Ben Grefe
Contributor

Thanks for the great advice all. I did end up moving the impeller from the corner to middle of the garage door wall. With the new framing I’m...

Moving on to the implementation phase of my new dust collector setup - the roof renovation is done and I've got the motor and impeller mounted to the...

Ah, yes, I did end up buying the powermatic 3HP 3PH model. It was new in box, but the box was beat up. The guy runs a ‘scratch and dent’ store in...

Easily one of the coolest looking dust collector models you can buy. I looked at the specs briefly when I was searching for new dust collectors and...

Yeah, murphyauctions.com. That's where I got mine and I've seen at least 10 more show up over the past year. Right now it looks like they have a...

Jonathan, Before you spend a bunch of money refurbishing this thing and buying new parts, I suggest you watch the local auction here (I'm in...

Malcolm, can you link which eMylo remote you used? Also which Huanyang VFD you picked? I'm looking at a Lapond (I've used them in the past, so I...

My duct work setup is going to change too in this new design. I’m going to take out a huge right angle in the main trunk and mount the dust...

Ok, some really good advice here and it seems like there’s decent evidence that hooking up 2 dust collectors in parallel might not be the best idea. ...

Doug, I guess I didn't watch that episode of Stumpy. He says you can't do 2 in parallel, I'll need to look into why a bit more. Jim, I lied,...