Steve, have you looked at Penn State's cyclone collectors? American
WW just did a test of DC systems, and Penn State faired well. They
were less than the Oneida, but they have a larger cyclone not tested
by AWW. I believe it is a 2 or 2 1/2 hp unit for not much more. Plus
they have kits or make your own systems. My dad made one, and said it
was easy to put together and you can choose the size motor you want.
They can use either a bag filter, or the kits recommend a cyclinder
filter that is outside the cyclone and easy to get at and easy to
locate either inside or outside. Something to think about. Penn
States web site is: www.pennstateind.com
Wood magazine also has the kit instructions available.
Dennis
--- In felder-woodworking@..., Steve Kusterer <spkerer@m...>
wrote:
At this point, I think I've settled on the Oneida 1.5 HP cyclone.
I really
don't want everything the dust collector collects to go through the
impeller.
In planning on running the piping for this DC, I have a couple of
questions.
1. is it better to run the piping along the ceiling, and then
branch out to
the sides, drops, etc. as necessary, or is it better to run along
the walls
- or does it really not make much difference and I should just use
whichever approach looks most convenient with the layout of the
various tools?
2. with the 1.5 HP Oneida, is it really necessary to go with the
more
expensive, heavier guage piping instead of 30 guage stuff. I know
the 30
guage can cause problem by collapsing, but is that at all a
realistic risk
with the 1.5 HP Oneida (as opposed to some monster DC). I'm
willing to use
the heavier stuff if there is a real concern - but I'm wondering
how much
of the reading I've been doing about the necessity of heavier guage
piping
is actually based on much larger dust collectors.
Thanks... Steve
