Originally Posted by
PHILIP MACHIN
Dust collection seems to be a passionate topic for a lot of folks here,
It is one of those polarizing topics. those of us who have suffered the impact of too little, too late need to be careful to not terrorize folks with gigantic price tags and tales of doom and gloom ;-)
Originally Posted by
Prashun Patel
I have a super dust deputy and a regular one for the shop vac. I like them both. They work as advertised.
If you can, vent the output of your blower outside; this will eliminate the need for a filter.
Prashun has summed up an answer to your question in about as brief and a succinct way as you are likely to get.
Your location is not posted but, I will guess that venting outside is not an option as anyone who can do that earns good-natured, jealous wrath from the rest of us. It boils down to this:
- Get the best you can afford. Given your shop size you can get away with a portable unit and I would spend the lion's share of my budget on the machine itself.
- If you exhaust back into the air you are working in, a bag filter is not going to cut it. A pleated filter will clog quickly and require frequent maintenance in a single stage machine.
- A cyclone will keep your filter cleaner longer and allow decent air quality to be exhausted back into your work space.
You do not mention your height restrictions. There are a plethora of short, fat-cone portable cyclones currently on the market that do a sub-optimal job of separation. This leads to more frequent filter problems than a typical cyclone geometry separator. The Super Dust Deputy mentioned is a good modification for a bagger to get the separation you want. This setup can be challenging to portabilize which means ductwork and the asociated cost of that ductwork eating into your machine's share of the budget.
Using a quick Google search I would stay away from things like the short-cone machines and lean towards a portable long-cone machine if possible. The ones I linked to were just spit-balled and not a thoroughly researched recommendation.
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