Thanks for the details.
I completely remove the filter from the dust collector. I take it outside. I set it so it's off the ground and allows air flow to exit the bottom. I will sit it on a three blocks. I blow from the outside and the dust comes off the filter and out the bottom thru the opening between the blocks and the ground.
Tom
Thanks for the details. I get your process now.
So the big question is: Do you find that the filter gets cleaner this way? As opposed to leaving the filter on the DC and blowing it out?
The couple of times I have removed my filter, and then blew it out with the leaf blower, I didn't find the filter any cleaner than just leaving it on the DC and blowing it out with the leaf blower.
Leaving the filter on the DC produced a lot less mess, because all the fines that I blew out ended up in the plastic bag. After I finished blowing the filter out on the DC, I take the filter off and blow it again with the leaf blower and very few fines would come out, so I assumed that blowing the filter out while it was on the DC, cleaned it just as good as removing the filter. Does that make sense?
Thanks again for your detailed process. Sometimes I think that I am using a good process, but then I find out about someone else's process and wonder if that process is better. That is one of my favorite things about woodworking: ask ten (10) different woodworkers how to accomplish a task and you may get ten (10) different answers. All the answers may work, but they may also vary in speed, cost and quality.