Bust especially for my shop. I've been using an older 2 bag dust collector for several years. It did a decent job but had just a bag for the filter. The collection bag was a PITA to dump and clean and even worse to reattach. I finally pulled the trigger and upgraded to a Grizzly G0860. It gives me a 1 micron filter, a cyclone separator, and much easier dumping and management of both shavings and dust. 

First impressions are very positive, it has great suction, a built in remote, magnetic switch, and actually has a smaller footprint than my older unit. There is a HEPA filter option but I didn't get that. Assembly was straight forward and everything fit as it should. The machine runs very smoothly but I do believe some of the bolt lengths were called out wrong as I had too many of one size and not enough of another, even though there were plenty in general. My gates, fittings, and hose are from a company called powertec.

 

 

 

Really nice looking set-up Steve. Everything appears to be at a very serviceable height as well as access.

Is the small hose 1-1/4" or 2-1/2". Assume that's for quick attach for small portable tools and/or quick bench clean-up? Nice additional feature.

How's the noise level?

That is a good looking unit.  Looks quite sturdy too.  What is the 2" hose.

If you want to eliminate the bag, you can use a bucket with a gamma seal lid, like DanL did in his post.  I did mostly the same thing mounted on the original HF movable base.  But mine's not as pretty.

 

 

1 hour ago, HandyDan said:

That is a good looking unit.  Looks quite sturdy too.  What is the 2" hose.

 

I don't pretend to understand the engineering but that is an "equalizer hose". The 20 gallon metal drum is lined with a heavy plastic bag that actually catches the shavings. The plastic bag is removed to dump them. According to the assembly instructions, without that hose, the plastic bag would collapse and not be able to contain anything. The hose goes from up near the cyclone down into the drum. The hose is long enough to pull the drum clear of the machine to remove the bag. The exposed plastic bag under the filter doesn't really catch anything until the filter is "scrubbed". The fine dust is trapped by the filter and there is a baffle inside that can be rotated to knock it down into the bag and clean the filter. I can't imagine having to dump that more than once or twice a year.

1 hour ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Really nice looking set-up Steve. Everything appears to be at a very serviceable height as well as access.

Is the small hose 1-1/4" or 2-1/2". Assume that's for quick attach for small portable tools and/or quick bench clean-up? Nice additional feature.

How's the noise level?

 

Dave, see my reply to Dan about the hose. The noise level is acceptable to me, especially considering I wear hearing protection any time a machine is running with the possible exception of my lathe. Even then, if I'm power sanding I'm wearing muffs.

27 minutes ago, Steve Krumanaker said:

I don't pretend to understand the engineering but that is an "equalizer hose".

 

It must create enough suction to keep the bag in place so it can fill without being sucked up into the cyclone and wreaking havoc.  That is a nice feature.  Emptying the barrel from mine in my basement shop into a garbage bag is the pits.  I might have to upgrade mine.

Nice unit, no doubt it will meet your needs perfectly...along with making life easier. That hose running to the dust bin is a somewhat common trick among the cyclone owners who want to use bags in their dust bins.

Nice unit and you are sorely tempting me to replace my 25+ year old Grizzly

18 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said:

Nice unit, no doubt it will meet your needs perfectly...along with making life easier. That hose running to the dust bin is a somewhat common trick among the cyclone owners who want to use bags in their dust bins.

 

Why a hose?  If it isn't usable as a vacuum couldn't the same equalization occur using a small air filter set up?

 

BTW - nice rig Steve!

Edited February 15, 20233 yr by Cal

I'm not sure I understand the question. But with out the hose, the air between the plastic bag and the dust bin will expand forcing the bag up into the cyclone. The hose equalizes the pressure on the outside of the bag to the same pressure that's on the inside of the bag, so it stays in the bin. Sorry, I can't think of another way to explain it. Another way some folks do it it to put a stiff sleeve like a piece of plastic into the bag to hold it against the walls of the dust bin. That's a lot less handy, since you have to pull it out before you remove the bag.

Edited February 15, 20233 yr by Fred W. Hargis Jr

19 hours ago, Gerald said:

Nice unit and you are sorely tempting me to replace my 25+ year old Grizzly

 

Don't want to influence but I am so glad I did this. Chewed on it for months before I decided, it is a so much of an improvement.