Awl--
Ahm puttin together a HF order, and saw a price reduction in the 2 HP dust collector (to $179), w/ a 70 gal bag.
I have a concrete room adjacent to the 2 car garage, with two 6-8" vents in the ceiling that go to the outside. In this room could be put all my welding and grinding stuff, and if I then put this dust collector outside, I might have a pretty decent fume exhaust/dust collection inside, as one of the vents is right in a corner, ideal for a hood, etc. Q's: Will my neighbors hate me? iow, how noisy is this thing likely to be? I spose I could build an enclosure for it. I wouldn't want to interfere w/ the outside gangsta rap ""music"", so widely appreciated here in Yonkers.... Is it likely any good? Would I be better off with something else?
I have seen very expensive dust collection systems, but I just need rudimentary stuff for now, so's I don't choke to death.
I have a Grainger 3 ph 5 hp industrial blower that I could kluge up, but that goddamm thing is more of a hurricane generator.
Iny idears, opinions?
-- Mr. P.V.'d formerly Droll Troll