Using a 5 gal bucket/top and 2" PVC pipe I made a simple vortex collector
and put in front of a 9 gal Rigid dust vac. This rig connected to, one at a
time, table saw, table router, miter. I dumped the current wood contents
of the vac on the floor and vac'd again with the cyclone in place. Id guess
about 95% of the material remained in the vortex container. The big
advantage being that the HEPA filter will stay clear now, maximizing
suction.
http://www.members.cox.net/rkruz3/index.html
Post some pics with words to describe what I did. click on a pick to
enlarge. Thanks again for the help.
"noxpurt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Using a 5 gal bucket/top and 2" PVC pipe I made a simple vortex collector
> and put in front of a 9 gal Rigid dust vac. This rig connected to, one at
> a time, table saw, table router, miter. I dumped the current wood
> contents of the vac on the floor and vac'd again with the cyclone in
> place. Id guess about 95% of the material remained in the vortex
> container. The big advantage being that the HEPA filter will stay clear
> now, maximizing suction.
>
Now you've done it. You used yankee engineering and made a home-made
cyclone for $3 that will only perform at 97% of the efficiency of a
$500 laboratory designed cyclone. You have probably also reduced the
airflow of your vac by another 3%, giving you an efficiency that is
only 94% of what you would have had if you spent another $497.
Great job!
Very cool. Any chance you could post a pic of it somewhere (or email
to ryan at jimryan dot com)? I'd like to set something like this up.
I assume you used the hose that came with the vac to connect to the
bucket, then another vac hose to the tool? I have a small Rigid shop
vac, will that do you think?
-Jim
On Tue, 23 May 2006 20:07:58 -0500, Torr <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 2006-05-23 09:30:59 -0500, mac davis <[email protected]> said:
>
>> On Mon, 22 May 2006 16:26:40 GMT, "noxpurt" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Using a 5 gal bucket/top and 2" PVC pipe I made a simple vortex
>>> collector and put in front of a 9 gal Rigid dust vac. This rig
>>> connected to, one at a time, table saw, table router, miter. I
>>> dumped the current wood contents of the vac on the floor and vac'd
>>> again with the cyclone in place. Id guess about 95% of the material
>>> remained in the vortex container. The big advantage being that the
>>> HEPA filter will stay clear now, maximizing suction.
>> Sorta like this??
>>
>> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=9586
>>
>> Mac
>>
>> https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
>> https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm
>
>Don't forget to read, follow and understand the instructions:
>
>http://www.harborfreight.com/manuals/9000-9999/9586.pdf
>
>Torr
real men don't need instructions!
(we have women to tell us where to go)
Mac
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm
On 2006-05-23 09:30:59 -0500, mac davis <[email protected]> said:
> On Mon, 22 May 2006 16:26:40 GMT, "noxpurt" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Using a 5 gal bucket/top and 2" PVC pipe I made a simple vortex
>> collector and put in front of a 9 gal Rigid dust vac. This rig
>> connected to, one at a time, table saw, table router, miter. I
>> dumped the current wood contents of the vac on the floor and vac'd
>> again with the cyclone in place. Id guess about 95% of the material
>> remained in the vortex container. The big advantage being that the
>> HEPA filter will stay clear now, maximizing suction.
> Sorta like this??
>
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=9586
>
> Mac
>
> https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
> https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm
Don't forget to read, follow and understand the instructions:
http://www.harborfreight.com/manuals/9000-9999/9586.pdf
Torr
Ok...ill post some pics. I have a 9 gal Rigid so that pretty small. It
takes a day of sawing to fill that so its fine for me. Yes. I used the
shop vac hose and some additional clear hose I bought at Rocker.
"jtpr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Very cool. Any chance you could post a pic of it somewhere (or email
> to ryan at jimryan dot com)? I'd like to set something like this up.
> I assume you used the hose that came with the vac to connect to the
> bucket, then another vac hose to the tool? I have a small Rigid shop
> vac, will that do you think?
>
> -Jim
>
yup..exactly like that
"mac davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 22 May 2006 16:26:40 GMT, "noxpurt" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Using a 5 gal bucket/top and 2" PVC pipe I made a simple vortex collector
>>and put in front of a 9 gal Rigid dust vac. This rig connected to, one at
>>a
>>time, table saw, table router, miter. I dumped the current wood
>>contents
>>of the vac on the floor and vac'd again with the cyclone in place. Id
>>guess
>>about 95% of the material remained in the vortex container. The big
>>advantage being that the HEPA filter will stay clear now, maximizing
>>suction.
>>
> Sorta like this??
>
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=9586
>
> Mac
>
> https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
> https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm
"noxpurt" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Using a 5 gal bucket/top and 2" PVC pipe I made a simple vortex collector
> and put in front of a 9 gal Rigid dust vac. This rig connected to, one at
> a time, table saw, table router, miter. I dumped the current wood
> contents of the vac on the floor and vac'd again with the cyclone in
> place. Id guess about 95% of the material remained in the vortex
> container. The big advantage being that the HEPA filter will stay clear
> now, maximizing suction.
Good luck, but that's not my experience.
I have a commercial Triton separator. It traps 95% of the debris, but the
finest 5% goes through and collects in the filter. The vacuum stays almost
empty, but the filter clogs almost as quickly as before.
Maybe yours is a better design...
On Mon, 22 May 2006 16:26:40 GMT, "noxpurt" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Using a 5 gal bucket/top and 2" PVC pipe I made a simple vortex collector
>and put in front of a 9 gal Rigid dust vac. This rig connected to, one at a
>time, table saw, table router, miter. I dumped the current wood contents
>of the vac on the floor and vac'd again with the cyclone in place. Id guess
>about 95% of the material remained in the vortex container. The big
>advantage being that the HEPA filter will stay clear now, maximizing
>suction.
>
Sorta like this??
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=9586
Mac
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm