I have a new to me woodlathe, and I have officially outrun my shopvac with homemade cyclone.
As soon as I have a DC solution, my next power tool will be a lunch box planer. I do have a 12" radial arm saw, no tablesaw. I currently have a 9" bandsaw but won't be going bigger until I have more shop space. No tablesaw in my future.
For now I have to run on 110VAC. I am in a typical suburban garage, nominal 20x30 feet and have to make room for my wife's car in the wintertime. I do have a homerun 110V/ 20A circuit I can tap, there is one receptacle on it in the driveway. The house only uses that circuit between 0500 and 0800 for the headbolt heaters on vehicles parked outside in cold weather, so for regular wood working hours the circuit is available.
It seems like I should fly down to the lower 48, buy a Harbor Freight, repackage it so I can put parts of it in my checked bags, and ship the rest back up here.
My sense of this new tool (dust collector) is I should go ahead and put a dust deputy (tm) on a five gallon bucket and mount that vertically above my shop vac to save a little floor space for now, and it will be adequate for the little bandsaw.
As I will only be using one of the RAS, lathe and future planer at a time, does the HF 70 gallon/ 2HP with a Super dust deputy on it sound like a long term solution? I feel like I have done a lot of research, but really "a lot" is just enough to have a first impression.
Given I am going to drop $1000 on airfare to go see my family in California and buy a $200 DC while I am down there, should I consider a $400 DC from some other maker?
Thanks