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Made Cyclone for dust vac
Using a 5 gal bucket/top and 2" PVC pipe I made a simple vortex collector
and put in front of a 9 gal Rigid dust vac. This rig connected to, one at a time, table saw, table router, miter. I dumped the current wood contents of the vac on the floor and vac'd again with the cyclone in place. Id guess about 95% of the material remained in the vortex container. The big advantage being that the HEPA filter will stay clear now, maximizing suction. |
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Made Cyclone for dust vac
Now you've done it. You used yankee engineering and made a home-made
cyclone for $3 that will only perform at 97% of the efficiency of a $500 laboratory designed cyclone. You have probably also reduced the airflow of your vac by another 3%, giving you an efficiency that is only 94% of what you would have had if you spent another $497. Great job! |
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Made Cyclone for dust vac
Very cool. Any chance you could post a pic of it somewhere (or email
to ryan at jimryan dot com)? I'd like to set something like this up. I assume you used the hose that came with the vac to connect to the bucket, then another vac hose to the tool? I have a small Rigid shop vac, will that do you think? -Jim |
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Made Cyclone for dust vac
I'll second that request. Or at least let us know which fittings you
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Made Cyclone for dust vac
Ok...ill post some pics. I have a 9 gal Rigid so that pretty small. It
takes a day of sawing to fill that so its fine for me. Yes. I used the shop vac hose and some additional clear hose I bought at Rocker. "jtpr" wrote in message oups.com... Very cool. Any chance you could post a pic of it somewhere (or email to ryan at jimryan dot com)? I'd like to set something like this up. I assume you used the hose that came with the vac to connect to the bucket, then another vac hose to the tool? I have a small Rigid shop vac, will that do you think? -Jim |
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Made Cyclone for dust vac
"noxpurt" wrote in message ... Using a 5 gal bucket/top and 2" PVC pipe I made a simple vortex collector and put in front of a 9 gal Rigid dust vac. This rig connected to, one at a time, table saw, table router, miter. I dumped the current wood contents of the vac on the floor and vac'd again with the cyclone in place. Id guess about 95% of the material remained in the vortex container. The big advantage being that the HEPA filter will stay clear now, maximizing suction. Good luck, but that's not my experience. I have a commercial Triton separator. It traps 95% of the debris, but the finest 5% goes through and collects in the filter. The vacuum stays almost empty, but the filter clogs almost as quickly as before. Maybe yours is a better design... |
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Made Cyclone for dust vac
On Mon, 22 May 2006 16:26:40 GMT, "noxpurt" wrote:
Using a 5 gal bucket/top and 2" PVC pipe I made a simple vortex collector and put in front of a 9 gal Rigid dust vac. This rig connected to, one at a time, table saw, table router, miter. I dumped the current wood contents of the vac on the floor and vac'd again with the cyclone in place. Id guess about 95% of the material remained in the vortex container. The big advantage being that the HEPA filter will stay clear now, maximizing suction. Sorta like this?? http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=9586 Mac https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm |
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Made Cyclone for dust vac
yup..exactly like that
"mac davis" wrote in message ... On Mon, 22 May 2006 16:26:40 GMT, "noxpurt" wrote: Using a 5 gal bucket/top and 2" PVC pipe I made a simple vortex collector and put in front of a 9 gal Rigid dust vac. This rig connected to, one at a time, table saw, table router, miter. I dumped the current wood contents of the vac on the floor and vac'd again with the cyclone in place. Id guess about 95% of the material remained in the vortex container. The big advantage being that the HEPA filter will stay clear now, maximizing suction. Sorta like this?? http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=9586 Mac https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm |
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Made Cyclone for dust vac
On 2006-05-23 09:30:59 -0500, mac davis said:
On Mon, 22 May 2006 16:26:40 GMT, "noxpurt" wrote: Using a 5 gal bucket/top and 2" PVC pipe I made a simple vortex collector and put in front of a 9 gal Rigid dust vac. This rig connected to, one at a time, table saw, table router, miter. I dumped the current wood contents of the vac on the floor and vac'd again with the cyclone in place. Id guess about 95% of the material remained in the vortex container. The big advantage being that the HEPA filter will stay clear now, maximizing suction. Sorta like this?? http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=9586 Mac https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm Don't forget to read, follow and understand the instructions: http://www.harborfreight.com/manuals/9000-9999/9586.pdf Torr |
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Made Cyclone for dust vac
On Tue, 23 May 2006 20:07:58 -0500, Torr wrote:
On 2006-05-23 09:30:59 -0500, mac davis said: On Mon, 22 May 2006 16:26:40 GMT, "noxpurt" wrote: Using a 5 gal bucket/top and 2" PVC pipe I made a simple vortex collector and put in front of a 9 gal Rigid dust vac. This rig connected to, one at a time, table saw, table router, miter. I dumped the current wood contents of the vac on the floor and vac'd again with the cyclone in place. Id guess about 95% of the material remained in the vortex container. The big advantage being that the HEPA filter will stay clear now, maximizing suction. Sorta like this?? http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=9586 Mac https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm Don't forget to read, follow and understand the instructions: http://www.harborfreight.com/manuals/9000-9999/9586.pdf Torr real men don't need instructions! (we have women to tell us where to go) Mac https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm |
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here is my Made Cyclone for dust vac
http://www.members.cox.net/rkruz3/index.html
Post some pics with words to describe what I did. click on a pick to enlarge. Thanks again for the help. "noxpurt" wrote in message ... Using a 5 gal bucket/top and 2" PVC pipe I made a simple vortex collector and put in front of a 9 gal Rigid dust vac. This rig connected to, one at a time, table saw, table router, miter. I dumped the current wood contents of the vac on the floor and vac'd again with the cyclone in place. Id guess about 95% of the material remained in the vortex container. The big advantage being that the HEPA filter will stay clear now, maximizing suction. |
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here is my Made Cyclone for dust vac
Thank you. Looks like a solution for me...
"Post some pics with words to describe what I did. click on a pick to enlarge. Thanks again for the help. " |
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