DC unit on sale cheap

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DesertRatTom

Discussion Starter · Feb 27, 2019 (Edited)

Just notied Harbor Freight has their 2hp dust collection unit on sale again. $209, plus a 20% off coupon. Takes the price down 42 bucks to $167. Works very well for me and a lot of others. Put a chip collector in front of it and you get nice performance. It comes with a 5 miron bag filter, but you can buy a canister filter like the one in the piture, but it will cost you more than the HF unit. I have a Wynn filter for it, but I think Grizzly makes one now with a beater bar built in. With the Wynn filter, you blow compressed air back through it. The picture shows a canister filter, the one on sale is a bag. Roll it outside when you use it because the bag leaks small particles like mad.

The second picture is how I have it set up now, outside the shop under a shelter.

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Nickp

· #18 · Feb 28, 2019

Very timely thread for my purposes...I've been looking at the Jet 650 ($550) and 1100 ($750) Vortex units...
@DesertRatTom

Tom, and others that have done this, can you correct my estimate below of what it would cost me to make all the mods you mentioned...? I am in the middle of selecting a dust collector for my "soon-to-be" shop.

I see:
1. impeller upgrade................100?
2. separator (parts)...............100?
3. WYNN filter.......................200?
4. shipping for all the parts....100?
5. price of HF unit.................200
6. 2nd HF unit......................200
7. estimated CFM.................?

Did you also upgrade the motor...? Did I miss anything...?

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