JET Cyclone 1.5-HP Dust Collector (JCDC-1.5)

Dust collector review I’ve been running this for a few hours and the result is much better than previous single stage 1hp unit. I use this in a 2 car garage dedicated shop with about 15’ of 6” duct across the ceiling with a few 4” flex drops with gates to my equipment. When I turned it on it cleared out all the left over debris my previous system couldn’t handle. I was very pleased with running my table saw with almost zero dust coming off the blade above the cut. The dust collector had about a large coffee can worth of dust in the main collector and again almost zero dust in the air filter area after a good “raking” of the filter. The next test will be heavy demand on the thickness sander. This will be the true test of this units ability to handle the fine work. Agee tips on building. Staring with removing the bottom staples where the carton is attached to the skid. Then easily lift off the carton. Unload all the parts. Please note that many parts are nested inside of others. I thought two bigs parts were missing but were inside the filter canister and dust bin. Get some little trays to easily find the right nuts and bolts. The supplied wrenches are useless, don’t bother with them, and the bolts are off size and neither metric nor standard properly fit well. I used an adjustable wrench for final tightening. I used the same technique another mentioned by mounting the motor with the stand laid down and then easily lifted the unit upright. Go slow with starting all bolts. Like I said they’re a little off but all worked if you remain patient. My total assembly time from open to built was about 90 minutes My unit measured at 79 db about 6 db lower than my previous unit. My ambient sound level about 50 db. Very happy about that. The pitch is also lower making the sound almost relaxing. I would recommend this unit and am relieved as this unit was bit more expensive than I wanted but my health is important.

I am very conflicted with this review. The packaging was excellent. Not a scratch or anything missing and the instructions are great. Simple and easy to follow. Getting the motor on top of the base was a massive pain though. Now for the disappointment. The motor and filter connection holes don’t line up! The connection on the motor is rotated 90 degrees. I had to drill holes in the plastic myself to make it fit, which worked out in the end. The unit runs really well. It’s quiet enough to not bother anyone else in the house and the suction is great. I use this for my router, planer and jointer and it’s amazing. But come on! Make the pieces fit you absolute clowns! Attached images of the faulty pieces.

I bought this as a secondary dust collector to service a few smaller tools in one corner of my shop. I have a 3hp cyclone servicing the larger tools at the other end of the shop, and I prefer not to have it running just for a miter saw or router table. I was previously using a wall mount 1hp Grizzly for these smaller tools and it just wasn't powerful enough. I chose the Jet 1.5hp because I wanted to be able to plug it into any 110 outlet in my shop. Plus it has the dust bin and good air filter. I wasn't sure if it would be a big enough difference over the old 1hp wall mount, but I was pleasantly surprised at the difference! This thing has some serious power. I only have 3 short lines connected to it. The longest is about 10 feet to my miter saw hood. So I don't know how it would perform over long distances across the entire shop, but it does very well in my setup. The old one couldn't even keep the box under my router table empty with only 3 feet of pipe in between them. This Jet 1.5hp seem 3 times as powerful and gets all the dust. Others have noted problems with the remote. I haven't experienced any problems as of yet. Assembly was pretty easy. Some parts of the manual could be clearer and the bolts need to be labeled better. Overall, not bad. I only needed a second person when attaching the blower unit to the top of the frame. We each held one side and were able to slip the bolts in at the same time. Delivery was easy. Amazon delivered in a box truck that was small enough for my circle drive. They sent 2 men for delivery. The unit comes in a big box on a small pallet. Two people can pick up the entire pallet. It's not hard to move around. This a great little dust collector at an appropriate price. After this purchase, I would definitely consider Jet again if I was replacing my larger dust collector.

Honestly, I was a little skeptical that this collector would do the job, but it proved me wrong. It has plenty of suction for a small shop like mine, I have 4 tools hooked up to it through a series of plastic hose and blast gates. The remote works like a champ and the noise level is quite low. My buddy and I can carry on a conversation standing right next to it while it's running. Like someone else said , "It SUCKS!!!"

This is a well designed, well engineered and manufactured machine. Good quality metal. It is a bitch to assemble!! Look at some ytube's. The assembly took me over 10 hours . I have been using the JCDC 1.5 for about a month connected to joiner and a thickness planner. It does a great job, fairly quiet and much easier to empty than one with a hanging bag.

My only regret is that the bags fill up too fast, especially when running a planer, and the bags seem to always be backordered.

I have a detached shop, and have used a shop vac for years, but decided to upgrade to this unit. It was a bit difficult to assemble, but with a couple of block and tackles from the rafters, you can easily lift the heavy motor. It seems to work great in the limited time that I used it yesterday in the shop, and most of the dust ended up in the barrel, rather than in the filter, as it should be. It is quite a bit quieter than my shop vacuum (though it is about 20 years old). I am glad that I got it.

This is a great dust collector. Assembly was straight forward enough, though you will need someone to help lift the heavy motor unit and hold till bolts can be installed. My only complaint is that it trips my circuit breaker. It is on a dedicated, 20 amp circuit. First time each crafting session that I turn it on, pop. I must reset the breaker. After that it works correctly. I’m sure it will wear out the breaker. They need to improve the design. That’s the reason for 3 stars, if it didn’t do that it would get 5.