Started installing my cyclone


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You'll love your cyclone. I have one just like it. I was wondering if you were going to use bags inside your collection drum? If so, you'll need the bag holder made for the collection drum.

Mine actually came with a bag for the drum and I don't recall the manual saying anything about a bag holder. I did talk to tech support and the guy said the hose from the barrel to the drum is to keep the bag from collapsing. I think they made changes in 2012 and wonder if this was one of them. Does yours have this hose?

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The ducting looks great so far. Are you tapping that steel strapping into ceiling joists or just into drywall with anchors?

I hit the joists when possible otherwise the OSB seems to be doing fine. I'm definately going to add more straps once I'm sure everything is where I want it.

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Mine actually came with a bag for the drum and I don't recall the manual saying anything about a bag holder. I did talk to tech support and the guy said the hose from the barrel to the drum is to keep the bag from collapsing. I think they made changes in 2012 and wonder if this was one of them. Does yours have this hose?

No, mine doesn't have a hose. I have to use a metal bag liner if I'm using bags in my collecting drum. I'll have to look into how that hose works.

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Looks awesome Mike. I wanna see details of the actual machine hookups and where you locate your blast gates. By the way, I just finished running all my wiring today. Went through a little over 500 foot of 12-2 and about 300 foot of 14-2.

What's your next step? I used 1100' of 12-2 and 40' of 8-2. Way more than I needed but never know down the road.

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I have 1 more day of insulating the ceiling. Then getting my line sets in the wall for heat and A/C and then on to vapor barrier. Lastly drywall and the pin oak paneling. Really tired of 2x4's...

Well I'm sick of 2x4's, romex, 80+ sheets of OSB , and 19 gallons of paint. The dust collection stuff is an enjoyable change of pace. Got any pics to update your build thread?

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Got my first blast gates done and of course had to do a test run with maple then walnut. Band clamps wouldn't compress spiral pipe around gates so I used the metal straps. Not the cleanest solution but it works for now. There was no visible dust in the bag below the filter. I ran both the planer and drum sander.

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