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Old 11-24-2008, 08:34 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by Slipknot View Post
I added one of those felt bags to my collector years ago, works well, then a few years later those Jet pleated filters with the stirrer on them came out, wish I had one of those now.
The fine dust gets trapped on the pleated filter, 2 micron, the flapper doesn't get it all off. Every 6 months I take the thing outside and vacuum it with a shop vac, with a clearstream filter.
I normally get a few gallons of dust out of it.
It particularly cakes up on the lower lip of the unit.
Needless to say, I am glad it is in the unit, not out around my shop.
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