My Economy Dust Cyclone

[Harvey Melvin Richards]

Around 25 years ago I bought a Craftsman fiberboard shop vacuum at an auction. The vac was garbage, but the fiberboard drum proved to be very useful. I added a PVC elbow to the bottom of the intake and it became a dust cyclone. It works so well that I haven't done a thing to it in 25 years.

When I hook this up to my thickness planer or router all of the chips land in a nice spiral pattern in the bottom. It also works very well on sanding dust, although the dust doesn't land in a spiral.

[Rob.Wilson]

Hi and Welcome Harvey

now thats something i could do with , my shop vac bin is a it on the small side , sure i have a spare saleable drum some were .

Thanks for showing .


Rob 

[Harvey Melvin Richards]

Hi and Welcome Harvey

now thats something i could do with , my shop vac bin is a it on the small side , sure i have a spare saleable drum some were .

Thanks for showing .


Rob

This one has worked so well for me that I never felt the need to improve on it.