We got distracted by all the projects for our nursery. This prevents any microscopic particles from entering back into the air in the shop. Installation was a little tricky as the recommended puller gave me some problems but after fooling with it for a while the rest was pretty easy. Thanks Paul-Woodworkers Guild of America. Long story short, the new impeller is a backwards curved impeller and the original on is a forwards curved impeller. The most obvious difference seems to be the color, yours is brown and mine is metallic green with different harbkr portable dust collector harbor freight data, I have an one micron jarbor I got on amazon.

I feel it greatly increased the amount of air movement, pretty close to a Shop-Vac. The only down side is…. That modification made it very loud!!! Sounds like a fire horn to summon voluntary firefighters. It now has enough suction it can pick up lead bird shot. Very tiny beads that i used to make a dead blow turned mallet. I placed mine on an outside wall to my shop and rant the intake inside my shop, hooked to a Dust Deputy.

Then I ran an expandable hose with DustRight fittings on all my tools. Works great. So little is exhausted because of the cyclone, that it is no big deal. And because of the lack of back pressure — better suction. I am very please with mine.

I did upgrade it to a pleated cartridge filter for better dust control. I have run it with a large leaf bag inside the bottom bag to facilitate easy emptying and that has worked well for me.

I have 3 other small unites dedicated to machines but have considered selling them and getting another HF unit and running 2 hoses to 2 machines or running a pipe along the wall to connect all the other machines to. This would actually save me some shop floor space since I would have 1 HF unit verses 4 other units.

The Harbor Freight unit is a good bang for the buck, in my opinion. Instead of a bag, replace it with a Wynn 35A nano canister filter. It will increase the suction and is better for your health.

There are a few You Tube videos out there showing how to modify the HF dust collector to a cyclone system. I bought a HF dust collector about 5 years ago as an inexpensive alternative and it worked fairly well, I retrofitted with a cyclone and a pleated filter, worked better yet.

I bought the HF DC as well. I did not assemble it as instructed though. The thing works great. I can attest to the good overall airflow as when I first set it up, it crumpled the trashcan like a soda can, I wound up having to reinforce the trashcan after pounding it back into shape with angle iron. One with two 1 micron bags up and two plastic collection bags, the other is the same, but with canister filters on top.

They run through Super Dust Deputy cyclones. From that experience, I can say the HF was a night and day jump from the little 1hp Delta and I suspect it would compete with my little Jet. I did change the bag to a 1 micron bag and I added foam gasket, like you use between campers and pickup beds, to get a better seal around the bags and both things helped a great deal.

Because my unit has been modified by the addition of large wheels, to allow me to roll it out into the yard , along with one of the Super Dusty Deputy cyclones, to vacuum pine cones and fall leaves, I stayed with bags, rather than an expensive cartridge, which would not be as tolerant of abuse. I suspect a swap to a cartridge would make this unit into a stellar performer for half the price of the competition. I mean, the one with the bigger motor should win right?

So are the specs exaggerated? Is it truely 2hp? Hi Corky. I use PVC and get everything from a home center. I have one and am assembling my new shop in the basement. From what I can tell they are the same model. The box for my Harbor Freight Dust Collector actually showed the green model. They usually send them out a couple weeks before if you sign up to receive the catalog. There is no specification name plate on the HF Dust Collector motor but there is a 14Amp sticker below the filter clamp.

The Rikon literature shows a 16 Amp rating on their DC which, other than the 12 inch diameter fan and possibly the motor, appears identical to the HF dust collector. My stock HF runs between 10Amp and Brent, I was wondering how your modified D. System is working for you over the time you have had it put together. Do you have any specs on the filter how many sq ft of filter media? What is the altitude of your shop? Awesome video. I was wondering if you have used a planer with this larger SDD yet, or what machines you have used that generate larger chips and if you have found the cyclone to work efficiently with the current blower size?

I am still looking to buy a planer and wish I had one to test. The closet thing I do on a regular basis that might be similar is sweep the shop and vacuum the pile.

The pile can get rather large with scrap wood, large sawdust and fine dust. The cyclone works great and the blower size seems more than adequate. Hopefully, this Christmas I will have a planer to test. Would it overload anything? The CFM should also be more consistent between long and short runs of pipe.

Brad thanks for the video. My wife found it and saved it for me. I am in the process of building a new wood shop and this really fits the bill for my dust collection system. Thank you very much for your post. The tool is called a Puller.

Just FYI for anyone looking to do this, the Rikon impellers are back-ordered through mid-August right now. Dust collector looks great. When changing the collection bin Portable Dust Collector Harbor Freight Edge does the cyclone and lid hang from the blower motor and duct?

Is the collection bin flat on the floor thanks. I am working on another video to address the system for raising, lowering and moving the bin. Basically, I have a furniture dolly with a cheap car jack. The bin rolls around when the jack is lowered and once in place it easy to raise. Also, after I filmed the video I went back and made a plywood bracket to attach the middle of the cyclone to the wall.

My question would be the same as Bill Hoover. Would the modification improve the air flow or be just over kill? The new impeller is a different design that performs better under pressure. Fantastic video! Can you tell me where you bought that filter?

The filter is Brent, seriously like what you have done here and am thinking about applying the same mods to my HF. I was impressed with how easy it looked and your resulting improved air flow. However, I am concerned about the additional load to the motor. Where you still in tolerance for safe operation? If you are, I am a go. Thanks for your thoughts. Hi Bill, Sorry for the delayed response.

I knew it was going to take a while at the computer to respond. I did a bit of research on this because it was also a concern of mine. Long story short, the new impeller is a backwards curved impeller and the original on is a forwards curved impeller.

They are both designed to spin the same direction and can both function on the Harbor Freight dust collector. The stock impeller is actually a way to inexpensively get more CFM. So, the larger impeller is actually less stress on the motor under the static pressure of a dust collector because of its design. Backward inclined fans reach their peak power consumption and then power demand drops off well within their useable airflow range.

Hello Brent. Is the bag on the bottom of the filter necessary? Not sure I understand how it works. Hi Steve, The bag on the bottom of the filter catches any particles that make it past the cyclone separator. Product Weight lb. Product Width 22 in. Shipping Weight Warranty Warranty We guarantee this product to be free from defects in materials and workmanship 90 days from the date of purchase. Limitations apply. Related Products.

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