Dust Collector Upgrades

I have been steadily working towards upgrading the dust collection system for the shop. My current system is a Shop-Vac with a Rockler Dust Right Separator, all connected to 2" piping. It works but Shop-Vac just doesn't have the power needed for an entire system of piping and blast gates.The first step was to replace the bag on the Harbor Freight unit with a 0.5 micron filter from Wynn Environmental http://www.wynnenv.com. I purchased their 35A274NANO, and installed it on my dust collector.The next step was to eliminate another item taking up floor space in the shop. After much thought, a space behind a walk-in door in the corner of the shop would work best.I was still not happy with the unit taking up precious floor space so i looked into alternative methods. The solution i settled on was to hang the filter/cyclone/bag from the ceiling and mount the motor on the wall, inline with the cyclone.Hanging the filter section was the easy part as the arms that supported the cyclone could be flipped around to be beside the filter. The two arms had a spacing of 24 inched and would hit ceiling joists perfectly. The third arm was not used.The difficult part was the motor and impeller. First the impeller housing outlet needed to be turned 90 degrees on the motor. The impeller was removed, 4 bolts holding the housing removed and the housing turned. The housing and impeller were reinstalled.Then I determined how far down  from the ceiling the cyclone inlet was. This would be used to determine the height the motor would be placed on the adjacent wall. I also determined how far away the motor would be placed to be able to hit one stud and not be too close to the cyclone.Once the proper height was determined, I transferred the information to a scrap piece of 3/4" oak plywood that was large enough to bridge two studs. I mounted the plywood with 3.5" long lag bolts. The motor was then mounted to the plywood and one stud using two 3.5" long lag bolts. The other two motor bolts were secured to the plywood using tee-nuts.The hose connecting the impeller housing and the cyclone was then installed. The end result placed the motor at about 6 foot off the floor, leaving room for a piece of equipment to be placed under and not be in the way.The next step is too use a 55 gallon fiber barrel to create chip separator that will be placed under the bag. That will all be connected to DWV PVC piping.Check back for more soon!