A dust collection system includes a number of components to be able to properly manage the system throughout a shop. Maintaining and keeping the full system under power is important to keep you shop clean.

Dust Collector Pressure and Suction

A discussion of basic pressure-balancing and air-sealing issues in a small shop dust collection system. I imagine that a cyclone separator would work, but you would have to check the specs of the cyclone to see if it will handle the cfm you want to run. As for the vents in your wall, they are used to return the air that you have just sucked out of the shop.

Articulated Dust Collector Arm

For the past few years I've been fighting with my dust collection system. Trying to get an inlet near enough to the working area of the piece I'm turning was usually at odds with my desire to keep everything out of my way. I needed it to have little or no footprint, full flexibility and adjustability something that would cost very little to produce.