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Gallery, Projects and General => Gallery => Topic started by: Harvey Melvin Richards on October 16, 2012, 05:49:56 PM

Title: My Economy Dust Cyclone
Post by: Harvey Melvin Richards on October 16, 2012, 05:49:56 PM

Around 25 years ago I bought a Craftsman fiberboard shop vacuum at an auction. The vac was garbage, but the fiberboard drum proved to be very useful. I added a PVC elbow to the bottom of the intake and it became a dust cyclone. It works so well that I haven't done a thing to it in 25 years.

When I hook this up to my thickness planer or router all of the chips land in a nice spiral pattern in the bottom. It also works very well on sanding dust, although the dust doesn't land in a spiral.

(http://i811.photobucket.com/albums/zz35/HarveyMelvinRichards/P3101367Large.jpg)

(http://i811.photobucket.com/albums/zz35/HarveyMelvinRichards/P3101368Large.jpg)

Title: Re: My Economy Dust Cyclone
Post by: Rob.Wilson on October 18, 2012, 02:16:42 PM

Hi and Welcome Harvey

now thats something i could do with , my shop vac bin is a it on the small side , sure i have a spare saleable drum some were .

Thanks for showing .


Rob 

Title: Re: My Economy Dust Cyclone
Post by: Harvey Melvin Richards on October 18, 2012, 03:22:07 PM

Quote from: RobWilson on October 18, 2012, 02:16:42 PM

Hi and Welcome Harvey

now thats something i could do with , my shop vac bin is a it on the small side , sure i have a spare saleable drum some were .

Thanks for showing .


Rob

This one has worked so well for me that I never felt the need to improve on it.