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| S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: caskwith on August 18, 2014, 04:06:13 AM ---Are you making this as a project (ie the making is part of the fun) or are you just wanting a cyclone for purely practical purposes? If it's the latter I can heartily recommend Cyclone Central, I have 2 and they are brilliant and there is still some assembly to enjoy in the process but you know the end product will be good and not a waste of time and money. --- End quote --- £110 looks like a serious waste of time and especially money for some bits of plastic sheet you assemble yourself. At less than £10 for a sheet of steel (or £25 for polycarb), with the only extra labour being marking and cutting it out (which is no problem with just tin snips on metal that thin), you're saving £100. You'd think they'd at least assemble the cone for you at that price. Interesting that they seem to make it from polycarbonate though. Although it looks like they also sell a pressure valve to prevent the cone from collapsing if your hoses get clogged. |
| S. Heslop:
Been a little busy with other stuff but i've finished the sheet metal part now. Was a real wrestle getting that cone together. I'd also chosen 4.8mm pop rivets thinking 'bigger is better!' but I had a hard time setting those even with both hands. My fingers are killing! I'm pleased the cone ended up the right size. I couldn't try testing the fit before drilling holes (I tried but it was too much to juggle), so I just had to have faith in my measurements. Really I should've just used screws though. I think the only real reason to use pop rivets is when you don't have access to the other side of a hole. |
| vtsteam:
Looks good Simon. From here it looks like you went with aluminum. |
| S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on August 21, 2014, 11:11:42 AM ---Looks good Simon. From here it looks like you went with aluminum. --- End quote --- It's 0.5mm galvanized steel. It had exactly the kinds of properties I was after, possible to flex into a cone but not too thin it might buckle. There's still a few more things to do to complete the collector, of course. But there's already a million videos and articles online about building the things so there's really no point in keeping a log of it. But yeah, thanks for the help. |
| vtsteam:
Well, it's always nice to see your work, even if others have done something similar. :beer: |
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