That being said, the name of the product is in English and the English Electrical System is a tad bit different from the continent...Will email the company. Thanks...rr

I am debating on counter top material for my shop. I am considering MDF with poly urethane. It appears you used MDF. ???

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Rick Harms I like MDF becuase it's study, has alot of weight, and cheap. The cheap being the most important becuase if I make a mess on it I can just change it out for a new piece.

Scratch that they do a uk one😎😎🤑👍👍

Not sure if you have seen the one they have in kms is only two plugs and is like 34 dollars.

Hi, What size / peak hp shop vac are you using

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+chris simonds 5hp

Where are you in Canada

For the table saw why not wire the shop vac to the table saw switch

@TheOneWhoMightBe

6 жыл бұрын

Stewart In some jurisdictions (eg Australia) diy wiring is both illegal and will void your home insurance. This is a plug-n-play solution that neatly avoids that sort of annoyance.

Is that dust or grey in your beard?

@Shopbuilt

6 жыл бұрын

+Paul Devey we'll go with dust;)

First!

What's a chop-vac?? 😂 Yankees

@jac_builtWoodworks

6 жыл бұрын

I believe he is canadian, not a yankee :p

Quick critique. Next time don't play music if you want people to hear the shop vac going on and off. Makes it harder to hear. Also, look into ecogate blast gates. The automatically open and close with the tool.

Couldn't hear it over that horrible music.

@modestmaking5314

6 жыл бұрын

Christine Cahill relax