New Shop Smith owner

[robg]

Thanks for looking Ed. I will call the help line and ask them what the best way is to get to it. I don't mind removing the whole unit. It looked clean though - so I don't know what getting to the impeller will do for me. *shrug* I do think my duct colletcion performance is sub par compared to other units I have seen though, so it's worth looking into.

[ncc1701dhhr]

I think both ncc1701dhhr and robg may be having the same problem, something wrong with the impeller. Pull the dust cover off and then remover the plastic dust shroud so you can see the impeller. Is there anything stuck on it? Is any of the blades missing, nicked, broken?
My DC3000 will keep up with both my jointer and Delta planner and then some. It easily keeps up with the saw. Remember the lower blade guide is not sealed so there will be some dust that escapes but I have cut all day and only have a light dusting of dust on my floor under the SS.

I also often open one of the empty ports just to let the DC collect any dust floating in the air along with having it hooked up to the saw. It looses an little suction force but moves more air. This way it actually seems to collect more dust that way.

The only noise other than the motor and some impeller noise is when a rag, piece of paper/tape/sales receipth gets sucked up and hangs on to the impeller. It sort of growls then.

You might have a point , But my dust collector has a total of mabe 1 1/2 hours use in this time it has only been hooked up to the -saw, band saw. sanding disk. and has not been used off the shop smith at all so all it has seen is saw dust. I have a dedicated wall mounted shop vac for shop clean up ect:floors, benches, and such. but I will look to see if there might be something interfearing with the impeller, and let you know. But I belive unless it shipped with the problem it will be clear.

[wlcummings]

Have had mine for 20 years and have had to replace the impeller twice. How a impeller goes bad is beyond me. it has been 5 years now and all i can remeber is you have to dismantle the whole thing to replace it. :)

[ncc1701dhhr]

I think it was Doug Reid who convinced the room full of us that the Dust collector actually works better with all three openings open, i.e. hooked to the saw with two others open. It has to do with CFM total.

I find it works fine and does help to clear the air. Oft times I'll let it run for a few minutes to help clear flying fine dust from woods that irritate my nose and lungs.

;) well I took it apart to the point i could see the impeller and it was clear of any debries, Do hope I never have to tear down to replace, not hard but a lot to it!

found out the above is true i removed a second port and it did improve it's ability to pickup dust so i just left it open.

I do hope they improve it's cfm it is sad that there are systems out there that
are less cost have 1 to 1.5 micron dust collection are on wheels and are the mabe 1 foot longer base and sell for 379.00 with 1100 cfm. :eek:
and on the shop smith site it say's that cfm is more important than stattic vacume, You think they would want to try to give you some thing equal to there name in quality, no where have i seen any dust collection offered with such a low cfm as shop smith dc 3300. Im just saying with the quality and performance of every thing elce i have tried from shop smith this is a real let down :( I have since seen and tried the higher cfm units and all i can say is wow!!! it is actualy quiter too and no dust fall out it sucks it away almost faster than the saw can make it!! :cool: ( look's like my DC 3300 will be in a corner collecting dust after all.)