You know you've waited too long when.....

Mario Proulx · Post by **Mario Proulx** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:04 am

...your dust collector bags look like -this-!

These are 24" x 48" "bags", BTW.. Both bottom ones were full, but it gets better... Yup, the upper bags began to fill, too, but I didn't notice until I had removed the bottom ones!

Can you say "messy"?, boys and girls....? <lol>

Do as I say, not as I do..... Check them there bags!

Chuck Tweedy · Post by **Chuck Tweedy** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:37 am

Ooooo, that's a lot of flower!

Bob Gramann · Post by **Bob Gramann** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:48 am

When I had bags, the performance of the collector would start to go down when the bottom bag was half full. That gave me incentive to empty. I hated the emptying so much that I bought a large 1 micron filter to replace the top bag and started using a clear plastic bag on the bottom. The filter was way worth it. The volume the collector would pull about doubled. And, it's a lot easier to empty.

Mario Proulx · Post by **Mario Proulx** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:37 am

I've not found 24" diameter filters... Would love to find some! No room for a cyclone separator, either....

My dust collector is actually so oversized for my needs that I really don't notice when the bags fill, and in fact when the bags begin to fill up nicely is when they also begin the cake-over enough that they produce very, very little fine dust. Since I'm doing a full-on cleaning of them this time, I'm expecting to see a lot of fine dust this summer...

I typically only need to empty them once a year(only dust goes to it, no planer or jointer chips), in the fall, usually, but I've had a rather productive winter, it appears!

George Dunham · Post by **George Dunham** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:34 pm

All righty then..... What 'cha do with all that dust when it needs to be tossed? I live in the mountains and am reluctant to dump it out in the back 40.

Mario Proulx · Post by **Mario Proulx** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:21 am

Into the -big- compost pile and tilled-in already...

Throw away?? Never!

Alan Peterson · Post by **Alan Peterson** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 9:41 am

Owners of big shaggy dogs have been known to save bags of shed fur, spin it into yarn and make sweaters out of it -- I think Mother Earth News back in the 70s and 80s carried articles on that topic.

What about mixing that dust with a bunch of glue, making your own MDF out of it, and rolling out a line of from-scratch old family recipe Danelectros? Instead of Masonite, call the stuff "Mariolis" or something.

Certainly beats a sweater made from a Collie's tuchas.

MIMF

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