WARRENRN1 wrote:

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and was looking at dust
collectors. looked at the jet and the delta. am leaning towards the delta...
the smaller 2 bag unit going for $159. i was told by one of the sales guys
that delta is having a 10% off sale on all their power tools (dust collectors
included) this thursday... feb 19.
i have seen an ad for the harbor freight collector on sale for $149. both have
30 micron upper bags.
asking for opinions about how each work...compared to one another. i am not
going to set a collections system thruout the shop, but rather attach it to the
machine i am working with at the time.
any help in determining would be appreciative. BTW.. the sale is only for feb
19. and if woodcraft is out of stock or on vback order, they will honor the
price change.
so says the sales guy at woodcraft.

Regardless of which one you go with - DITCH THE STOCK BAGS and get
the 1 micron bags or the cannister pleated filter - the bags are
a joke. With the stock bags the "dust collectors" should be
called "dust relocators" - taking dust from where it's being
generated to the environs of the "dust relocator".

I've got the delta and with 1 micron bags it still lets dust through
in very noticeable amounts.- and that's with a garbage can separator
in front of it. You might want to look into an air filter as well.
You can make your own using a furnace blower and the filters of
your choice. Big commercial truck filters have lots of surface
area packed in a small volume and they catch the really small
stuff.

Here's the url to the one I made
http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/CBAirCleaner.html

charlie b