After searching through the forum, I settled on a V3000. Factoring in shipping to the west coast, V3000 seems to be the best value for the 2~3hp onieda system.
The V3000 will be connected to a 4"x8" haas sr-100 cnc router and I hope V3000 will be enough to handle it.
At the local community college I noticed the flexible dust collection hose was suspended from the ceiling via a ball joint. I am thinking of doing the same setup but I don't know what size ball joint to get.
I plan on mounting the V3000 to the wall and running a ~15' straight section of 6" metal tube directly to the top of the router table at ceiling height ~11 1/2".
Should I neck down to a 4" flexible hose and go with a 4" inexpensive plastic ball joint from Rocker or go the more expensive 6" metal ball joint and stay at 6" to the router spindle?
thanks,
John