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Acknowledgements
My thanks to the many who helped me with these web pages. You gave me the support and feedback to make and keep this information accurate and useful. Jim Halbert, Dr. Rod Cole (Ducting Static), and many others provided books, articles, and Internet forum posts that got my education rolling. Jim Halbert shared his neutral vane upgrade, portable cyclone design, his automated blast gates (see blast gate video), his air measurement pages, his DC remote controller and circuit diagram, and his cyclone vacuum. Jim looks over my shoulder and shares feedback that keeps my efforts accurate and understandable. The air engineer who started the Wood Magazine Dust Collection/Air Filtration forum, Don Beale, spent countless hours where he helped me get the CFM requirement tables, resistance calculator, hood designs, duct designs, and many other portions accurate, and complete. Also, Don sent me enough air engineering reading to earn another degree.
Also I give my thanks that so many other friends helped my cyclone, blower, motor, impeller, tool hoods, ducting, and web page efforts. I thank Bob Lemon, Dan Moening, Mike Worthan, Dale Critchlow, Glenn Paskaruk, Steve Knight, Steve Cater, Daryl Adams, Richard Winchester, Peter Hunt, Jack Diemer, Rodger Holland, and innumerable other local and Internet friends. Also I thank Larry Adcock who created WoodSucker, Chris O'Connor AAF sales manager, Paul Paton Sheldon's blower engineer, Allan Johanson who moderated the Wood Magazine Dust Collection/Air Filtration forum, Dick and Rick Wynn who run Wynn Environmental, Ed and Matt Morgano who did such a great job building up Clear Vue Cyclones, Bushey Enterprises who took over Clear Vue Cyclones and are building it into an even better firm, Lee Styron who runs Shark Guard, innumerable Cal-OSHA staff and contractors, plus many commercial dust collection firms. They help keep me stay focused and relevant, provide discounted components, plus show and share proper fine dust collection technique and components. Many others contributed time, expertise, and even a little money that assisted this effort. Terry Hatfield made me rewrite and add graphics. Linda Vanderwold, CSP shared the Vanwrite® tools that make this site more understandable. I appreciate Steve Hall who gave his time and web designer expertise that redesigned this site so it loads faster, reads better, and navigates easier. I thank each who contributed. Although we get no gold, we created and maintain an accurate information and education source that makes a difference. Clearly many hear our efforts. Our educational efforts helped small shop owners make better choices. I started seriously looking at fine dust collection in 1999 and began sharing these pages in 2000. Since then the small shop vendor community improved their filters, dust collectors, cyclones and advertising claims. Even with these improvements recent testing showed almost every small shop dust collector and cyclone remain dust pumps that leave our shops with dangerously high amounts of the unhealthiest invisible airborne dust so this work needs continued. Meanwhile, I appreciate the prior efforts and help. I think we all deserve a well-earned hand. My personal thanks to all who helped and keep helping!
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