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My shop has a small dust collection system that covers my lathe. A large (16 gallon) shop vac covers my radial arm saw. A small (2 gal) shop vac covers my plate joiner and other small tools with a dust port and I just added a medium (5 gallon) shop vac to handle all the other stuff. Yes, dust collection needs to be taken seriously. The continued breathing of sawdust can cause you a lot of grief and with enough of it over time, you may find yourself with an allergy, usually to the wood you work the most. I have always worked with pine and for years and years it never bothered me. Now, I make one cut and begin sneezing. I continue to work with it and the sneezing will carry over until well into the evening. Me and pine now makes for a bad combination.

A box fan fitted with a regular AC filter can help out a good bit to trap out a lot of dust. A couple of them is even better, hang one from the ceiling and run one sitting on the floor and the pair will trap a lot of dust. Obviously the filter goes on the back side where the air is sucked in. You can also build you a pretty nice set up from a squirrel cage fan, boxing it in so a filter can be fitted. Of course, catching the dust as you MAKE it is the best way to deal with it. Getting creative you can probably configure something that works or you can shop around and chances are good something is being sold that does exactly what you want to do. Any way you slice it, you NEED to control your dust as best you can. Get out there and catch those chips!!