Dust Collector addition

That is pretty great! I was just grumbling at my dust situation last night. This solution looks solid. What do you do with the full can? Put it out with the trash? Ha!

Very nice, lot of creative people here.

Dave

That's a pretty good setup. I think it's very important that you have the really good filter in place to keep the fine dust out of the shop.

It really depends on your volume, but you may find that the filter plugs up a little too quickly for your liking. Those filters are expensive. If so, I recommend that you replace the trash can cyclone that you have with one of these

http://www.oneida-air.com/inventoryD.asp?item_no=SCOLLECT43&CatId={17F46883-40BB-471E-982F-E5F28583241B}

It will catch much more of the fine dust, and keep it out of your filter. You only have to buy this thing once, but the filters cost every time.

I have a big cyclone that pulls off all my turning centers. My 4 blade saw machine makes long stringy chips that seem to find their way through the cyclone and clog my filters (2). After having to replace them too often, I opted to put one of these inline with just the saw machine, which then leads through the big cyclone anyway. Problem solved. Now, I can go 9 months to a year without having to replace my filters.


Royce

That is the nuts as Royce mentioned.

I bought a Vortex separator too ( it's been renamed after a lawsuit ) from Rockler. I thought it was better b/c it was larger.
http://www.rockler.com/dust-right-d...3YpZlf9zdKIawmhMi48GqlaxjOdY37LskaxoCUxLw_wcB

It does not capture the fine dust like the Dust Deputy .

Here's the Jet Vortex dust collector.
http://www.jettools.com/us/en/view-series/vortex-cone/Vortex
From reading the woodworking forums, Jet stole the design from a poor designer who tried to present them his invention. They said no, then they stole the design.
So, he came out with a cheap way to convert your Jet to a Vortex.
http://www.popularwoodworking.com/tools/shop-made-vortex-dust-collector-woks-on

Btw, I have a vacuum similar to this attached to Dust Deputy on my taper machine
http://www.amazon.com/Hoover-ProGrade-Garage-Utility-L2310/dp/B000289920
If you're using that nasty noisy Shop Vac, chuck it .
The GUV has a much better filter and is at least 10 times more quiet.

RBC said:

I have a big cyclone that pulls off all my turning centers. My 4 blade saw machine makes long stringy chips that seem to find their way through the cyclone and clog my filters (2). After having to replace them too often, I opted to put one of these inline with just the saw machine, which then leads through the big cyclone anyway. Problem solved. Now, I can go 9 months to a year without having to replace my filters.


Royce

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Heh- a cyclone on your cyclone.

Thanks for sharing Dave.
On my tipping station, I have one of those mini cyclon things that are on some household vacuum cleaners. It collects the bits of leather off tips and stuff. I also have the cleanup hose connected to it. What I like about it, is if I accidentally clean up some thing left around, it is only a very small amount to sort through and find it.
Neil

I have several of these

http://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-14-Gal-Professional-Wet-Dry-Vac-WD1450/100081216

each coupled with one of these

http://www.oneida-air.com/inventoryD.asp?item_no=AXD001004P&CatId={6EE79B16-EB63-43E7-8F30-1E06240A24A4}


They work great for one machine, are somewhat portable, remove the really fine dust, and are cheap.

We usually use one of these on each machine

http://www.modularhose.com/Loc-Line-25-ID-System/25-kits


Like I said, I have 1 larger cyclone that handles all our turning centers.

http://www.clearvuecyclones.com/cv-max/20-cv-max-single-phase-with-filters.html

The big one works good, but is noisy. All the small ones are easy to work with as they don't need lots of room or special circuits wired up. You just have to remember to empty the small buckets every day.


Royce