I purchased a Grizzly G1029Z2 2 HP dust collector a couple of months
ago and it came with a "free" Woodstock Cyclone trash can separator
lid. I thought the cyclone lid would be nice and would help keep
heavy, hard objects away from the impeller.

The dust collector is proving to be a very good machine. I haven't
had a chance to install a permanent duct system, but dragging the hose
is working well, and it lets very little debris escape from my G0453
planer or my 6" Powermatic jointer. It does well with the cabinet saw
but a fair amount of dust still comes out the top.

BUT - I LOVE the freebee trash can separator. I noticed, when I put
the dust collector together, that attaching the bottom bag was a
little fiddly. Getting the bag in place while slipping the band in
place was going to take practice. So far I haven't had any practice.
I just dumped the 8th or 9th trash can of debris, and the collector
bag is still only about 20% full. It's cyclone action is evidenced by
the sharp peak of debris that builds directly beneath the inlet port,
and the swirling material you can see if you crack the lid with the
collector is slowing down. Granted, I have been planing quite a bit
so a good deal of the debris is heavy. But I can tell that that
cyclone lid is going to be a great labor-saver.

I highly recommend this accessory.

RonB

On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:31:02 -0800 (PST), RonB
wrote:

I purchased a Grizzly G1029Z2 2 HP dust collector a couple of months
ago and it came with a "free" Woodstock Cyclone trash can separator
lid. I thought the cyclone lid would be nice and would help keep
heavy, hard objects away from the impeller.

The dust collector is proving to be a very good machine. I haven't
had a chance to install a permanent duct system, but dragging the hose
is working well, and it lets very little debris escape from my G0453
planer or my 6" Powermatic jointer.

I got the original G1029Z and love it. Whisper quiet!


It does well with the cabinet saw
but a fair amount of dust still comes out the top.

Yeah, a secondary blade guard vac stops most of that. I'll build one
someday...


BUT - I LOVE the freebee trash can separator. I noticed, when I put
the dust collector together, that attaching the bottom bag was a
little fiddly. Getting the bag in place while slipping the band in
place was going to take practice. So far I haven't had any practice.
I just dumped the 8th or 9th trash can of debris, and the collector
bag is still only about 20% full. It's cyclone action is evidenced by
the sharp peak of debris that builds directly beneath the inlet port,
and the swirling material you can see if you crack the lid with the
collector is slowing down. Granted, I have been planing quite a bit
so a good deal of the debris is heavy. But I can tell that that
cyclone lid is going to be a great labor-saver.

I highly recommend this accessory.

Yeah, they really keep you from having to swap bags so often and they
keep the patinnnnng noises away from the impeller, don't they?

--
Remember, in an emergency, dial 1911.

On Feb 12, 8:55*pm, Larry Jaques
wrote:

I got the original G1029Z and love it. Whisper quiet!

Actually I thought it was kind of noisy right after I set it up. But
a couple of weeks ago I walked into the local Home Depot and heard a
jet engine sound. I went back to the lumber and sheet goods area and
they had a similar sized JET collector hooked up to their panel saw.
Someone had managed to walk off and leave it running.

Your are right. The Griz is pretty quiet.

RonB

"RonB" wrote in message
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I highly recommend this accessory.

I got tired of emptying my shop vac of dust and chips so I got an Oneida
cyclone on sale at Woodcraft and put it between the tool(s) and the shop
vac. It made a huge difference, almost everything ends up in the cyclone
rather than in the shop vac. It was a little picky on the hose used, it
needs plenty of air flow to keep the debris moving, but once I hooked up the
right hose I was delighted with how well it worked. So I too am a convert
to cyclonic dust/debris separation whatever is attached to the end of the
system.

On Feb 14, 11:17*am, "DGDevin" wrote:
"RonB" *wrote in message

...

I highly recommend this accessory.

I got tired of emptying my shop vac of dust and chips so I got an Oneida
cyclone on sale at Woodcraft and put it between the tool(s) and the shop
vac. *It made a huge difference, almost everything ends up in the cyclone
rather than in the shop vac. *It was a little picky on the hose used, it
needs plenty of air flow to keep the debris moving, but once I hooked up the
right hose I was delighted with how well it worked. *So I too am a convert
to cyclonic dust/debris separation whatever is attached to the end of the
system.

I use a Delta collector with a cyclone lid to a metal garbage can. It
gets almost ALL the dust and chips. The only time I empty the
collector bag is when I get too lazy to empty the garbage can! I most
highly recommend a cyclone!

Rich.....