Art and Diane wrote:
The lid appears to be symetrical, so I don't think that's the problem I
also added an elbow on the inside of the inlet to try to break up the
cyclonic action, but the results are the same.

Is this the one?
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=4310

What I have is this:
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?page=30282
The hoses come in at an angle and don't have the elbow like the woodcraft.

I would think that the last thing you want to do is break up the
cyclonic action. My guess is that the Woodcraft model doesn't create
such an efficient cyclone by virtue of the elbow, symmetric positioning
of the ports and angle at which the hoses enter.

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