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| Chuck in E. TN:
My recycled house type upright vacuum bit the dust today. The armature is burnt and the brushes are about gone. I need some recommendations for a replacement for the shop. Mostly metal work so needs to be powerful enough to suck up swarf, but not get it into the workings. I intend to build a cyclone type separator to put inline with the vac to help prevent metal dust getting into the motor . What is the minimum power required? Will 3 HP be enough? On a budget of course! I have a collection of tools and hoses saved from various other vacuums so I can adapt down to 1 1/2” accessories. I'm looking at 3 hp ShopVac model from Wally World. Around $60. What are your favorites? Anyone build a simple cyclone separator? Chuck |
| Country Bubba:
Chuck, Your shop vac sounds good by me. As to simple cheap plans for what is purported to be an excellent dust collector/separator and therefore should work with heavier materials also, do a google for: Thien Cyclone Separator lid This is simply constructed and from some of the videos I've seen seems to work very well also. |
| Chuck in E. TN:
Thanks for the link, Art. I'll study that design, and maybe adapt it to a 5 gal. plastic bucket. Chuck |
| andyf:
Another DIY cyclone on Mr Ishimura's site. Cancel any offers to translate from the Japanese; it's in English. http://homepage3.nifty.com/amigos/57_cyclone_dust_collector/cyclone_dust_collector-e.htm Andy |
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