sreilly24590,
I trust that those projects you have been working on have left the shop cleaner than before the Cv1800.
Your last post mentioned a bag inserted in the dust collection barrel which you have apparently abandoned. I can see how a bag that is carried up from the basement through the house when emptying the barrel could be a little easier and cleaner. I also know that an unrestrained bag, that is nothing to hold the bag in the barrel when the cyclone is on, can result in the bag being sucked up into the cyclone.
If you abandoned the idea because of the hassle associated with mechanical bag holders, then another option may be worth considering. This option requires running a length of Tygon tubing (clear flexible tubing available in the many home centers), perhaps ½” inside diameter, from the cyclone inlet to the lower side of the dust collection barrel may be worth considering. Some of the suction from the cyclone is transferred to the barrel. The suction is enough to keep a bag in place. This system allows a bag to be removed and re-installed as one would replace a trash bag in a household trash container.
My recollection is that Grizzly employs this bag-holding system on some of their dust collectors. I recently gained first-hand experience with this vacuum bag holding system. The Oneida Dust Cobra, their HEPA shop vac, features such a system. It does a good job of holding the dust barrel bag in place.