Pete Jansen's Workshop

Sweet looking DC unit you have there…good job.

Thanks Splinterman, I think everybody should have one of these.
It works incredibly well for my CNC router table. I would have
to say that it removes 97-98 % of all dust and chips. Amazing.

Here’s the thread on how to build one:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Making-a-cyclone-chip-separator-for-a-dust-collect/

This is the original THIEN baffle concept. They both work great, mine just eliminates
some of the angles by drawing air into the side of the original dust collector chamber
and exhausting right out of the squirrel cage near the motor. The THIEN baffle here
can be used with any vacuum system to catch dust and chips. Like I said, they both
work great, I just happened to find a deal on the Harbor Freight dust collector and
went from there.

Here’s the THIEN link: http://www.cgallery.com/jpthien/cy.htm

Here’s another Jock’s variation to the same end:

http://lumberjocks.com/projects/8605

Give it a shot, even if it’s with a shop vac.

-- Lovin' sawdust in beautiful Fort Collins, Colorado

Hey Lone Tree,
Appreciate the effort and the links…good one.

When I get time I’m going to make me one of those. Your control set up looks great.

-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau