Dust Collector

I really don’t see what the problem would be except that motor having to work harder pushing
the air through a finer bag. But if your motor HP rating is the same as the Delta or Grizzly I would say
it would work fine.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

most of these machines are made in the same factories and painted different colors. I have been in the factory in taiwan that makes the same wood lathe for 6 different companies. Mos tlikely the bag will fit. Check the port diameter on yours and check the spec on the grizzley site.

-- making sawdust....

Take a good look at the Lee Valley bags. They are of excellent material and somewhat taller than the standard issue giving more surface area against the finer mesh in the material.

Regards
Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Owen,

I use to have bag over bag Grizzly DC. The first thing I did was to replace the top bag with an oversize bag from http://www.americanfabricfilter.com/. It not only increased the flow but the filtration was excellent.

When you call them they are very helpful in helping you make a decision as to what you want and what you need.

After putting their bag on the machine seemed like a totally different collector. The bag is custom made but the cost was less than $100 and well worth it. I did have to modify the support for the upper bag because it was higher than the old one.

Jim

Thanks for the information everyone. After going back and reading the whole article I discovered what many of you have said. According to the article a bag with smaller micron filtration actually improves the performance of the dust collector, both air flow and air quality.

Blackemmons, the article had a link to the americanfabricfilter web site. I was going to call them today to get a quote.

Bob, thanks for the info about the Lee Valley bags. I’m going to compare prices between the American Filter and those. If the price difference is minor I’ll likely go with the American Filter because they are 1 micron while the Lee Valley says a clean filter traps 3 – 5 micron dust. Whichever way I go I know I’ll end up with a healthier environment.

The article also says that replacing the lower bag with one made of plastic helps performance and quality. They also recommend wrapping weather stripping around where the bag attaches to the unit to improve the seal. It’s a great article, I highly recommend getting this issue for it alone.

-- Owen Johnson - aka IowaWoodcrafter