Comments on: Cyclonic dust seperation

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:36:53 +0000

The Thein Cyclone lid for a dust drum or bucket works about as well and is just as simple to build. The forum and web site have the information on how to build your own.

Nothing taking away from this build either, just a different option without going to the big Bill Pentz design like http://www.clearvuecyclones.com/ uses for their cyclone separators. … That is what I would get if I could afford it.

http://www.billpentz.com/woodworking/cyclone/index.cfm is Bill Pentz pages and it includes how to’s to design and build your own killer dust collector cyclone! (A design and cutting patterns are there if you are realy gung ho… )

By: Amatoc Industries

Amatoc Industries — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:30:50 +0000

This is a great job. It’s nice and cheep, works well and seems sturdy. A little spray paint and it would look almost professional

By: barry99705

barry99705 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:30:16 +0000

@abbott

cheap ass 5Hp from the big orange church. same with the trash can. one of those big grey industrial looking ones. i gave up and used a 55Gal drum from work. :)

By: don bailey

don bailey — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:28:00 +0000

Here is the shop vac model I am using:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8477891

Model Number 584-04-00
Peak Horsepower 2.0 Peak HP
Cubic Feet Per Minute
(CFM) of Air Flow 135
Sealed Pressure
(in inches) 54
Electrical Ratings 120V 60Hz 6Amps
Peak Air Watts 215

I have a new problem, every plastic tumbler I see looks like a cyclone… walmart had some really big ones a while back that would have made a perfect funnel…

By: Ervin Sholpnick

Ervin Sholpnick — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:25:37 +0000

I like beans

By: abbott

abbott — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:33:18 +0000

@barry99705

just how powerful of a vacuum device were you using? either way, might have tried putting rolled up strips of sheet steel in there to keep it from collapsing.

Excelent hach, ive thought about trying the same thing for a little while, just didnt have the immediate need to actually make it. keep it up.

By: barry99705

barry99705 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:13:23 +0000

i figured the cups would collapse. tried converting a garage trashcan into a big ass shop vac container once, it would collapse.. I guess the smaller diameter and the top edge rings help. Cool setup though.

By: nebulous

nebulous — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:30:42 +0000

@ dnny
This site came into existence before caps were invented. Someone should do a hack to allow proper grammar.

Anyway, your second link looks wrong, but works fine.

By: dnny

dnny — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:42:10 +0000

OK. Forgert it.

By: dnny

dnny — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:41:21 +0000

hmm… seems the links are not supporting caps… so the end of the url is Bad/BadCoriolis

By: dnny

dnny — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:32:30 +0000

and here is the correct link :)
http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/Bad/BadCoriolis.html

By: dnny

dnny — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:27:50 +0000

@grovenstien
Coriolis does not effect tiny bodies of water.
Here is a bit of reading for you:
http://www.ems.psu.edu/~fraser/bad/badcoriolis.html

By: grovenstien

grovenstien — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:50:06 +0000

Hmm interesting, i thought that the coriolos effect, effected even tiny bodies of water like that of the one in a sink goin down a plug hole.

@mono i see what your saying.

By: amk

amk — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:35:58 +0000

a real geek would have used various sized beer cups instead of zoo cups and Chinese food containers. this is clearly why the cyclone spins the wrong way.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:05:25 +0000

That’s a sweet t-shirt