Loves Wood said:

Hi,

I'm in the market for a dust collection system for my garage/workshop. I
have done some comparative shopping, and I have narrowed it down to either
Delta or Jet. I'm leaning more towards Jet's, but I just don't know. If
you have either of these brands, please reply back and let me know what you
think about it. I just don't trust the reviews on Amazon!

I have an older Delta DC - built in Taiwan. It has been reliable,
works fine, and is fairly quiet. I build a pre-collector that sits on
the DC base and rolls around with it. It usually gets rolled outside
when I'm making dust - so that I don't have to breath the fine stuff
that makes it's way through the bag. I have a blast gate mounted in
the door for easy hookup. I'm not worried about make-up air. The
clean-up I have to do is markedly less and the sawdust makes a good
mulch for acid loving plants. Just don't mix it IN the soil 'cause
the breakdown process can deplete the soil of nitrogen needed by the
plants. Blueberries love it. Also makes a fine fire starter for the
fireplace.

The cheap unit (AP300?) they sell now is pretty crappy, the AP400 is
as low as I would go.

I know someone with a Shop Fox 1 1/2 HP model - it seems like a good
deal.

FWIW


Greg G.