A simple two stage dust collection system.

I have been thinking about doing this myself, dust collector bags fill up quick and ther aren’t cheep.

-- A hammer dangling from a wall will bang and sound like work when the wind blows the right way.

now thats thinking ,

inside the barrel !

way to go , bro .

if the suck hose is higher up ,
and the dust hose is a little further down ,
most of the stuff ,
falls to the bottom !

great .

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

You guys suck! : ) I don’t even have this much room in my basement. Wish I did. It looks crazy, but it looks like it works. I think I’m just gonna die young.

-- Janice

Hi Larry..what if anything are you using for baffles or to prevent the dust from being sucked from one hose to the other ? Any “cyclonic” action going on here ? : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

No baffles but the intake hose is lower inside and angled along the side for cyclone type action. I only get a small amount of fine dust through to the actual dust extractor/vacuum

-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

Looks like a real good system. If had more room I might try it.

-- Mike, American in Norway

I have done the same thing, but I was doing it so pieces of wood and the occasional screw would not hit the impeller or be mixed in with my sawdust trailer I had parked outside

-- Smitty!!!

nice i use something like that works great only the finer dust goes to the collector
before i bought the plastic lid i am using now i found that if i used a 4 inch 90 deg. elbow on the intake
inside the barrel it made a big improvment on air flow and colection

Thanks Larry. I’ve been using a plastic “cyclone” top and a metal trash can for a few years now and it is so nice to just empty the can versus having to change or empty the bag : ) Have a great day !

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Good work, dustless Larry

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

That’s a great idea Larry.
I used a similar system for years before I put in a central DC.
I’m seriously consdering putting a unit (2-1/2” hoses) back in for my routers.
The big hoses are just too much nuisance in many cases.

p.s. I had a leaf collecter bag inside mine to trap most of the dust.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Hey larry,
Nice little sucker you have there mate.

-- I will just keep doing it till I get it right.

Excellent job. I honestly wanted fiber drums for mine as they are MUCH lighter than plastic, but I was unable to find a source for them… (Unless I want to buy 5000 at a time, no thanks!).

Mine differ in that they are fitted with the Thien Baffle. I had poor luck with getting scrubbing from the dust bin (drum) back to the DC. The Thien baffle stops ALL of the large stuff, and MOST of the fine dust. I have filled / emptied my 55 gallon separator 3 times so far, and still have less than 1 cup of dust in the bag. My filter gets tapped down after every use as well to keep it from caking up too much…

-- Trying to follow the example of the master.

I’ve breathed saw dust for 45 years now, why stop now.

Good job on the system.

-- Kent Shepherd * The goal is-----More Tools!

Nice job. I don’t have a workshop that big nor that many tools. I do the old fashion way in the yard. Nice system…

-- hardwood, South Carolina, http://www.palmettohardwood.com