| Blog series by sjbob | updated 144 days ago | 4 parts | 1129 reads | 14 comments total |
Part 1: Just ordered Jet DC1100RCK
I’ve just ordered my first dust collector, the Jet DC1100RCK.Here’s what went into my selection process: I’d like to eventually try porting the air outside of my garage (no more worries about filtering effectiveness). This rules out the very attractive Delta 50-760, since it’s very efficient design includes the impeller as part of the dust bag housing which would make an outlet hose difficult to implement. So, on to all of the other contenders. I’d like t...
Part 2: Just received and put together
Just received it. As Matt H. said it would, it came on a pallet, very well packed. Took me 1.5 hours to assemble, being very slow & careful. It does not come with a “starter” hose, so I’ll pick up one of those tomorrow.First project is going to be a back plate for my contractor’s saw to close it up a bit.
Part 3: Sealing up the Contractor's saw for dust
I’ve been planning on doing a backplate for my old Delta 34-444 Contractor’s saw to seal it up for dust collection..I looked at a couple of things online, and the diagram from the Taunton book looked very close, I recreated the positions and angles for myself, drew it up in SketchUp – but then could not print out lifesize drawings (so gave up on that). Next I played with cardboard, doing the radii with string & pencil, then followed it up today with hardboard. I was ...
Part 4: Contractor Saw enclosed for dust
I’ve just finished adding a box to the back of my old contractor’s saw to enclose the entire motor/belt assembly, and a dust port below the saw. I had replaced the motor drive belt previously with a Power Twist Link belt assembled to the same size as the factory belt. With this belt, however, the motor would rotate above the top surface of the tablesaw. I lengthened the belt by adding a couple more links, made sure that it did not hit anything throughout the rotation, and was...
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