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[Sac]

Vic, on 11 September 2010 - 09:45 PM, said:

Rick LoDico has a really short cyclone in his basement shop. I think it's a Penn State, but not sure. I seem to remember it being blue? Hopefully, he'll see this thread and weigh in. To check you can always PM him.

If it is blue, then it is probably the JDS... I hear it is a good unit. PSI has a new portable cyclone. Not sure what kind of reviews it has gotten..

[DavidH]

Bob,

I'm late to this post, you may have already installed a system that works. My recommendation is keep it simple, a dust collector with possibly a trash can separator and a couple of runs is all you should need.

check out mine here: http://www.justsquar...collection.html

also, Matt of Matt's Basement Workshop just did a tour of his shop, he has a 1hp 110v dust collector (grizzly) and a single run with blast gates that he hooks up as need. post: http://mattsbasement...p-tour/#content

[J.P.]

I may be late as well but I'll throw in my two cents. In the last month or so this topic seems to have come up a lot. I bought the Delta 50-760 a month or so ago and so far so good. It is definitely working a lot better than the shop vac I was rolling around before.

After I bought it there were a few things I did:

1. Power: I ended up installing a few new 20 amp circuits in the basement shop. This was long overdue and the DC was the really the thing that pushed me over the edge. I couldn't run the DC and the TS at the same time so I was forced to get off my duff and just do it.
2. Filter: I got the Delta because it came standard with the 1 micron bag. I've seen a lot of different comments about what is needed for safe filtering but the 1 micron seems to be the best option, and since it came standard I don't need to get the Wynn immediately (though that is the plan).
3. Thien/Cyclone: You'll hear a lot about how everyone wants a second stage and I'm no different. I just built the Thien this weekend and am already impressed. The Delta came with a Y connector that converted the 5 inch intake to two 4 inch intakes. I only use one flex that I move between my machines since I don't have space to really have multiple machines setup at once. I found that the Y connector really killed the performance which suprised me a bit. The Thien is really simple and seems to do a heck of a good job. I emptied the bag into the trash can and ran a bunch of stuff through and basically have nothing in the bag.

Overall, a DC is a necessary addition. I really like the Delta (it's on wheels and the seperator fits nicely in the cart with the DC) and seems to have enough power to get the vast majority of the chips/dust that I produce.

Good luck.