Hey guys, I could use some advice. Here's my situation...
I have the small Jet 650 DC. It's an older model, and the "funnel" was below the blower discharge. So I inverted it, and put in a baffle (see below). Recently, I emptied it, decided to check the felt upper bag. There was a TON of debri around the (now upside down) funnel and in the bag too! Looked like some planer shavings, and a lot of fine dust. One thing I have also done is put a plastic bag IN the lower bag to make emptying easier. I think it may have been interfering with the dust settling down into the lower bag, causing scrub. So I removed the outer bag, and just have the plastic bag now.
So these are my questions....
Is the position of my baffle relative to the discharge correct?
Should I make the "gap" bigger than the 1-1/8"?
And should I add a proper upper "ring" with a smaller center hole? Rather than the upside down funnel that's in there?
Also, my shopvac/cyclon, I call it a shopclone, is working well, but the filter had a LOT of fine dust on it the other day when I went to clean it.... the diameter of the separator is 20", do you think I should make it smaller to encourage the dust to drop out more?
take a look at the pics and let me know what you think. Thanks!!
Here's the DC baffle.
Here's the shop vac.
I have the small Jet 650 DC. It's an older model, and the "funnel" was below the blower discharge. So I inverted it, and put in a baffle (see below). Recently, I emptied it, decided to check the felt upper bag. There was a TON of debri around the (now upside down) funnel and in the bag too! Looked like some planer shavings, and a lot of fine dust. One thing I have also done is put a plastic bag IN the lower bag to make emptying easier. I think it may have been interfering with the dust settling down into the lower bag, causing scrub. So I removed the outer bag, and just have the plastic bag now.
So these are my questions....
Is the position of my baffle relative to the discharge correct?
Should I make the "gap" bigger than the 1-1/8"?
And should I add a proper upper "ring" with a smaller center hole? Rather than the upside down funnel that's in there?
Also, my shopvac/cyclon, I call it a shopclone, is working well, but the filter had a LOT of fine dust on it the other day when I went to clean it.... the diameter of the separator is 20", do you think I should make it smaller to encourage the dust to drop out more?
take a look at the pics and let me know what you think. Thanks!!
Here's the DC baffle.
Here's the shop vac.