# Altmill Dust Collection **URL:** \ **Category:** 🧠 New Wisdom\ **Created:** [August 19, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/altmill-dust-collection/13581 "2024-08-19T20:37:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jagfan](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/97f17d/32.png) [@jagfan](https://forum.sienci.com/u/jagfan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/altmill-dust-collection/13581/1 "2024-08-19T20:37:41Z")
I recently ordered an Altmill and even though I have a few months before it arrives, I have some work to do to make room for it in my garage. Would some of you that received Altmill’s on the first production run share their dust collection strategy? I am a hobby user, with both space and budget constraints. My initial thoughts are shop vac with a cyclone. My justification is space, cost, portability and I can filter down to 1 micron with a Hepa filter. I see the Altmill comes with a 4" dust boot, instead of what seems to be more typical of hobby/prosumer machines of 2 - 2.5", so I’m a little concerned. Thank you for any input. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/jake/32/2491_2.png) [@Jake](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/altmill-dust-collection/13581/2 "2024-08-19T22:02:36Z")
Hello @jagfan Doug! Welcome to the forum. Good folks, excellent advice. Funny, I was just the opposite of you when I got my LongMill. I had 4” but the dust boot came 2”. I ended up using a rubber boot to make 2 1/2” fit my 2” boot. Where I am going is you should be able to get a 4” to 2 1/2” reducer. Something else to consider, the shop vac may not be up to a long carve. Meaning it may get warm? Never tried it. I was even a bit concerned with my dust collector going from a 4” to 2 1/2”. I too use a cyclone. Seems to work remarkably well. Lots of info to digest here on your new altmill. Once again, welcome!