Q: Does Boshco take trade ins?
A: Yes, we are always looking at any machine customers would like to trade in.
We offer delivery of the new machine and removal of the trade in.

Q: What if I want to buy a machine but it is too expensive. Do you offer financing?
Yes. Boshco is aligned with several financial institutions who offer
Excellent rates. For example if you wanted to purchase a machine costing $30,000.00, your payments would be $599.00/month for 60 months.

Q: AMPS – What is the AMP draw on the motor?
A: Click AMPS and you’ll find a list of all our motors and their amp draw at 208/230 or 460/480 3 phase or 220 1 phase.

Q: Ducting Material – Can I use HVAC ducting or how about PVC, it’s cheaper and looks like it can do the job?
A: It does look like it can do the job, but it can’t. HVAC duct is of a much lesser gauge than the ducting used in dust collection. Generally it cannot withstand the pressure and will “collapse” (According to some of our customers who have tried it, it’s not a pretty picture!!). PVC will generate generous amounts of static electricity, and therefore create a fire hazard. Rule of thumb…if you see lots of dust clinging to the bottom of your PVC ducting it is there because of static…otherwise gravity would have intervened.

Q: Filter Bag Cleaning – Can we clean the bags and how?
A: Yes you can. There are several ways of doing this. The most obvious and easiest is to take off the bags, take them somewhere outside, turn them inside out and beat them. Some customers use compressed air and tell me it works. Commercial Dry Cleaning is also an option. Buy a second set of bags and send the others to be dry cleaned. Generally Cleaning companies that clean uniforms, gloves, etc. will clean the bags as well. Washing – Somewhat Controversial…our manual tells you not to wash the bags yet a number of customers have done it with good results. The key here is to turn the bags inside out, get most of the dust out by beating them, and finding a Laundromat far away from your company or neighborhood!!

Q: Can you “prime” Filter Bags?
A: Yes you can. If your dust collector runs on let’s say a planer, jointer, CNC machining center and widebelt sander you run your planer or jointer for the first few hours with new filterbags. This provides the bags with a nice non-dense coating and will keep the fine dust from penetrating the pores too much.