After a weekend and some evenings, the 6" spiral pipe is finally in. After I install some blast gates, I'm ready to woodwork. I don't have to trip over the hose to my 3hp oneida cyclone anymore. I also have a huge spot in the middle of my shop that has been opened up as the dust collector was moved to the corner of the shop - invading a little bit into Sarah's spot but she loves me and doesn't mind.
What went well:
1. The performance of the spiral 6" pipe is significantly better than the really short 4" plastic pipe I had.
2. Glad I went with metal, no worries with static shocks. How do you ground an insulator anyway?
3. Getting nice clean runs despite the obstructions that I had.
4. Cutting the pipe with a jigsaw and metal blade
What didn't go well:
1. Getting the material home, especially since the HVAC shop had bankers hours and was far away
2. Cost. It was 2X what I originally thought, but worth the $600 including blast gates, etc.
Where is your climbing wall?
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