On 2/28/2014 5:47 PM, Leon wrote:
On 2/28/2014 3:55 PM, woodchucker wrote:
Hey, my friend gave me his old Jet DC650.
It's the 30 micron size. So until I get a new job I'm not putting a
pleated filter on it.

I would like to use it for my planer, its the only machine that I have a
problem getting all the chips from. He used this for sanding balsa dust
and put it in another room.

even after beating the bags outside this still blows a ton of dust on
start up.
Can I wash the bags?
I only plan on doing chips from the thickness planer, so I am thinking
not much dust, just chips.

There's just too big a cloud of dust coming from this now.

When I get another job, I'll put a pleated on it.






IIRC you are NOT suppose to beat the bags, the dust build up inside the
bag acts as a filter.


Yes I know that, but the amount of dust billowing out on start up made
me get rid of the dust.

The problem is how fine balsa dust is.. He mostly used it for a down
draft sanding table, so it is the finest dust, and it goes through the
30 easily. I really have a problem with balsa dust.


I am pretty sure if I can get these clean, I will be able to
re-condition them quickly, but with heavier stuff, My sanders go to my
shop vac with a thien collector.. the shop vac has a hepa filter, so
it's getting most of my problem dust.

The machine with the most problem has been the planer.. too much comes
out the front because it is not getting sucked in. The jet will do
that... did a test. I would like to have a clean planer, so I don't have
crap intefering with it being flat.

--
Jeff