ear3
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Got lucky this past weekend and picked up for a good price a Grizzly wall mounted dust collector (the G0710) along with a 25 ft. clear flexible 4" hose. Since I don't have any huge stationary machinery, I've been able to get by over the years running the DC in my shop off my Shop Vac and CT. But with this unit, I can now suck up the dust for heavier applications like when using the lunchbox planer or the table saw.
Question: I was testing out the machine with basic shop cleaning, and a couple of times when it sucked up a large item (a large piece of plastic foil, a leaf), the debris got caught in the grate built in to the machine between the hose inlet and the fan, causing a reduction in suction. I guess the cure for this is a dust separator, where items would get deposited in a bin before they go through the machine into the bag?
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I'm new to dedicated dust collection, so I'm wondering what a good separator option is. I see that they sell these lids that you put on top of metal trash cans -- supposedly it's better to use metal than plastic for grounding purposes? Do you have to put some sort of weather stripping around the top rim to form a tight seal? Besides the metal can and store bought lid, what are my other options for a separator?
Question: I was testing out the machine with basic shop cleaning, and a couple of times when it sucked up a large item (a large piece of plastic foil, a leaf), the debris got caught in the grate built in to the machine between the hose inlet and the fan, causing a reduction in suction. I guess the cure for this is a dust separator, where items would get deposited in a bin before they go through the machine into the bag?
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I'm new to dedicated dust collection, so I'm wondering what a good separator option is. I see that they sell these lids that you put on top of metal trash cans -- supposedly it's better to use metal than plastic for grounding purposes? Do you have to put some sort of weather stripping around the top rim to form a tight seal? Besides the metal can and store bought lid, what are my other options for a separator?