yeah cleaning out a DC once full is gonna be a mess. so which powermatic do you have. sounds like what you have might be all you need barb ? with your size shop i dont think you need some high volume super duper DC ? your not doing high volume work creating large amounts of sawdust ? if what you have will do it why waste money on a system 3x what you need ? 2800 hundred bucks will buy a lot of walnut my friend !!!!

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