Dust deputy owners

[immunoboy]

Greetings ...

I a weekend hobbyist sharing space with the car in the garage.  I'm in the process of ordering a makita benchtop planer and a 6" jointer and was looking at dedicated, one stage dust collection units.  Thanks to the excellent archives here, I have read several of the threads detailing combining a dust deputy with the CT vac. 

I have a CT22.  I believe all Festool owners value lasting quality, so my first question is whether the plastic dust deputy deputy holds up to use, or is it better to get the steel deputy  steel.   

Second, can you place a plastic bag inside of either one's collection unit to simplify disposal of material? 

Thanks ...

 

[josephgewing]

I have one of each but for only 1 year (steel) and 4 months (plastic).  I think both will hold up well.  The plastic one is smaller, which is not intuitively obvious until you get them.  The plastic one might be easier to mount on your CT22.  They seem to be equally effective at cycloning out the dust.

I would be happy with either one.

Joe Ewing

 

[wnagle]

Immunoboy,

I have the plastic Dust Deputy on two of myu vacs and will be adding a third here soon.  the one I have hasn't been out long enough to know it's longevity.  My impression is the buckets shoud hold up fine,  the only part I quaestion is the lid which has some flex.  I wonder if over time it might crack but onlu time will tell. 

My reasons for getting the plasic over the steel are: 

First its less expensive, only 99.00.  The bucket is clear enough that you can see it as it fills so you can empty it before it over flows and spoils the filter bag that your trying to protect. 

The fittings on the plastic model are tapered and easily fit standard dust fittins and hose connections.  The steel model requires a bit more ingenuity as they I believe are straight 2".

And it comes with two buckets.  One is mounted (I mounted mine on a board the latches into the top of the CT like a Systainer) and the other one that collects the dust, sets inside the mounted one (kinda like a holster).  This makes it easy to dump.  Just pop the lid off and pick up the bucket by the handle and dump.  I also added some holes in my bottom bucket to releive the suction when separating the buckets.

As for a bag, the bag would collaps unless you had some stiff plastic form holding it to the side walls of the bucket.  To remedy this and prevent having to empty the bucket, I plan to put and port on the side of my bucket with a 4" gate.  That way when I need to empty them I can attqach my large dust collection hose and suck the bucket empty.  Then all dirt will be in my large cyclone which does end up in a bag.  That said, It's really no big deal just emptying the buck by dumping.  I want to set up the gates on my buckets because when my cyclone starts to buzz signifying it full, there is always enough room to empty all my buckets just before changing bags.

I have some pics here somewhere in another thread fo how mine are attached to the ct if you do a search.

 

[immunoboy]

Thanks for the info ... I'll be ordering the plastic dust deputy later today.  If they both work pretty similarly, I'd rather empty the smaller plastic bucket more often and put the saved money towards a domino.

 

[Dave Ronyak]

I have the steel DD and am very satisfied with it.  As Wayne stated, I have witnessed the flexure that occurs in the plastic DD lid when the vacuum cycles.  Maybe those with plastic DD's can install a piece of plywood into the underside of the lid to stiffen it.  Any holes drilled through the plastic lid can be sealed with silicone caulk; that's what Oneida supplies with its larger metal cyclone collectors to seal the components upon assembly... I know because I have one of those, too.

Dave R.