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| 138 days ago |
SHOP FOX W1707-17" Bandsaw, what is your experience with it? - 6 replies Looking for something else on the Internet, I saw one of this new SHOP FOX W1707 band saw for around $1100.00 with shipping.Now I am tempted (this hardly more money that LumberJoe paid for his 14” Craftsman) but I do not find any review for it except Amazon.Do you have one?Do you like it?Thank you.Bertrand |
| 139 days ago |
Where do you install your blade on your band saw? - 26 replies I always install my blade in the center of the tire on my band saw but last night I was watching a video and the presentator insisted that the blade should be installed at the very front of the tire. What do you prefer?Why?Bertrand |
| 148 days ago |
3 or 4 speed rotary or chain selector switch - 2 replies As some of you know I just built a shop air cleaner using a 4 speed furnace blower. I thought that is would be easy to find a simple rotary speed selector switch to control the blower speeds. I was very wrong.I looked in the Internet, Mc Master, Grainger, Amazon and my local hardware stores, I cannot locate one of this switch.I ordered on Amazon... |
| 149 days ago |
Klingspor, excellent customer service. - 22 replies Last week,I sent this email to KLINGSPOR: I am your customer for several years. I have always been very satisfied by your service and your products until my last order.I ordered a bargain box of sand paper as I already did in the past and I received a box of trash.I already ordered bargain boxes in the past and I always was very satisfied. T... |
| 150 days ago |
Another, home made, shop air cleaner. It blows big time! - 22 replies Trying to fight the dust in suspension the air in my shop I decided the make a shop air cleaner. None of the ideas in this air cleaner are new, I just read about the subject and I made my own. This is the inletI read that better than to have the air cleaner in the middle of the shop , it is better to have it again a long wall to establish a c... |
| 154 days ago |
Remote controlled switch/speed selector for shop air cleaner - 5 replies A while ago someone else already asked this question but I could not find the answer , if available. Grizzly, Jet and other shop air cleaners come with a remote to control not only the on/off function but also the speed and the timer. Short of buying such a device, as a spare, from Grizzly, do you know where to buy one?Thank you.Bertrand |
| 154 days ago |
Shop air filters selection - 5 replies Today someone, very nicely, gave me an almost new furnace blower to build a shop air cleaner. This thing in high speed blows some serious air. I stopped by my local Lowes to buy air filters to start to build my air cleaner. They carry only two types of air filters in this Lowes ( I was told several times that this is the smallest Lowes in the... |
| 155 days ago |
Rebuilding L'Hermione, the frigate Lafayette sailed on to the USA. Coming to Boston in 2015. - 7 replies This morning I was reading the fascinating blog that shipwrigth wrote about building a boat ( http://lumberjocks.com/shipwright/blog/19328). This came to my mind. How many of you know that back home in France for several years they are rebuilding L’ Hermione, the ship Lafayette came on to the USA? The ship is build it 100% the tradit... |
| 158 days ago |
Shop air cleaner, to buy or to build? - 27 replies Do you recommend to buy or to build a shop air cleaner?Which one would be more economical?I tend to prefer to build it just for the fun of it.I know that many LJers choose to build their own, I would like to hear from them.I know that other LJers choose the buy theirs, I also would like to hear from them.If I build one, can I make it as effectiv... |
| 162 days ago |
How much reading posts and reviews on LJ really help you in your decison process? - 161 replies I have been a member of JL for several years and I have read many, many posts about dust collection. Just in the last two or three weeks I have spent hours reading about this subject. Certainly I am much better informed about this subject that I used to be but does that really help me making the right decision? ( It certainly helps me to not mak... |
| 163 days ago |
A new 5HP dust collector for $389.00, really? - 16 replies http://www.amazon.com/Oasis-Machinery-1687A5-Heavy-Collector/dp/B005LO9WMW/ref=sr_1_8?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1357580856&sr=1-8 |
| 164 days ago |
Do you have any experience with the SHOP FOX W1687 3-Horsepower 2,800 CFM Dust Collector - 14 replies I cannot find any review (except Amazon) about this dust collector. Do you know something about it?Do you use it ?Thank you for reading and for any information.Bert |
| 165 days ago |
What would buy, a Grizzly G0440 or a Penn State 2.5HP TEMPEST "S" ? - 69 replies I thought I wanted to buy a Grizzly DC but this morning looking at the 2.5HP TEMPEST “S” make me hesitate.It seems that the 2.5HP TEMPEST “S” has more capacity for less money. ( about $250 less)Is it made in the USA?I notice that the 2.5HP TEMPEST “S” does not have the remote control that the G0440 has but al... |
| 166 days ago |
What is your experience with your Grizzly Dust Collector reliability? - 31 replies I just was on the phone with a representative at Oneida. She told me that Grizzly has a lot of trouble with their dust collectors.Is this true?I am thinking about may be buying one. |
| 166 days ago |
Harbor Freigth DC impeller - 10 replies Did anyone ever heard of a more efficient replacement impeller for the HF 2 HP Dust Collector?Thank you.Bert |
| 167 days ago |
I would like to hear from Garry Mc Intyre (E-bay) cyclone users - 19 replies If you use a Garry Mc Intyre (E-Bay) cyclone , I would like to hear from you.How efficient is this cyclone?I am especially interested in fine dust separation. How good is this cyclone at separating fine dust?If you use a filter on the exhaust, which kind of filter do you use? How small a particle (micron) do you filter? How much dust do you get ... |
| 167 days ago |
E-bay cyclone separator - 16 replies Did any one of you built a system with one of this E-Bay” cyclone separator? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cyclone-Separator-for-Dust-Collector-/270423194251 If yes, what is your experience with it? Thank you for reading. |
| 168 days ago |
Why on the ceiling? - 26 replies I am debating about buying a cyclone dust collector to replace my HF dust collector. The only reason to replace the HF, which works very well for me, is to collect fine dust which irritate and damage my lungs.Last night I was considering the corner where I would instal it in my shop , and I realized that this thing would take a huge amount of sp... |
| 168 days ago |
What would you recommend for 2.25/3 HP cyclone dust collector? - 8 replies What would you recommend for 2.25/3 HP cyclone dust collector?Why?Thanks. |
| 168 days ago |
How do you clean the filter on your dust collector? - 12 replies I am on the verge of buying a cyclone dust collector to help with the fine dust issue in my shop.I like the clear view mostly because every owner seems to be very satisfied with it and the support seems to be excellent but I can get a “ready to go ” Grizzly for far less money.This is not my question. My question is ‘how do y... |
