I search craigslist a couple time a week for deals. I've been looking for a great deal on a dust collector because my current collector isn't powerful enough to do anything but collect chips. I ran across this dust cat this weekend which is designed to filter the air in the shop. I'd never heard of it before but after a little research I found it does a good job of collecting the fines.


The dust cat is very well built and engineered. This unit was made in '99 and is very quiet and runs great. It has a basic squirrel cage with a .75 hp 110 v motor which is supposed to draw 2200 cfm ( probably over rated like most dc's).


There is a 4" pleated pre filter and a 36" long pleated "tube" type filter. The filters need replacing which will run $160. The unit now retails for $2300 which is a lot of coin. I paid $120 for it but will have to clean it up a bit.


I'm curious to see how well it works. Anyone have any experience with these units?

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