🌪️ POWERTEC 70135: Enhance Your Dust Collector with the 4-Inch Aluminum Blast Gate for Vacuum Fittings Review

Definitely an improvement over the plastic models but there are still some issues. First, it's fairly easy to bend the blast gate when it's in the closed position. They made the sheet metal slightly larger than the hole, so it's pretty brittle if you accidentally trip over it. Luckily, getting back in shape is just as easy. The other problem I have is universal for things like this: they don't give enough room to get a good hose mount. It's only maybe an inch tall and quite tapered. It is…

Plus points: - Dust does not get caught in the slider, as with many other models of explosion-proof doors. add electrical tape to fit the PVC pipe. - You can't attach the gate anywhere as there isn't enough material around it (especially after you've attached the flex pipe and sleeve; the pipes are supposed to support it. - The slider is too flimsy and the air escapes I think the screw allows to push the slider to the opposite surface but - this makes the gate hard to slide and i need 2 hands…

This overview assumes you understand the basic purpose of a blast gate. To reduce costs I started with 4 plastic grids in my shop. The plastic gates worked great. until they became clogged with sawdust and could no longer close completely. THAT is the main problem with plastic blast gates. Since they are self-contained, there is no way to clean up the junk. Their design takes up a little more vertical space. However, this is necessary so that the damper can throw sawdust out of the gate. Losing

Essential for your 4" dust collector! I use regular 4" PVC pipe to which I also ran thin wires and grounded all the blast suppressors which are grounded to a copper water line to avoid shock (works well) This Powertec blast gate works well and is very easy to install and open and close the gate I have a HF 1500 CFM dust collection system and it has been an important part in splitting ports running between my miter saw, Switched table saw, pocket drill (Porter-Cable) and the floor dust…

I bought a POWERTEC 4" Aluminum strut to replace plastic struts that failed shortly after installation. Unlike many I have found from reviews that Powertec blast doors provide good air isolation when closed, as do other aluminum doors I have already installed in my system.I have tested the Powertec blast trap in my 1550 CFM dust collection system which is a 4- Inch PVC drain pipe used to connect to each station Read about my test results and other observations Jet dampeners for excellent…