Power Tools!!!

[OzarkSawdust]

How is Grizzly equipment for quality and build? Looking for decent quality at a good price, not just cheapest (junk) or top price point (can't afford) . On line they seem to have decent prices and a wide range of equipment. They have a showroom in Springfield MO, about an hour or so from me. 

[kmmcrafts]

1 hour ago, OzarkSawdust said:

If I get one, I may rearrange part of the shop to put it in a corner and build a sound screen in front of it. The spray foamed walls should absorb some of the sound. Are you using the stock bags, or a barrel to catch the dust/chips? I've also seen, on You Tube, some folks making a barrel with a Dust Deputy before it goes into the stock dust collector.

I just use the stock bags... I bought a pack of 6 of them.. fill them up and then take the full bags to my brothers saw mill and pour them into his big sawdust pile.. he sells it to landscapers, and farms etc.. I just empty and reuse the 7 bags.. eventually the bags get a rip or snag and I have put tape on them but.. probably about time to buy some more... I've thought about getting the barrel and the dust deputy type top for it to help keep from going through those bags.. but since I just run the bags to the mill and empty them out.. I didn't really see any point in doing that.. Then I'd need 6-7 barrels, LOL

I've thought about putting the bags online like FB Marketplace and sell the sawdust.. lots of people with small pets Hamsters and the like use sawdust for the bedding.. They could bring their own container or buy the bag for different price points... Probably more hassle than it'd be worth.. since my brothers mill is just 6 miles up the road.. Going to the mill always means I get to bring home a truck load of lumber cutoffs etc.. I have a hard time saying no.. and stocked on lumber for several years now.. Now.. if he only had BBply, LOL

[Rockytime]

I could use a new broom!

[OzarkSawdust]

2 hours ago, kmmcrafts said:

I just use the stock bags... I bought a pack of 6 of them.. fill them up and then take the full bags to my brothers saw mill and pour them into his big sawdust pile.. he sells it to landscapers, and farms etc.. I just empty and reuse the 7 bags.. eventually the bags get a rip or snag and I have put tape on them but.. probably about time to buy some more... I've thought about getting the barrel and the dust deputy type top for it to help keep from going through those bags.. but since I just run the bags to the mill and empty them out.. I didn't really see any point in doing that.. Then I'd need 6-7 barrels, LOL

I've thought about putting the bags online like FB Marketplace and sell the sawdust.. lots of people with small pets Hamsters and the like use sawdust for the bedding.. They could bring their own container or buy the bag for different price points... Probably more hassle than it'd be worth.. since my brothers mill is just 6 miles up the road.. Going to the mill always means I get to bring home a truck load of lumber cutoffs etc.. I have a hard time saying no.. and stocked on lumber for several years now.. Now.. if he only had BBply, LOL

That's one heck of a deal! Does he get any Walnut or other goodies?

 

[kmmcrafts]

13 minutes ago, OzarkSawdust said:

That's one heck of a deal! Does he get any Walnut or other goodies?

 

Yeah, some guy brought in several walnut logs to be custom sawn.. paid up front.. 15 years ago.. never picked it up.. my brother tried contacting the guy for a few years and couldn't get through.. a lot of it was rotted.. He gave it to me if I wanted to sort through and clean up the mess.. I ended up with about 200 bdft but it took a couple weeks work to sort and clean up the mess.. Got a whole lot of spalted maple and a little bit of birdseye maple.. cherry.. I actually hate to turn it away but I hate taking it too.. as it's green rough cut.. needs stickered and dried.. I've taken enough last couple years and am now just digging into some of it now that its been drying for a couple years..

[OzarkSawdust]

7 minutes ago, kmmcrafts said:

Yeah, some guy brought in several walnut logs to be custom sawn.. paid up front.. 15 years ago.. never picked it up.. my brother tried contacting the guy for a few years and couldn't get through.. a lot of it was rotted.. He gave it to me if I wanted to sort through and clean up the mess.. I ended up with about 200 bdft but it took a couple weeks work to sort and clean up the mess.. Got a whole lot of spalted maple and a little bit of birdseye maple.. cherry.. I actually hate to turn it away but I hate taking it too.. as it's green rough cut.. needs stickered and dried.. I've taken enough last couple years and am now just digging into some of it now that its been drying for a couple years..

With that kind of luck you should buy a bunch of Powerball tickets!!

[new2woodwrk]

5 hours ago, OzarkSawdust said:

How do you like the WEN 3410? I saw those and was thinking (dangerous) if it sucks air/dust in the filter end, and blows clean air out the grill. I could hang it in the middle of the shop and point it towards the end and it would circulate air around the shop as well as clean it. 

Shop photo almost two yrs ago right after it was spray foamed, NOT that clean any more LOL. But you can see the 9ft walls and high ceiling of the metal building. A little circulation of the warm air that rises to the top would really feel good this winter! 

I'd kill for a shop that size LOL

The Wen 3410 is the first machine I turn on everyday, after the lights of course. It's very quiet and can barely tell it's running.

Does it work?

Well, I've only changed the filter once since I bought it in February. It was definitely a different color LOL.

But in all honesty I don't really know how well it's working since I don't have anything to compare it to. But since the filter wasn't white when I changed it, I'd say yeah it works well.

 

 

[OzarkSawdust]

24 minutes ago, new2woodwrk said:

I'd kill for a shop that size LOL

The Wen 3410 is the first machine I turn on everyday, after the lights of course. It's very quiet and can barely tell it's running.

Does it work?

Well, I've only changed the filter once since I bought it in February. It was definitely a different color LOL.

But in all honesty I don't really know how well it's working since I don't have anything to compare it to. But since the filter wasn't white when I changed it, I'd say yeah it works well.

 

 

The WEN site had them for $134.50   so I just ordered one a few minutes ago. Seamed reasonable, and I need to start somewhere cleaning the air.

Sounds like it'll work out right. Thanks for the info!

 

Edited November 25, 2020 by OzarkSawdust

[kmmcrafts]

9 hours ago, new2woodwrk said:

I'd kill for a shop that size LOL

The Wen 3410 is the first machine I turn on everyday, after the lights of course. It's very quiet and can barely tell it's running.

Does it work?

Well, I've only changed the filter once since I bought it in February. It was definitely a different color LOL.

But in all honesty I don't really know how well it's working since I don't have anything to compare it to. But since the filter wasn't white when I changed it, I'd say yeah it works well.

 

 

Do you change the filter every time or do you tap it outside and knock off some of the dust?

I got basically the same one.. I take it outside almost every day and tap the filter on my propane tank (wearing a mask of coarse ) and there is a lot of dust blowing through the air.. falling onto the ground etc... I'd have to replace the filter 3 times a week if I was just to replace it when it's not white anymore, LOL.. I believe I read to tap it out right in the manual.. but when it changes color to the point that even after tapping it out then you need a new filter.. Well mines been that way several times now.. I then take a air hose from my compressor and blow it out.. Of coarse you need to do it from the inside toward the outside.. makes it like new again.. The filter material is getting ragged looking and I'm thinking I need to order a new one.. I'm talking about the prefilter by the way.. the cloth filter inside the body of the machine still white and looks as though it's new.. I may take it out and use the air hose just to see how much it has actually caught.. 

 

Mine is the Grizzly version but has the exact same style and control panel etc.. Pretty sure it is the same one with different badging.. Got mine on sale about 4-5 years ago.. but took me a year or more to finally put it up.. It catches a lot.. That said.. on a budget.. a box fan running with a filter does a lot too and much cheaper, LOL.. I run both and clean both filters at least a couple times a week.. Mostly from my sanders.. if I put together several projects to cut and don't run the sander.. I have very little dust on the filters... My new sander isn't nearly as good as my old one for collecting the dust in the dust canister it has.. hoping to get some sort of vac hooked up to my sander.. 

 

[stoney]

20 hours ago, kmmcrafts said:

 

Just to put into perspective.. The shop vac I have is louder than the DC.. but maybe not by a whole lot.. I bought the DC hose kit from HF as well and so I have the DC all the way at the other end of the shop so the noise isn't too bad.. But then.. I only r it for the planer and badsaw with the planer running I don't hear the DC, LOLun

Kevin that last line really hit me as funny and I LMAO.

[Roberta Moreton]

On 11/24/2020 at 3:34 PM, OzarkSawdust said:

How do you like the WEN 3410? I saw those and was thinking (dangerous) if it sucks air/dust in the filter end, and blows clean air out the grill. I could hang it in the middle of the shop and point it towards the end and it would circulate air around the shop as well as clean it. 

Shop photo almost two yrs ago right after it was spray foamed, NOT that clean any more LOL. But you can see the 9ft walls and high ceiling of the metal building. A little circulation of the warm air that rises to the top would really feel good this winter! 

I wish I would have sprayed mine. 

[new2woodwrk]

On 11/25/2020 at 6:27 AM, kmmcrafts said:

Do you change the filter every time or do you tap it outside and knock off some of the dust?

I got basically the same one.. I take it outside almost every day and tap the filter on my propane tank (wearing a mask of coarse ) and there is a lot of dust blowing through the air.. falling onto the ground etc... I'd have to replace the filter 3 times a week if I was just to replace it when it's not white anymore, LOL.. I believe I read to tap it out right in the manual.. but when it changes color to the point that even after tapping it out then you need a new filter.. Well mines been that way several times now.. I then take a air hose from my compressor and blow it out.. Of coarse you need to do it from the inside toward the outside.. makes it like new again.. The filter material is getting ragged looking and I'm thinking I need to order a new one.. I'm talking about the prefilter by the way.. the cloth filter inside the body of the machine still white and looks as though it's new.. I may take it out and use the air hose just to see how much it has actually caught.. 

 

Mine is the Grizzly version but has the exact same style and control panel etc.. Pretty sure it is the same one with different badging.. Got mine on sale about 4-5 years ago.. but took me a year or more to finally put it up.. It catches a lot.. That said.. on a budget.. a box fan running with a filter does a lot too and much cheaper, LOL.. I run both and clean both filters at least a couple times a week.. Mostly from my sanders.. if I put together several projects to cut and don't run the sander.. I have very little dust on the filters... My new sander isn't nearly as good as my old one for collecting the dust in the dust canister it has.. hoping to get some sort of vac hooked up to my sander.. 

 

I've only changed the filter once in 6 months - wasn't aware I could blow it out. But now that I think about it, it's what I do with my shop vac filter as well

You just saved me $20 every 6 months LOL

[barb.j.enders]

I just got the WEN 3410 for birthday gift.  Have yet to hang it up.  Looking forward to gaining a bit of space back by moving the box fan off the counter top!

[OzarkSawdust]

15 hours ago, Roberta Moreton said:

I wish I would have sprayed mine. 

I was checking into some type of insulation when I ran across a company from central KS. He said he was doing a big motel remodel job not too far from me. He was going to have a bunch of leftover chemicals and would make me one hell-of-a deal! But it had to be on his timetable...no problem! About two weeks later he called and said they would be over that night when they finished the job. I had most everything ready, they rolled in about 8pm, the guys moved the rest of the stuff while the first guy started spraying. About midnight they were done, had all the stuff shoved back inside and rolled out for their home in central KS! I payed them around 1/4th what others had quoted. They got some money for chemicals they would have dumped...I got an insulated shop...everyone was happy!!