Please shoot holes through this idea
Howard Rosenberg
I’d appreciate your insight into making this next part of my DC mods both long-lived and safe.
Every place you can see a problem/deficiency/tweak, I’d appreciate you going ahead and listing your ideas, observations and caveats.
Here’s my wall mounting idea –
- install the Delta 50-850 motor/blower on the shop wall
- its weight is listed at 86LB
- its inlet will face downward to the Super Dust Deputy mounted directly below
- mount it to three 3/4” pieces BB plywood around 16” square
- attach this three 3/4” plywood and blower/motor assembly with Tapcon screws to concrete block walls
I want to use three pieces of 3/4” plywood to mount the blower/motor so I can move it out from the wall to centre it over the SDD’s outlet and increase shear strength.
How concerned do I need to be about –
- vibration from the blower/motor shaking the Tapcon screws loose
- the whole thing just eventually falling off the wall
In this design, the blower/motor is bolted onto the plywood on the wall.
It doesn’t use a shelf to hold the motor/blower and there.
Plus, there are no triangulated supports - am I right in thinking this will need shear support?
How much would running pipe strapping under the blower and screwing it to the joists help?
Thank you for your ideas and help.