Long winded story made short. I managed to suck up a home depot bag when I powered on my DC last night (I still move machine to machine remember?), prior to hooking the hose up to the planer, well that bag went into the Thien lid, and straight through, stopping on the cross piece in the inlet of my HF DC. The air was still flowing so I didn't think much other than it didn't seem right, and sure enough, one pass through the planer at 1/32" of cedar and the hose and separator were completely stopped up.
I cut the cross piece out and bent the remaining tabs back in so they wouldn't hook on anything, including me.
So if you have a DC with one of these cross pieces and you suddenly seem to lose suction, check that cross piece. They apparently don't like Home Depot bags...
I cut the cross piece out and bent the remaining tabs back in so they wouldn't hook on anything, including me.
So if you have a DC with one of these cross pieces and you suddenly seem to lose suction, check that cross piece. They apparently don't like Home Depot bags...
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