Thank you for your REAL EXPERIENCE sharing. Im about to mount my HF dust collector on the wall too. Im still not sure about the impeller upgrade. I am mounting next to my breaker and I as I rewired my entire shop its easy to cut the drywall and run a 20 amp wire and outlet if needed. It seems EVERYONE is an EXPERT when it comes to dust collection too. At the end, I think its about EACH persons needs, risk, and cost. I run my shop as a startup business. Im retired too, so Its not MANDATORY with the stress. I can take the lost to build my shop right and take my time learning which many dont have the opportunity to do. I appreciate you HONESTY too, and keeping things REAL. Blessings.

the trolly idea: 100! where did you source it or did you make one?

Hi Joel, great video! Very interesting idea and you did a great job on final finishing/details. Definitely look to build something like this when we get our CNC...

Why did you do it backwards? I just put some together but put the nuts in the correct way.

What gauge are all your HVAC parts?

I’m only 2 1/2 minutes into this video and I’m already questioning your methods. Why all the talking and measuring? Why not just throw a 4’x4’ piece of plywood on there and see if it will bevel the edges of it? Done.

This was exactly my issue! Thank you!

Great info! I just bought that dust collector used and that is what lead me to your initial video. In designing what I had and how I wanted to lay it out, it is essentially very similar to your system layout in this video, although it's going to be portable, so it will look more like a tall Laguna Pflux. Like you, I worry about the Wen impeller weight (haven't added it yet but most likely will) But I worry more about turning the motor on its end because I worry that the armature weight + the impeller weight will wear out some thrust washer as the motor didn't have that kind of downward loading of weight applied when the shaft was oriented horizontally. I have a couple questions. As I said, my order of components is similar to yours except the old filter/bag round piece (separator) will be my inlet and the motor/blower will mount on top of that, where you now have the filter. I'll extend the motor fan inlet about 6 to 8" down, past the round concave baffle and just slightly beneath the inlet port, to make that separator function more like a cyclone would. So, that's stage one. Then stage two is the fan outlet feeds the inlet of my super dust deputy. The bottom outlet of the dust deputy will have a 1-to-3-gallon bucket on the bottom of it for fine dust and then a filter or filter box on the dust deputy top discharge port. The question is; just how much dust are you are actually accumulating in your second and 3rd stage ( the bag and filter)? You have a 3-stage system as you have installed it (cyclone/separator/filter) so I'm curious what and how much material actually makes it through to the 3rd stage. I may not need a filter with that much surface area if not much gets through to there. I've seen people show the level of separation by starting with an empty system then sucking up a pile of debris. Anyway, thanks for sharing your experience!

It looks like you could move the entire 4x4 over to the left at least 1/4" and get the full actual 4x4 cutting capacity with the bit setter still in place. Have you tested it again since this vid? Also I know you're using the clamp screws that came with the kit but would longer screws make it so you can get the piece even further over (closer to the center of the t-track)? Excellent video. I've wanted a shapeoko since the original XXL and am finally getting to place that I may be able to get one soon so I appreciate the thorough info.

I just sold my SO3 XXL and will be ordering a 5 Pro. On the slow homing, I had that on my 3 and they gave me a command to type in to speed that up, but I can’t remember it. If you ask them they can probably hook you up.

Good job. Thank you so much

I'm curious about how the pressure with the new fan is different now. You mention that the airflow has increased, but what about pressure? I think the different blade orientation would have.a pretty large effect on the pressure.

I've set up a woodworking shop and now have a clean slate, but I'm uncertain about what diameter pipe to opt for in my dust collection system. Currently, I'm equipped with a Harbor Freight 2HP setup, enhanced with upgraded fan blades and a P181038 filter, alongside the addition of the Oneida Cyclone, which I've wall-mounted. I've noticed many KZbin creators employing 4" pipes, while a few opt for 6". Could you shed some light on why you chose the size you did?"

i love how you edit in the real world struggles we all face sometimes.

filter cost more than what i paid for the dust collector

I have heard that some people have had issues with the Wen impeller, not a perfect fit and caused noise.

If it does everything you need, then. that is ALL that matters. Get it people that are pulling your hair out?

Glad you got that fixed up! Time to carve!

We know ours will :P at 2x the speed :P

mine just quit on me after 5 mos use….. its the gun not the battery

What brand is the table frame you've got yours setup on? I'm about to order an XXL and I like that steel frame vs building one out of 4x4 posts and wood frame

More than one data point is necessary to characterize the effectiveness of these modifications. I could be that when 20 foot of duct is installed that the flow falls on its face. The flow should have been measured by installing a vacuum gauge and a blast gate and then measuring the air velocity at different vaccum. Also knowing that most import motors usually have no reserve it would be nice to know what the motor amperage was pre modification. I understand the motor is slower to start and thus will be drawing max current for a longer time at start up but I am more concerned about the running current. A start capaciitor does not reduce the starting current, (it actually increases it) but reduces the time for the motor to get up to full speed which helps reduce overheating on startup.

How mush dust collects in your filter? I run a sander and it really plugs up the filter.

I added a donut baffle in the top of my filter side and a theine baffle on the bottom to try and prevent the thin dust sneaking up into my filter and the theine baffle traps the light dust in the bag. For my elevator I used the cranks off two pipe clamps welded to an angle bar. I shortened the pipes and attached them with collars to the base. It raises and lowers my barrel very well and seals it up under my cycline ring. My theine baggie is in the lid of the barrel.

Great video guy. Thank you for putting out your content. I did something similar to mine and is on my channel. It takes a lot to put out these videos and I understand the amount of effort that you have put in. Great job.

Love the review; thanks for posting it. I'm thinking of upgrading from a FoxAlien Vasto. I think I have it narrowed down to the Shapeoko 5 Pro 4x4 and Onefinity Elite Foreman (4x4). My Vasto is working well but I'm finding that the Vasto's 15"x15" platform is just a bit small for some of the work I do. I'm torn between the 4x4 and 4x2. I have the room for a 4x4 but took note of your commentary on the machine homing time which would be twice as long on a 4x4. But... I just know that the first time a job doesn't fit on the 4x2 I would be kicking myself.

Just wondering if lightburn is an option on operating this cnc...thanks Bill

If you can run that same motor on 220v you will use almost half the amperage. IF my reading is correct check on that & if my understanding is 😅 I would appreciate knowing 14:04 15:18 15:21

I thought my headphones had stopped working at the end of the video, but no, just no sound lol. Good video

What size Donaldson filter was used ?

I wanna know what computer mount you have there? I’ve been looking for something very similar to that!! Good video, thanks.

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I like it!! 💯

Nice ! Can you give me the info on your computer mount please ?

Came for the dust collector, stayed for the Vodoo, and the titan fitness boxes!, my type of channel :), what you dot on those boxes?

Is be interested in purchasing your paint can holder. Great design.

The intake port, cut out that cross support and the cfm will increase even more.

10/10 on the trolley 🏆

I have the 4 pro. It's solid. The biggest downfall of Shapeoko's products is without any doubt their crappy controller and software. I wish they just put a standard Mach3/UCNC/LPT port on their machines so we could use decent software. Their crap is soooo lame by comparison. (I built my own controller and threw theirs in the bin. WAY better. We shouldn't have to do that when we're paying this much money for the machine itself!)

Thanks for the review, I am a woodworker looking to add some automation for projects - Looking at your table, why did you set it up so high?

I haven't used screws in forever to much work. You need to try plastic nails, yes they are a thing for nail guns . It doesn't matter where you use the as you can cut right thru them . Lots less work

Look at your yardstick at time 9:01. I’m only counting 12 divisions between inches, not 16.

wow it came out beautiful Subbed

Nice video! I’m wondering if you compared this machine to the Onefinity Journeyman Pro prior to buying? I’m contemplating one or the other.

Do you know that you must ground to Earth the plastic and the metal piping to avoid any fire risk with the dust friction, you have no idea how explosive dusted environment can be. I've been a pro in woodworking and all dust collection pipes must be grounded to Earth in commercial workshops. The easiest way is to connect a copper cable to the metal pipes and use small sections with collars on the plastic connections.

seems like lots of CFM loss would have been nice to measure at the cyclone to see the piping loss. Have you cleaned your filter yet? looks a bit hard to get up there for that.

ok, so I will try not to drop my blower.. and I will put anchor points on the blower to winch it up in place.

It would be nice if the Donaldson website listed micron filtration size and merv ratings. I just got the 2hp 35 gal harbor freight 299$ -10% discount for ML King weekend. . It is a different model number 59726 and its 97869than the 70 gal one that they still have fir 279$. Not sure of the motor is the same and the bag ring same diameter. The mew one is 19 3/8" od. And 18 7/8" id where that slope is. So this filter should fit . Wonder why you didn't get 1550 cfm stock as advertised

This is a maintenance/owner issue. Manual states to check all hardware for torque and do this ongoing per manual . Also looks like you modified your CNC, looks like an issue you may have created by not properly torquing the hardware. Cleaning off your CNC is also part of overall maintenance.