Build a See-Through Cyclone Dust Separator for Your Shop Vac

[yworkcb]

Very good read and illustrated story on do it yourself cyclone dust collector : http://makezine.com/projects/cyclone-dus...aign=newsletter

[Wizard of Oz]

In the process of making one now. I have the original style Thien baffle and it works great!

[Steve N]

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

[Phil Thien]

Steve N said:

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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

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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.