Bags for DC3300 Dust Collector

jb41339 · Post by **jb41339** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:42 am

I would imagine that this question has been asked before, but I am wondering what everyone is using for replacement bags for their DC3300 Dust Collector.

I know Shopsmith.com has them for sale, but with the price for a bag of six plus shipping costs plus sales tax.... this makes them a wee bit expensive. I know theirs are 30 gal 4-mil clear plastic. I can't seem to find this size (gal and mil thickness) anywhere else.

What do most owners on this forum use?

Thanks to all.

Jim in Tucson, Arizona

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:56 pm

I empty my bag either in the yard or in yard waste pick-up and reuse em.

8iowa · Post by **8iowa** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:13 pm

I empty the Shopsmith bag into a larger "contractor's" bag, and then reuse the Shopsmith bag many times until it fails, usually a split, or I snag it on something. Actually, even these minor defects can be repaired with celephane tape.

Whenever Shopsmith has a sale, I purchase several sets of bags, and now, with the way I use them, I probably have a supply that will last many years.

burkhome · Post by **burkhome** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 7:44 pm

beeg wrote:I empty mt bag either in the yard or in yard waste pick-up and reuse em.

2o years ago I ran the low grade division of a large hardwood mill in Southern Indiana. EPA visited us routinely. Turns out red oak saw dust is a hazardous waste.

fjimp · Post by **fjimp** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:28 pm

8iowa wrote:I empty the Shopsmith bag into a larger "contractor's" bag, and then reuse the Shopsmith bag many times until it fails, usually a split, or I snag it on something. Actually, even these minor defects can be repaired with celephane tape.

Whenever Shopsmith has a sale, I purchase several sets of bags, and now, with the way I use them, I probably have a supply that will last many years.

Yes Sir, my mode of operation exactly. I currently believe I have a lifetime supply of the Shopsmith bags on hand. Then again once the new shop is completed and assuming the folks in power are as successful as it appears they will be at putting me out of business, I may go through DC3300 bags faster than ever before. Fjimp

SDSSmith · Post by **SDSSmith** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 9:08 pm

I like the others have noted reuse the bag on my DC3300's. In the past when I did not have any bags I had success using the 3 mil. thick Iron Hold 32 gallon contractor bags from HD. I would cut the bag down to 36" and they worked fine. They are black so I had to feel the bag to determine how full it was, which was no big deal.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:25 pm

ditto to 8iowa's post #3. Exactly my mode!