I recently purchased a Delta 31-260x 18" sander. It works quite well, really a great machine.
Now for the problem. I have it hooked up to a Jet Canister type dust collector. It seems that the dust from the sander is so fine that the canister stops up in a very short period of time while sanding. I don't really notice the reduction of suction until I use the dust collector for my table saw. I then find that I have to rotate the canister cleaning handle for almost each cut.
How are you trapping the "dust" from the sander? Would a Thein type chip collector be effective on sanding dust?
I really don't want to remove the canister and clean it every time I do any sanding but I can't seem to come up with any other way to solve this problem.
Thanks in advance.