@Warshauer1 My caster dis line up, but they were a bit tough to get tightened up. Hopefully they will take care of the problem you had with yours. The bag was a pain to install. I used tape to hold it up while I put on the band. Since building my separator- I don't have to empty the bag now. You might check into building one. I have a series on building mine that may give you some ideas. Thanks for the post, G.
I wish I had seen this before I bought mine. Also got it on sale. The only problem I had with
assembly, was that they must of changed vendors for their casters. The pre-drilled holes in the base did not line up. A step bit solved the problem.
I had bought this just for my 15" planner, which is located in my garage and was too heavey to drag down to my basement shop. So far after a couple hundred board feet, the collector has kept up. The only issue is trying to put the bag back on.
@bkhofmann Good observation- and you are correct! It is running backwards based on it's design. I don't know how much efficiency is being lost- (maybe it's this way to keep the sound level down?) but it does work well for my purpose as it's assembled. Thanks for the post and keen eye! G.
The impeller is backward in comparison to the housing. The housing is designed for clockwise rotation (when viewing the impeller side), but the impeller should be turning counter-clockwise based on the curvature of the blades. It's a backward curved blade impeller.
@Warshauer1 My caster dis line up, but they were a bit tough to get tightened up. Hopefully they will take care of the problem you had with yours. The bag was a pain to install. I used tape to hold it up while I put on the band. Since building my separator- I don't have to empty the bag now. You might check into building one. I have a series on building mine that may give you some ideas. Thanks for the post, G.
ghostses 3 months ago
I wish I had seen this before I bought mine. Also got it on sale. The only problem I had with
assembly, was that they must of changed vendors for their casters. The pre-drilled holes in the base did not line up. A step bit solved the problem.
I had bought this just for my 15" planner, which is located in my garage and was too heavey to drag down to my basement shop. So far after a couple hundred board feet, the collector has kept up. The only issue is trying to put the bag back on.
Warshauer1 3 months ago
@bkhofmann Good observation- and you are correct! It is running backwards based on it's design. I don't know how much efficiency is being lost- (maybe it's this way to keep the sound level down?) but it does work well for my purpose as it's assembled. Thanks for the post and keen eye! G.
ghostses 6 months ago
The impeller is backward in comparison to the housing. The housing is designed for clockwise rotation (when viewing the impeller side), but the impeller should be turning counter-clockwise based on the curvature of the blades. It's a backward curved blade impeller.
bkhofmann 6 months ago