A powerful dust collector from Shop Fox, this unit features an extra heavy-duty 12-inch steel impeller and a 1-1/2 HP motor that runs on 110-Volt.
Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
I purchased the Shop Fox W1685 elsewhere for $199 and I've got no regrets. It's solid and heavy. The supports for the dust separator are 3/4" pipe and the support for the upper bag is 1/2" pipe, very solid. I had a little trouble with the nuts and bolts that it came with, they're CHEAP!!! Stamped out at some other Chinese factory where the quality control isn't up to snuff. I had to replace a couple of bolts and nuts because the threads were badly formed. The rest of the unit is excellent, all of the mounting holes lined up perfectly. It draws 16 amps on startup. So you better be prepared with either 2 circuits, one for the dust collector and the other for your power hungry tool, or be able to start the tools sequentially. The latter is what I do. As for the noise level, I'm quite pleased for now. It's much less than the shop vac I've been using until now and the pitch is much lower and therefore not irritating. But, combined with other tools one should still wear hearing protection. I don't have any problems recommending this dust collector to anyone.
