J. Phil Thien's Projects

For what it is worth,  I have removed the cones and moved them above the inlet.

A final picture of the other side.  I guess I will be moving the cones.  I don't expect Jet to do anything on a 20? year old tool.  Somebody posted that othe blue DC on auction sites had the ring in the sam place so I doubt it is a defect.

I have no choice but o flip and switch sides.  If I just swap left and right they stick out the wrong side.  If I just turn them upside down they stick out the wrong side.  If I do both the supports do not line up.

It was pretty crusty and Jet blue when I got it so I painted it Jet white so it would better fit into the shop.  I looked at the similar one on the Grizzly site and the cone is above the input.

Well I don't have a manual because I bought it used.  The tool is so old that Jet doesn not have a manual online.  That being said,  I know the rings are not upside down and swithed because if I were to filp and reverse them the support rods won't line up correctly.


I was hoping somebody would chime in and say try this because this will work.


I tried it and it didn't.


I guess I have no choice but to remove the rings and move them to the top.

It would be easy enough to flip them upside down .  The input is offcenter so the ring would raise up about 4 inches.  That doesn't worry me as much as the cone pointing up.  Anthing that falls out of the filter will get caught in the ring

I was talking to Phil over on Woodnet and he wanted me to bring pictures over here.  I have an older JET DC-1883 3hp 2 bag DC.  The cone is actually below the input unlike the 1100.  Has anybody rigged up on something similar?  I guess I could try to pop the spot welds on the cone and move it up but the circumference is slightly smaller above the intake.  Any suggestions?  Thanks Cary