I have had my new 2 HP single stage canister DC (Grizzly g0548z) set up for seven months now and really like it.
With a true 2 HP (240 v, 9 amp) motor and a 12-3/4" dia. steel impellor, it really sucks!
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I have it set up as shown with the metal three way 'Y' screwed in place, and three blast gate isolated 4" flex hose branches going directly to my TS, SCMS, and jointer/planer station. Though not ideal, the 4" flex branches are pretty short and I usually run the DC with two gates open and one closed.
All has been going well untill last week when I was jointing and planing some 2x SPF stock. Though I was taking light cuts (~1/16" on the jointer and 1/16" on the planer), I was stuffing the lumber through the planer in rapid succession and managed to plug up that branch.
Disasembly quickly revealed that the waste was not dust and chips, but rather "shreds" (1"+ long x ~1/4" wide) and these had hung up around the cage that covers the blower inlet, untill the inlet was completely plugged.
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Once the blower stopped moving air, the elbows at the machine connections quickly packed full of shredded wood waste as well.
So I am contemplating cutting this cage out of the blower inlet and relying on brain cells to prevent me from sending any anvil size chuncks into the blower.
Any thoughts?