My wife just bought me a Steel City 1.5 hp dust collector for Xmas (best gift I could've asked for!!) and I'm trying to think of ways to set it up. I've thought about it a lot and really come up with more and more questions as I go.
I really want to add a pre-separator, Phil Thien's baffle style (it seems to work well from what I've read), for convenience and to preserve the impeller. From what I've read, I'd like to keep the largest diameter hose as long as I can from the DC. Can I change the y on the inlet of the blower from 2- 4"ers to one 6 inch inlet to go to the trash can? But I guess before that, can this DC (1.5 hp, 11.5" impeller, 1200 "claimed" CFM) support 6" ducting? If so, can one make a Phil Thien baffle style preseprator out of a 30 gal. trash can with 6 inch inlet and outlets? I believe Greg McAllister made one here but I don't have any way to work metal (that I know of!). Are there any other ideas on this?
Thanks all in advance.
Jamie