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Default Harbor Freight 2HP dust collector

Dan wrote:

Thanks for the helpful reply. Do you use yours with the stock bag setup, or
with the canister filter conversion HF offers:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=94278 ?
I have read the unit doesn't filter fine particles too well with the stock
bags. Have you noticed this? Some say the Grizzly G5556 bags will fit &
filter better, and that any bag lets a lot of fine dust through.

Here's an interesting link on another conversion on the machine to improve
filtering, for anyone interested:
http://www.msu.edu/user/olsonbr2/HFDC/HF-DC.htm

Thanks again

Dan



The 30 micron bag lets exactly the dust you most need to control slip
through. I have one ... but I also run a room air filter that gets stuff
down below 1 micron. I use a 'cyclone' lid on a large fiberboard drum
and it keeps the drum scrubbed clean. I probably need to bleed some air
into the system to reduce the suckage but I don't use it enough to pet
the sweaty things.

Bill