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Your shop. Fully automated.

Spend more time building, less time managing your shop. Automated dust collection and real-time air quality monitoring — all from one tiny hub. No required subscriptions. No cloud required.

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Woodworker starting a tool in a home shop with a dust collector, ductwork, automated blast gates, and GRIT controls

Sound familiar?

You got into woodworking to build things.

Not to wrestle with blast gates, worry about dust, or watch your electric bill climb.

Manual blast gates

Walking across the shop to open and close gates for every tool change. Five minutes of fiddling before you make a single cut.

Invisible dust

Fine particles you can’t see are the most dangerous. Your dust collector helps — but without monitoring, you’re guessing about air safety.

Wasted energy

Running your collector at full blast for one tool. Your electric bill shows it. A smarter system adjusts power based on what’s actually running.

The experience

Saturday morning, automated.

Here’s what a session looks like when your shop runs itself.

1Flip on the table saw

GRIT detects the power draw instantly. The table saw blast gate opens, the dust collector ramps up to the right speed. Under one second. Zero buttons.

2Switch to the planer

Walk to the other side of the shop. GRIT closes the table saw gate, opens the planer gate, and adjusts suction automatically. You never touch a thing.

3Check your air in a glance

Your air quality sensor provides a local particulate reading while you work. If it crosses the threshold you configure, GRIT can create an alert or activate compatible ambient filtration.

4Power down and walk away

Turn off your last tool. GRIT shuts down the collector, closes every gate, and logs your session. Your shop is clean, sealed, and ready for next time.

Real home shops

Automation and control around the shop you already built.

GRIT fits into working home shops, from automatic dust collection to optional machine authorization for tools you want to keep locked.

Customer standing in a home woodworking shop with a GRIT Hub and automated dust-collection equipment visible

A real customer installation

The Hub, ductwork, and gate hardware become part of the existing shop instead of replacing it.

Child at a home-shop machine fitted with a GRIT RFiD reader and stop control

Keep selected tools locked

Optional RFiD machine authorization keeps a connected tool unavailable until an approved credential enables it. It supports supervision; it does not replace guards, lockout procedures, or adult judgment.

Built for home shops

Three systems. One hub.

Start with what matters most. Add more whenever you’re ready. Everything connects to one small device.

Dust Management

Turn on a tool — the right blast gate opens and your collector adjusts automatically. No walking across the shop. No manual valves. Just clean air and full suction where you need it.

  • Motorized blast gates — one per duct run
  • Auto collector start/stop and speed control
  • Filter pressure monitoring with alerts
  • Designed to retrofit many existing dust collector systems

How It Works

Environmental Monitoring

Track local PM2.5 conditions while you work, review how readings change, and receive an alert when the level crosses the threshold you configure.

  • Real-time PM2.5 particle tracking
  • On-screen dashboard with live readings
  • Configurable response-threshold alerts
  • Session history and air quality trends

How It Works

What you need

A small stack. Big results.

Everything you need for a fully automated home shop. Start small, scale as you grow.

Home Shop Starter Kit

Everything you need to fully automate a two-tool home shop — Hub, triggers, motorized blast gates, power supply, and collector control. Plug in, connect, and your shop runs itself.

  • Plug-and-play install. No electrician needed. Triggers plug into any standard outlet.
  • Works with compatible collectors. The iR/RF Collector can learn supported remote commands after compatibility is confirmed.
  • No required subscriptions. No cloud. Your data stays in your shop. Always.
  • Grows with your shop. Add more triggers, gates, and sensors any time.

A fixed PM2.5 sensor provides local context.

It does not measure every airborne hazard, determine personal exposure, or prove that the air is safe. Keep source collection, ventilation, PPE, and qualified assessment in the shop plan.

Get started

Ready to automate your shop?

Tell us what tools you run and how your ductwork is laid out. We’ll put together a starting configuration.