Here is a collection of books on the subjects of setting up your woodshop including dust collection.

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Setting Up Your Own Woodworking Shop (by Bill Stankus)

Complete plans & details for building the perfect shop. Includes several design layouts on all skill levels. Special hints and suggestions for locating outlets, optimal lighting, placing tools properly, dust collection, ventilation, safety, tool selection, bench design, more. "Those who spend any serious time breathing sawdust will glean something from Stankus....If you're seeking to expand the workshop, or just starting one up, Stankus'll steer you right...."--Booklist. "Concise and focused....with an eye toward economy and environmental concern....exciting and useful volume....Recommended."--LJ. 192 pages, 318 b/w illus., 8 x 10.

Don't deny the health hazards of long-term exposure to wood dust in your workshop. It's critical and simple to make your shop a safe place to work and breathe with a non-technical, easy-to-use guide to the latest equipment and the most efficient techniques. Start taking control with dust collectors for your particular tools, dust masks and helmets, and air movers you can buy or make, as well as portable collectors such as vacuums and dust bag attachments for your tools. Illustrated instructions show how to make your own customized dust chutes, collectors, hoods, and pickups for your table saw, radial arm saw, router table/shaper, planer, jointer, drill press, band saw, and chop
saw/miter saw. Featured: the full range of manufactured systems and equipment, with analyses of which ones are right for you, and complete installation instructions.

Setting Up Shop is designed both for professional craftspeople who often have the poorest and most sparsely equipped shops because they are too busy to make improvements, and for hobbyists and weekend warriors who need a shop for entertainment as much getting work done. Author Sandor Nagyszalanczy does a good job of pointing out the relative benefits and drawbacks to various shop configurations and locations. In fact, one entire page is devoted to a chart comparing shops located in attics, basements, garages, or a spare room in the house, and how each rates for
various factors, including noise, dust, headroom, access, structural limitations, heating, cooling, and moisture. This is a great how-to book with very useful topics in each chapter, including upgrading your electrical system; making sure you have the proper lighting, heating, and ventilation for your shop; picking the right tools and brands; deciding where to place machines and tools, benches and work areas; ensuring shop safety; methods for collecting dust; and more.

Each chapter is personalized with a visit to the shop of one craftsperson or another. The journey is made better by more than 240 color photos, as well as a healthy dose of black-and-white photos and line drawings. In the end, of course, the definition of a good or a smart shop is fluid, depending on its primary use and the need to change things from time to time. And both professional and hobbyist woodmakers can have as much pride in their shop as they do in a handmade chair. Nagyszalanczy has worked out of the same shop for nearly 20 years and admits that he takes offense when someone refers to it as a "garage." "You have to follow your heart as well as use your mind," Nagyszalanczy writes, "when transforming a simple building that others might call a shed or a garage into what you proudly call your woodshop." --John Russell

Woodshop Dust Control provides all the information woodworkers need to protect themselves from wood dust -- a serious health hazard. With over 100 color photos, this completely revised edition includes charts and graphics, up-to-date information on the latest products and examples of actual shop systems.

Written by the innovators of the first home shop dust collection system, Dust Collection Basics covers every aspect from design to sizing a dust collector, grounding, on through choosing duct material. This is a must-have book for anyone planning to install a home shop dust collection system. 50 pages.

How to Design and Build Your Ideal Woodshop (by Bill Stankus)

Every woodworker wants the most efficient workshop possible, whether the shop is in a closet, a basement or a garage. Maximizing floor space, power, lighting, safety and reducing noise, are all concerns covered by Bill Stankus, who interviewed hundreds of woodworkers while writing this book. Color photographs and floor plans for a wide variety of arrangements and locations are included.

This book will give even the most experienced home woodworker fresh ideas for planning a safe and efficient shop. For the novice, it should take most of the guesswork (and the mistakes, as well) out of designing the perfect workshop.

The Workshop Book (Craftsman's Guide to) (by Scott Landis)

(Reviewer) - I have bought many woodworking books but this one is a rarity-I read it from cover to cover. It has many useful tips for designing a shop but the most interesting part was his focus on the owners of the shops. It describes the wonderful variety of woodworkers as well as their shops and interests.

Building Woodshop Workstations (by Danny Proulx)

Whether they’re fighting cramped quarters or just looking to be more organized, woodworkers will want to get their hands on the 11 projects in Building Workshop Workstations. Readers will find detailed plans for building completely self- contained units for every tool (and related accessories) in their shop.

These efficient designs ensure that all the wrenches, blades, jigs and attachments for each power tool can be put in one place and within arm’s reach. It’s the perfect way to maximize efficiency for everything from the table saw and drill press to the miter saw and sharpening stone.

Both beginning and advanced woodworkers will enjoy making--and using--these creative shop solutions. Every project includes clear step-by-step photos and instruction and was tested by the editors at Popular Woodworking magazine.

The Small Wood Shop (The Best of Fine Woodworking) (by Fine Woodworking, Helen Albert)

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