shop vac cyclone conversion

Looks really good and very functionable. Thanks for posting!

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

Looks great

-- __A Clean Desk is a sign of a sick mind.__

Woody, that is awesome! I have been wondering how to make mine into all one unit. Excellent work, I’m gonna modify mine too.

-- Jeff Coulam, Lakeway Texas

thats pretty cool LOOKING but im not sure what the whole purpose of it is.you still only have a small container to hold the chip and saw dust.is this all about not wanting to clean a filter? seems to me that all the time and money spent you could have bought a dust collector that holds more waste

-- i wonder if obama stood in a wind storm with them big ears of his would he start spinning like a drill bit

I think it’s a great idea.
In my mind using this type of collection system keeps the filter clean therefore allowing the vac. to keep the same suction rate and not loose suction by filter clog.
Time well spent no matter what!
Thanks for posting.

-- Can't never could do anything, to try is to advance.

Great idea! and takes up less space then having them separate.

That’s a pretty cool idea.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com

oh wow it looks like a crazed R2D2! Fantastic, I might have to add that little guy to my list.

-- Every neighborhood has an eccentric neighbor. I wondered for years "who was ours?" Then I realized it was me.

An LJ hat and t-shirt on the DC and it could make it a companion in the shop.

Steve.

R2D2 is now a teenager and just need a nice cover for noise reduction

Thanks for all the great comments. I use this on my router table and spindle sander and to vacuum the floor etc.
I have a central 2hp dc unit that takes care of the rest of my stationary tools.
I may hook the router table up to the central system one of these days. Right now the central system has the old bag filter and I plan to get a larger cyclone for it as well. The best thing about the cyclone is keeping that filter clean so you don’t loose suction, you don’t put as much fine dust back in the air, and hopefully you won’t buy near as many filters.

-- Emmett, from Georgia

It looks like R2D2 with Roid Rage!!! Very vool.

Hey, I just bought one of these! Good idea!

I know this concern is probably redundant, but suggest everyone use a hepa-filter (.5 micon) on the vacuum. Even though the cyclone works fantastic, I still find this filter takes out the VERY small particles that one can’t see but causes all the problems with the lungs.

-- Don, Saginaw Mi

don, do you know a good source for the hepa-filter

-- Emmett, from Georgia