Prototype Dust Separator

[shydragon]

I had to show this to all of you. My girlfriend's son is an Engineering Student at Oregon State University. Several weeks ago, I was telling him I needed to buy a cyclone separator for my shop vac. His reply:, "We can make one". Today he put together this prototype in about 4 hrs. I was impressed.

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I picked up a 33 gal clean barrel from work. He says, we can make one out of that.

[a1gutterman]

Cool. Keep us posted on "the big one". :)

[kd6vpe]

Now there is a real engineer. Simple solution to the problem. All of the basics are there. Thank you for sharing the idea and saving us alot of money.

[reible]

Hi,

I like it! The use of an exoskeleton was a clever idea.

When my kids were younger we purchased this coupling that connected two such bottles. You would put water in one and then turn it upside down and give it a little swirl and then watch the "tornado". I think we might still have it somewhere.

Thanks for sharing!

Ed

[a1gutterman]

Hi,

I like it! The use of an exoskeleton was a clever idea.

When my kids were younger we purchased this coupling that connected two such bottles. You would put water in one and then turn it upside down and give it a little swirl and then watch the "tornado". I think we might still have it somewhere.

Thanks for sharing!

EdThose connectors are still available, Ed! My wife bought one a few months ago.:cool:

[kalynzoo]

Very cool, I think the kid will go far.

[shydragon]

I picked up a nice 30 gallon barrel from work. We need to figure out the size of the top canister which needs to be at least 3 times the diameter of the vacuum or dust collection hose. Most shop vacs and the SS dust collector are 2-1/2 in diameter. The part we are a little fuzzy on, yet is the size of the funnel. It needs to be big enough for the larger chips from jointers and planers, but still able to collect the much smaller particles.

[regnar]

Shydragon, You might want to take a look over at Bill Pentz website. There is a wealth of information on dust collectors and is also a Excel spreadsheet that will tell you the sizes things need to be by plugging in a few numbers.

http://billpentz.com/woodworking/Cyclone/CyclonePlan.cfm#CycloneSizing