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When installing an outdoor dust collection system, be it an old or new one, there are several components that should be included assuming the dust can burn or explode. To find out what they are Woodworking spoke to Richard Stevenson, product manager at MacDonald Steel, Environmental Systems Division, a manufacturer and distributor of dust collection systems in Cambridge, Ont.


 
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