On 14/11/2016 12:15, rick wrote:
I have a pretty powerful extract system available in my garage (BEAM
whole house vac), but this puts huge volumes of shaving & dust down the
pipes . So thought about installing a Cyclone-separator some call
them dual bucket separators in my case the BEAM would be the 2nd bucket.
I had been looking around at various diy projects on-line for this ..
ranging from sheet metal work & leaf blowers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnZcmZRP-nw
Pretty rough road cone variants:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO2leQV0I8w
To incredibly detailed woodwork projects:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8jGu4duMk0
Nice screw top container : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEoGPITqBQA
Couple of questions ..
Assuming a Cyclone separator is a good thing . I like the idea of the
Toroidal spiral head unit,(and perhaps better performance) but saw the
wood cone as a lot of work, and teh segmented creation hours of effort.
Then came across on eBay ready made cyclone units for you to fit to
your own vac & collecting drum:
http://tinyurl.com/ju2kwrp £16 incl clips & couplers
or no toroidal simple side entry units:
http://tinyurl.com/z6zawof at around £13 cyclone only
Anybody used either of these, be interested how they perform they
are not huge items
The former is ~13 and the latter around 15 they are smooth should
give good air flow and cyclonic action compared to a rough or vertical
drum unit.
2 associated questions ..
Would be nice to sit to a screw top sturdy plastic collecting drum the
US guys seem to have easy access to these in Home Depot etc., can you
get these in UK . I did try googling but only found food grade items at
£70
I would need to make up a 2 flexible hose to attach between cyclone
input and whatever power tool being used anybody know if you can buy
flexible corrugated/reinforced hoses and push fit rubber couplers to
make up custom hose length ?
Thanks for posting some interesting links. A while ago I messed around
with an adapted Dyson cyclone but it wasn't very successful so now I
just use an old un-mod'd Dyson for some machines and a pukka extractor
for the planer/thicknesser. One thing I've found is that corrugations
make a big difference to airflow, so use smooth-bore pipe wherever
possible (and don't forget about static).
I've been on the verge of ditching a leaf vac so seeing the guy use one
with a cyclone has got me thinking about mating it with a traffic cone,
the question would be how to filter the outlet.