I bought this dust collector from a woodworking shop as part of a package deal over a decade ago. It says it was manufactured by Rayco's Mach. Mfg Los Angeles, it's connected to a 2hp Baldor motor. I can't find anything on the web about it. I never connected it to my woodworking machines and now that I'm retired, I'd like to get it going. I realize that this dust collector will not protect me against the fine dust that is harmful to my health. I wear a Trend Air Shield Pro whenever I am cutting wood.
There are 2 ports on the side of the impeller housing. The top one is intake the bottom one is an outflow. The original owner told me that heavy pieces would exit out of the bottom port while the fines would exit out of the impeller exhaust.
The ports are all 5 1/2" wide. I'm not sure what I will have to do to connect it to my ducting which I have not purchased yet. Any help you guys could give me would be greatly appreciated.
Feel free to tell me this is a waste of time and just toss the thing.
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