Poor Man's Cyclone Dust Separator

That looks like it will work. I built a Thein separator and have had good results with it.

-- Ohh mann...pancakes and boobies...I'll bet that's what Heaven is like! ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣

great dust separator you have created there.. well done…

-- New Project = New Tool... it's just the way it is, don't fight it... :)

nice work to u and Abbott both of u have nice separators.

-- Ike, Big Daddies Woodshop, http://www.icombadaniels@yahoo.com

Cool.
Does the can seal OK at the top? I guess you could switch to a ply top someday if you end up bending it.

Steve

-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon

This is a very interesting concept.

So the basic principle is that the vacuum creates the suction, and the particles are sucked up at the business end of the hose, and then fall into the garbage can. So, the suction pulls the particles into the can, but the suction isn’t sufficient to pull them up from the can into the vacuum. Have I got this right?

If so, then all one needs to do, is to insert a large can in between the hose end, and the vacuum. That way, the particles could be dumped in to the yard debris container—and no bags to dispose of and replace. I think I like this idea!

-- Dean

Abbott, I really like your Thein separator. Great design and works great! I probably will use your design if my metal lid ever get bent.

Steve, the lid is sealed with 1/4” thick rubber foam tape to keep loss of suction to a minimum.

Dean, you are correct in how a dust separator works. The key is not to lose any efficiency or suction by adding the separator.

-- Simon, Danville, IL

i’ve been looking to do something like this. you did a great job

-- kevin from ne alabama: please lets keep the digits where they belong

Cool idea Do you know what issue that woodcraft magazine was?

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This is great I really need to tackle my dust issues an I will be keeping this in mind Thanks!

-- ManOWoodMan

Jim,
Here is the link to the Woodcraft article.

http://www.woodcraft.com/Articles/Articles.aspx?ArticleId=408&page=1

-- Simon, Danville, IL

Thanks for the link and nice job to both of you!

-- When asked what I did to make life worthwhile in my lifetime....I can respond with a great deal of pride and satisfaction, "I served a career in the United States Navy."

well done

Dennis

Hi everyone,

I may be the last one to build a separator, but I did. After 2 weeks of almost daily cutting i emptied 3” of all size trash and a lot of sawdust from my bucket. My 16 gallon Rigid literally had nothing in it and the filter was still kicking out much much better air. CYCLONE——- you bet it works.

JIM

-- Jim

SimonSKL, tried that link and it locks up my browser. Can you print it to PDF and email me the article? From what I got to read of it, I want to read the rest.

-- When asked what I did to make life worthwhile in my lifetime....I can respond with a great deal of pride and satisfaction, "I served a career in the United States Navy."

thelt, the link is a web page and not downloadable as a PDF format. Can you try the link with a different browser?

-- Simon, Danville, IL