JimD's DC sucks!

[JimD]

I've been talking about a dust collector for months and finally took a couple weekends to get it set up. The blower is from a 2hp HF. It has the smaller Oneida super dust deputy which has a 6 inch connection for the blower and a 5 inch for the piping. I changed the HF blower to a 6 inch inlet and heated and stretched the cyclone to get them to fit. Piping fitting got the same treatment. Piping is 5 inch snap lock from Home Depot. It seemed a little sturdier than the stuff at Lowe's. I have about a foot of flex right at my SawStop, the only tool hooked up right now. The bin is 18 inches square and nearly 4 feet tall so it is over 60 gallon capacity. It has a plexiglass port at the top so I can see the level. It exhausts outside, no filter. When I finally finished the connection to the saw I turned the blower on and the airflow was tiny. I checked the flex in the SawStop and it was completely plugged. Once I got that sorted it pulled very well.

 

[Warped Woodwerks]

This is an older thread but....
Was searching around and came across this.

I have a HF blower, but I upgraded the impeller to the Rikon. Hoping this is a little better with regards to performance. Not sure if you did this mod, but if you have, please let me know.

I can't exhaust outside, so I will have to put a filter in place. Looking at a Wynn.

I too have a SawStop PCS, and was worried the HF wouldn't "suck", but from your post, it looks promising.

I'm a 1 man shop, but really want an Oneida 3 HP V3000, but right now I can't justify the price.
Hoping this setup will work for me. Not going to wall mount, so I'll plan on making a rolling cart, of sorts, which isn't ideal, but it's the "best" for now.

Glad to hear, from another user, that the HF is pretty decent at sucking.


Rory

 

[JimD]

Rory,

I have not upgraded my impeller. I had a Wynn cartridge on a Delta 1hp DC I used to have and it worked fine. There is a website called "gray house studio.com" that has an interesting article on upgrading the HF. They used a different filter and I think I looked it up one time and it was cheaper than a Wynn. If you can't exhaust outside I think a cartridge filter is the next best option.

The inside of my PCS does not remain completely free of dust but it never builds up enough to be an issue - or even get close to that - as long as the hoses stay connected.

Jim

 

[Warped Woodwerks]

Jim....

I came across that website before and it did look interesting. They used a Donaldson, but I am not sure how that stacks up against the Wynn. Regardless, I will have to do a cartridge, even though I'd love to vent outside.

Good to hear about the ability of the DC. I was unsure if it was up to par. I didn't want to spend $$ on the Oneida Cyclone as well as a filter, a few hours labor building the stand for it all, just to be disappointed with DC and ultimately pay $$$$$ for the V3000.

Thanks again for the info.