Cyclone dust collector - anyone made one

Marv

I have one similar to that - What I have found is when cutting wood and you vac it up it clogs up the filter quite quickly - with the cyclone attachment on all the dust drops in another bin and keeps the filter and vac bin clean.
 
Marv

I did make one and it does work - It surprised me how well it worked - Ideally you need to mount Vac and cyclone on a base with castors on as they are unstable - well the cyclone is.

In the end I did use the container for lawn feed - probably 5 ltr - I marked the size of the lid on ply then cut two circles -stuck one on top and one underneath the lid to give it strength and also circle for inside base of the tub- then it was case of drilling hole on top of lid for the cyclone (got it from ebay for £10 ) then just finding plastic pipes the right size for main vac and cyclone inlet and outlet - I did take pictures but can't find them at moment (Not that organised with folders) but if you want I can take one tomorrow - Cars in garage.

If doing it again I would get a bigger container in much thicker plastic - buy some hose of right size etc - reason it's like it is is cost and not being sure it would work but believe me it does work - I can suck up the dust from chop saw and there is none in the vac - Disadvantage is having to put it all together to use it - not as easy as just getting vac out and with mine I only have a small steel one (like Henry) from Screwfix years ago with limited power - The one you have is twice as big as mine which must make a difference.

Found the picture

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