Please Empty the Dust Collector

Please empty the dust collector and any dust bins. The main dust collector bin has been found in overfull condition many times over the past week.

Do not wait for the bin to be full before empting it, each person should empty it when finished with their work. If you are joining and planing, you need to keep an eye on both the bins next to the machine and the DC bin, and make sure neither get full.

When DC becomes that full, it clogs the filter quickly, and that leads to poor performance, which causes other downstream problems.

Do not leave this work for the next person, please be a kind citizen to the shop.

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I noticed at the volunteer night when we emptied it, the red light wasn’t coming on even though it was full. Does that thing not work anymore? If not, is it fixable? It’s a good idea to check anyway, but the light definitely helps let people know it’s time to empty it

I think I have fixed the red light.

It’s not ‘just a good idea’ to ‘check’ the bin. You are REQUIRED to EMPTY it when you use tools connected to the dust collector.

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