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Build a See-Through Cyclone Dust Separator for Your Shop Vac - yworkcb - 03-08-2016
Very good read and illustrated story on do it yourself cyclone dust collector : http://makezine.com/projects/cyclone-dus...aign=newsletter
Re: Build a See-Through Cyclone Dust Separator for Your Shop Vac - Wizard of Oz - 03-08-2016
In the process of making one now. I have the original style Thien baffle and it works great!
Re: Build a See-Through Cyclone Dust Separator for Your Shop Vac - Steve N - 03-08-2016
Another retrofit is a vortex cone. Some folks were using a cheap wok instead of rolling your own.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r22bcXf3zQA
Re: Build a See-Through Cyclone Dust Separator for Your Shop Vac - Phil Thien - 03-08-2016
Steve N said:
Another retrofit is a vortex cone. Some folks were using a cheap wok instead of rolling your own.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r22bcXf3zQA
The cone doesn't work as well. And I'm not the only guy saying that, this guy built a cone and found that the debris below the cone was still spinning too quickly:
www.ary.com/WoodWorking/Shop/Jet/
So he modified the shape with a brim to make it more like my baffle.
So if someone is going to go through the trouble of making something, a cone is sub-optimum.
BTW, cones were among the first shapes I tried. I was purchasing all sorts of giant funnels and my wife looked at my like I was absolutely nuts.