I got this old school dust collector 2 years ago and haven't used it as I have several spare DCs that are better and this one has a bigger footprint that usual.
I was going to pull the motor and fan out of it and dump the rest but thought someone might be able to use it as is.
It was fitted to a Woodfast combination machine which I still have and with are at least 50 years old.
The DC has a 1HP 3Phase motor in it and a semi squirrel cage fan which makes it much quieter than a regular DC.
It has no capacity for collecting chips so a chip collector must be put between it and any machine.
The collector can be a rubbish bin or other suitable size container.
In this photo you can see the 100 mm inlet where the chip collector outlet would be connected.
The green box is not the "on switch" but a magnetic current limiter.
This is not essential as the motor can be wired directly, although an inline switch would be useful.
I don't have 415V 3 phase so here I have it running on a VFD.
The air fairly pours out of the outlet
Using my air flow meter the flow rate of the naked impeller was >800CFM although the 100 mm inlet will limit that to 425 CFM
The filters are needle felt bags that trap the fine dust. I have no idea of the micron rating or whether they leak of not
There should be a panel in front of those bags but unfortunately that is missing but it could be made of 6 or 12 mm MDF or a piece of sheet metal
Here you can see the motor and fan - the thing is built like a battle ship and weighs accordingly
The fine dust builds up between the bags and every now and then with the unit switched off the pedal is pressed which lifts and shakes the bags and the dust falls into the dust tray which can be removed.
This DC will suit someone who has the space to have both a chip collector and the unit alongside each other and wants a dedicated DC for a single machine
I would not recommend ducting over long distances and the fan will not have the static pressure required to do this.
I was going to pull the motor and fan out of it and dump the rest but thought someone might be able to use it as is.
It was fitted to a Woodfast combination machine which I still have and with are at least 50 years old.
The DC has a 1HP 3Phase motor in it and a semi squirrel cage fan which makes it much quieter than a regular DC.
It has no capacity for collecting chips so a chip collector must be put between it and any machine.
The collector can be a rubbish bin or other suitable size container.
In this photo you can see the 100 mm inlet where the chip collector outlet would be connected.
The green box is not the "on switch" but a magnetic current limiter.
This is not essential as the motor can be wired directly, although an inline switch would be useful.
I don't have 415V 3 phase so here I have it running on a VFD.
The air fairly pours out of the outlet
Using my air flow meter the flow rate of the naked impeller was >800CFM although the 100 mm inlet will limit that to 425 CFM
The filters are needle felt bags that trap the fine dust. I have no idea of the micron rating or whether they leak of not
There should be a panel in front of those bags but unfortunately that is missing but it could be made of 6 or 12 mm MDF or a piece of sheet metal
Here you can see the motor and fan - the thing is built like a battle ship and weighs accordingly
The fine dust builds up between the bags and every now and then with the unit switched off the pedal is pressed which lifts and shakes the bags and the dust falls into the dust tray which can be removed.
This DC will suit someone who has the space to have both a chip collector and the unit alongside each other and wants a dedicated DC for a single machine
I would not recommend ducting over long distances and the fan will not have the static pressure required to do this.
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