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That $30 harbor freight dust collector I laughed at actually cut my shop cleanup time in half
I've been sweeping sawdust for 2 hours every weekend until my buddy brought his over and I watched it fill a bag in 10 minutes. Has anyone else found a tool they scoffed at that actually saved them?
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aaronrobinson29d ago
$30 harbor freight dust collector. I bet the bag ripped open after three uses and you just spent another thirty on replacement bags. Those things are loud, they leak dust everywhere, and they don't filter fine particles worth a damn. You're still breathing in all that fine sawdust while it fills a bag with big chips. I've seen three of those fail within a year at different shops. The impeller cracks, the plastic housing warps, and then you're right back to sweeping. A decent shop vac with a cyclone separator costs more but actually works and lasts. You got lucky for a few weekends but that thing is a ticking time bomb.
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Fair enough but I see it a little different honestly. Sometimes a cheap tool that does the job halfway is still a huge step up from doing it by hand. Not everyone can drop $300 on a fancy cyclone setup right away. That dust collector got a guy off his feet and cut his cleanup from hours to minutes even if it's not perfect. Yeah the bags might rip and it leaks dust but for $30 it's a gateway tool that teaches people why they want a better one later. I'd rather have a janky dust collector than no dust collector at all.
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