Corey Christensen Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Hi All, I am about to pull the trigger on the Oneida Mini Gorilla for my garage workshop. I currently have no dust collection other than my Festool CT36. I do not want to run duct work through my shop as all my tools are on mobile bases and are pushed toward the walls. I have to park a car and motorcycle in my garage/shop due to HOA rules. The sales reps at Oneida said that the mini gorilla would handle my table saw, 8"jointer, 15" planner and drum sander. I was skeptical but they assured me that it can handle this as long as I hook only one machine up at a time. What are your guys thoughts? I have a 3HP table saw, 8" Jointer, supermax 19-38 Drum sander, and grizzly 15" planer. I will be adding a 14" bandsaw very soon as well. I have looked at the new Laguna C-flux 2 HP system but I havent heard great things about Laguna. Any recommendations would be great, I am trying to keep this under $1500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drzaius Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 It won't have any problem with those machines if you're moving it to the machine & just have a short length of flex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Christensen Posted February 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 When you say short, would 10ft be short? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 I think 10' of tubing would work. I have a 10' length of the Jet branded of 4" flex tubing and I walk it from machine to machine, and It's working ok for me. Obviously fixed ducting would be ideal for better air flow, but it should be ok. I don't know anything about that particular DC though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodger. Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 I have researched this machine to death, as I was also considering it. My shop is quite small, and my current 1.5 HP single stage collector is wall mounted to save a bit of space. The mini gorilla takes up more floor space than I can currently afford. The gorilla has great filtration, being a HEPA machine. The two main issues I have with it are, first, the collection barrel is small. For milling with a jointer and planer, it would need to be emptied a lot. Secondly, the CFM is not great. If I remember correctly, it's actual CFM pull is below 600 CFM. It's hard to get good fine dust collection with less than 800 CFM. I am still on the fence about buying it. If you decide to go for it, let us know how your experience is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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