Oneida Mini Gorilla Dust Collector: Assembly & Overview

It's been many years since I paid much attention to my dust collection system which was overdue for a rebuild, or even better, a whole new system that I can move around my workshop and that takes up much less space, I finally decided on the Oneida Mini Gorilla Dust Collector from Oneida Air Systems
because of its power, compact design and something that I knew would be a good fit for my small shop. I wanted something that would be easy to clean to help reduce the dust in my shop and where I could use plastic bags to reduce the clean-out dust which also adds to air-borne dust in my woodworking workshop.

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[rogerstephenson]

On my previous setup I needed to lift a 33 gallon trashcan into a position similar to yours. My solution was to build a cheap & cheerful lever (think seesaw), by placing the can on top of the low end I could use my knee or foot to press down on the high side and easily lift and hold the can until it was secured. It took more time to think it out than it did to build. I love your videos and look forward to each one.

[jaysimmons]

Thanks for the review. I highly recommend this unit for a small one man shop. Made in the US which is rare for dust collectors.
Some things to watch:
1. Do not overfill the collection drum. If you overfill the carryover into the HEPA filter will permanently reduce your airflow no matter how hard you try clean the filter.
2. Getting the drum properly aligned is difficult as Colin says. I added a small bracket midway between two of the legs helps to align when pulling up the first clamp on the side opposite the added bracket.

[artelements]

Awesome - thank you. I think this is the one for me. I will raise it up so that it’s even easier to get to the drum for removal and reattaching.

[fredlove]

When reattaching the barrel, I slide a piece of 3/4” plywood on the floor underneath the barrel. It lifts the casters up off the floor so the barrel doesn’t roll around and gets the clips closer to the spot where they need to hook on. Makes it easy.

[Jimc]

It looks like a very good system you've gotten. Best of luck with it in your shop. Hope you do a follow-up review after using it for a few months!

[ex-nerd]

I picked one of these up a couple years ago from craigslist (poor guy was moving and had to sell off his woodshop), and absolutely love it for all of my tools (well, except the ones that are too small and work better with my festool + dust deputy). The previous owner tossed in a 240v Long Ranger switch and 2 remotes, which are an awesome addition that I highly recommend (both have 3m "command" velcro on them, one lives on the mini gorilla and the other is usually stuck to my table saw (which is the most awkward reach to the dust collector).

[stephendonathan]

That looks like a great dust collector! If it was me I would get some small barrels and put close to the machines that collect the most dust.

[DKen]

Great review and information. One day I will upgrade my system to this in my garage.

[tedpuckett]

Does look like an awesome unit with quite a bit of volume of air it moves. Just out of my $$ range currently. The bag for the chips does look easier to change out so that would be nice. Thank you for sharing

[Ritalie]

12:45. You just said the single greatest thing in history. Vacuums should have a BAG. When you create a bigger mess emptying something and have an explosion of fine dust covering your entire body, that defeats the purpose of dust collection. The only reason that there are a 2 million "dust cyclone" videos on YouTube is because shop vacuums aren't shipped with bags. They should include at least 10 bags when you buy one, because the filter isn't designed to function without a bag. Vacuums being sold without a bag are actually not functional, and should have a class action lawsuit for trying to force consumers into constant filter replacements. I put a bag in my Rigid shop vacuum and the filter never even gets dirt on it, and you can suck up 15 pounds fine dust and sawdust, with no loss of suction, it transforms the usability.

[googleuser]

Going to stick with my Cyclone and HD bucket, but great video!

[norm]

Thank you for sharing your review, nice machine stay safe happy and healthy from Henrico County Virginia

[barryirby]

Looks great. Maybe you could fabricate some sort of lever/jack to lift the bucket into place with your knee.

[bamsebrumbamsebrumen]

I can but feel envy.... I think you should replace those clips with a single leverage handle, I believe Jer Schmidt has a very nice solution on his dust collector.

[Cecil_X]

I have been looking at Oneida new "High Pressure" dust collector. I was hoping that is the one you reviewed.

[csimet]

Great overview. Seems nice for an all-in-one portable unit, but very pricy at almost $2000. It lacks some features like a canister crank to clean the inside of the filter and the canister & collection bins are much smaller than I'd like to see (half the size).

I have a Grizzly G0944 and plan to add an Oneida Super Dust Deputy XL to a metal 30 gallon garbage can as my 2-stage. I needed 6" inlet and outlets as to not restrict the collector feed off my 6" main line (that then splits off into a pair of 4"). The entire setup will cost well under $2000, including all the SDR 35 piping, elbows/fittings and flex hoses.

[andrewpinson]

I have the same set-up. Can you do an update and show how you have it hooked to different tools. I was told that it did not work well with smaller inlets - 2 1/2" ports of some small shop tools. How long of large inlet must run before you can go down to 2 1/2" ports.

[inspectr]

Highly recommend the Dust Sentry option so you know when the canister is full especially when hooked up to a planer otherwise you'll pack the filter solid with chips in no time which is a pain to clean out.

[jamesanthony]

I've never had a problem with mini gorilla dust. I guess I should keep an eye out for those things in my shop. Just so long as they don't fling poo at me or ransack the workbench, I guess I can live with the mini gorillas.

[hassanal-mosawi]

Thanks, for sharing that, good for you!