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| thecogwheel:
A few nights ago I took 30 minutes and made a 'cyclone' separator to go in front of my vacuum. I usually used my vacuum to clean up the shop, and would go through a number of relatively expensive vacuum bags (I use them to help clean up fine particulate like grinding dust). Now I just dump the pail and the bag stays relatively clean. Naturally I made a video of the project (which took longer than the project to do :) ) https://youtu.be/vvVokh3UNVM I don't know how well the 'cyclone' will work for fine particulate such as saw dust. Most designs use a cone shaped funnel on top of a pail of some sort. This one is much more rudimentary, although I'm going to try vacuuming up some saw dust to see how well it works. I don't do very much woodworking anyway so it's not really a big deal. It was a lot less money than a purchased unit. I spent about $30 including the hose. The Dust Deputy, which is a great product, is north of $100 where I live. The savings will naturally be spent on more tools for the shop of course. |
| Pete.:
Nice work. I have a cyclone unit and a steel bin to fit it into but have not yet got around to it. My shop vac doesn't use bags so I don't have your motivation just yet. |
| John Rudd:
Great job....! I could so with something like that for my grit blasting cabinet.... |
| RobWilson:
:thumbup: Nice job :clap: :clap: Rob |
| mattinker:
Might I suggest that you add a Thein baffle, it would improve the separation at very little cost and effort! http://woodgears.ca/dust_collector/separator.html Regards, Matthew |
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