"Terry Mayhugh" wrote in
:

I've been using one for about eight years now. It is in its own small
covered outdoor closet against one wall of my shop. It gets run nearly
daily. Have had no problems with it except for a little surface rust
forming on the motor housing which I paint over every few years. It is
the central dust collector for most my woodworking tools (and two
sander/grinders that I use for metal) which are located against one
wall of my metalworking shop. Probably paid full price for mine though
- too long ago to remember.

Terry


"Tom" wrote in message
om...
Has anyone out there owned a Central Machinery 2 HP dust collector?
I have seen them on e-bay with a buy it now price below $200. This
seems impossible for a 2 HP unit. I just wanted to know if this is
too good to be true.




I've had a HF one in the garage 'shop' for about 18 mths... paid more than
$150 of course...

It's a bit rough, sharp edges, welds are a bit amateur, it rusts easily
here in FL, but then so does everything. Changed the belt and its now
surprisingly quiet. Needs a decent bag, the supplied one lets some dust
back, with some fine bags from grizzly it's surprisingly effective, even
with the 3" pipe I'm using. You get what you pay - for but since I wanted
something to suck the dust and not break on me its done exactly what I
wanted it to do and keeps the garage clean, keeps my saw cabinet empty and
even keeps up with a large thickness sander.