A big thanks to all my LumberJocks friends. I have finally gotten around to spending my prize money from this winter’s LumberJocks contest. Here it is, a Grizzly G0548Z 2Hp dust collector. I have modified it with a 14” Chinese Wok to imitate the Jet Vortex DC1100.
-- Rick
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GrandpaLen
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#1 posted 07-06-2012 02:48 PM
Rick.
Looks like a dandy, let us know how your wok works. :-)
Zero to dust free in 60 seconds.
Work Safely and have Fun. – Len
-- Mother Nature should be proud of what you've done with her tree. - Len ...just north of a stone's throw from the oHIo, river that is, in So. Indiana.
cgarvey73
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#2 posted 11-05-2012 02:31 PM
Rick,
How is your dust collector mod. working so far. I’ve been looking to get a dc and am debating between just paying for the Jet/Powermatic and modifying the Grizzly like you did. Any updates would be appreciated.
Chris
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#3 posted 11-06-2012 02:39 AM
Hey Chris,

I will let you be the judge…. I took some pictures of the inside of the filter. This is after using the planer, jointer, table saw, and band saw…. about a 1/3 of a bag of dust. So it is a good all around test of dust particles. After taking the picture of the inside, I put the filter back on and turned the brush handle, and then pulled the filter. This is a picture of the dust that came out of the filter. Now I don’t have any way to compare the dust collector modification because I never used it in stock condition. But I can tell you this dust collector has a lot of suction and I am very happy with my purchase. I have it plumbed up to my machines now and the performance is fantastic. The only thing that changed was the sound level…. it is much quieter.
-- Rick
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