Build a See-Through Cyclone Dust Separator for Your Shop Vac
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Very good read and illustrated story on do it yourself cyclone dust collector : http://makezine.com/projects/cyclone-dus...aign=newsletter
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#6
In the process of making one now. I have the original style Thien baffle and it works great!
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#7
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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GW
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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.
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