[bandtank]

How loud is the harbor freight dust collector?

[DIYaholic]

I ordered my HF 2HP DC Saturday with the $139.00 coupon. Yea!!! :banana:

I will modify and add a Thien Baffle when it arrives. The 0.5micron cartridge filter upgrade is unfortunately going to have to wait a little while.

The DC is the first step towards finally setting up my basement shop (if you don't count the demo, clean up and painting). This also means that I will have to finalize the design of my 3' x 4' R&P CNC Router, I won't have the "No Shop" excuse anymore (and I am such a good procrastinator).

Randy,

[brtech]

...The 0.5micron cartridge filter upgrade is unfortunately going to have to wait a little while.

I understand.

Wear a respirator while you are in the shop cutting

[DIYaholic]

Wear a respirator while you are in the shop cutting

Thanks for the "heads up" regarding a respirator, I may try to temporarily vent outside in the mean time. Won't be too long before the 0.5micron upgrade.

Randy,

[ger21]

How loud is the harbor freight dust collector?

It's not quiet.
But it's far less annoying than a Shop Vac or a router at 25,000 rpm.

[RedskinsJBS]

How loud is the harbor freight dust collector?

I measured mine at 3ft without any ducting attached (Which mean no load -> higher rpm -> louder noise) and it was right on the border between 94.9 and 95 dB.

HTH,

Jay

[bandtank]

I measured mine at 3ft without any ducting attached (Which mean no load -> higher rpm -> louder noise) and it was right on the border between 94.9 and 95 dB.

HTH,

Jay

Thanks.

I'm going to pick up the HF dust collector this afternoon. I don't really understand how I can use it as a central garage vacuum as well as my CNC vacuum yet, but I need to mess around with it first anyway. Maybe I'll try adding the baffle, too.