Welp, waiting for Excel Energy to get out here and hook power up at the pole. Everything inside the building is ready to go on the wiring end. Hopefully they get out here soon. A cabinet shop without a widebelt sander is basically castrated. I guess the upside to not having much going on is that the sander wouldn't be in high demand even if it were hooked up.
I've got two 1900cfm, two bag, Powermatic dust collectors. It has worked well having two separate units, being that my shop is semi divided in two parts anyways, because it was originally two separate spaces that a hole was knocked in the wall to make it two. The new sander needs 2700cfm to work correctly, so I'm going to pull from each of the dust collectors to each individual head. Parts are on the way for that. Should be ready before the end of the week.
Its a beast. Huge even, especially compared to my old sander.
Here she is at the place I bought it from.
Right side if you are on the feed side of things. Big motors. I should not have HP issues any longer that's for sure.
Finally in the door, and off its skid. Even with a forklift it was a challenge getting it off of the skid. My electrician buddy pretending to be doing some math.
Set in place and leveled out. I made some pucks out of stacked up 1/2" Baltic Birch for the pads to rest on so I could get a pallet jack under it easily if it needs to be pulled out for maintenance, or for when I eventually move.
The old Speedsander in the same place for a reference.
It's definitely time to get the process rolling on a new building. This thing is just going to make things even more cramped. There's only about five feet between it and the Striebig. Hopefully next year, or possibly the year after I can get into a new building of my own. I'm looking at building a minimum of 5k sq/ft, and might go as big as 10k sq/ft and build in some rental space to help cover the expense.