- Jun 2, 2011
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Hi everyone -
I'm sure this has been done before-
I just got given a completely free MES30, specifically it is the 20070210 version
(see pic below) which only has the internal chip tray, not the later version with the tube that slides in from the side, and dumps chips into a covered tray.
I've seen several of you install the duct into the side of the MES, using the existing hole for the chip tray, such that the duct comes in below the lid/roof of that chip tray.
A couple of questions -- what diameter duct are you using? The standard dryer duct is about 4" in diameter, but the chip tube on a friend's new MES is only 2 1/4" inches.
Just curious, are people enlarging out that hole and making it larger to fit the standard duct?
I'll obviously have to bore a hole through both sheet steel sides of mine, since it has no such hole.
Do I need to provide a 'roof' over the hole where the duct comes in?
Planning on using a PID controller to better control that heating element, but that's another thread...
Thanks, NCSmoker...
I'm sure this has been done before-
I just got given a completely free MES30, specifically it is the 20070210 version
(see pic below) which only has the internal chip tray, not the later version with the tube that slides in from the side, and dumps chips into a covered tray.
I've seen several of you install the duct into the side of the MES, using the existing hole for the chip tray, such that the duct comes in below the lid/roof of that chip tray.
A couple of questions -- what diameter duct are you using? The standard dryer duct is about 4" in diameter, but the chip tube on a friend's new MES is only 2 1/4" inches.
Just curious, are people enlarging out that hole and making it larger to fit the standard duct?
I'll obviously have to bore a hole through both sheet steel sides of mine, since it has no such hole.
Do I need to provide a 'roof' over the hole where the duct comes in?
Planning on using a PID controller to better control that heating element, but that's another thread...
Thanks, NCSmoker...