Dust Separator Bin - cyclone, thien or drop box - whats bes?

[grafter]

Hi all

i'm looking at improving dust collection in my small shop, currently its just a cheap wet and dry vac - 32mm hose where the bag cloggs quickly.

So i'm looking to either:

1) buy one of these plastic cyclones from ebay like: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121320651132
fix it to a second hand blue plastic tub like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-PLASTI...t=UK_Pet_Supplies_Poultry&hash=item1e8aadd996

and make something like:

-minor issue with fitting the 32mm hose to the outlet which is 50mm??

2) Get a blue tub fix up something to make a simple thien separator with some kind of drain pipe bits - this I guess is going to take the longest to make what with all the circles to cut out
like post here by Grayorm: https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/diy-dust-cyclone-t69886-15.html


3) Make up a mike garnham drop box from some MDF
Like this: http://mikesaville.co.uk/woodwork/sawdust-drop-box-part-2


Anyone made any of these and recommend one over the other - costs for all three are similar-ish really once all the extra bits have been bought

thanks!

 

[wallace]

I have made a thein baffle and it was done with scrap wood a lot cheaper than £39 for a mini cyclone. Works really well

 

[cusimar9]

I was thinking of going down this route and then I thought for the cost of the bucket I may as well pay a little extra and get something more purpose built

I went for a cheap SIP dust exctractor and am very impressed

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SIP-Saw-Dust-Co ... +collector

It's been going for a few weeks now and the drum seems to never fill! No loss in suction and it's very neat. For the price I was impressed.

 

[grafter]

Wallace - thanks that good to know, looking online there seems to be loads of designs that appear to work well

Cusimar9 - Yes i've also seen these on ebay under a different brand (also in toolstation), I was thinking that I could upgrade the vac to one of the these and keep the separator bin - this should help to keep the filter in the vac cleaner and hopefully therefore improve performance. Good to know its a good product - cheers

 

[JustBen]

I've just bought a wok to turn my dust collector into a 'Jet Cyclone' collector.
Once it's fitted, I can post back what difference it's made.
If it works, it's the best £5 I've spent.

 

[grafter]

JustBen - have you got a picture of what your hoping to achieve? I can't quite picture what your plan is?

 

[JustBen]

This is a clip showing the difference between normal and with the cone.

I don't have a jet nor a vortex cone but many others have used woks or bin lids.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-KNCb7bEkc

 

[Doug B]

I've got both a cyclone & a Thien separator, admittedly a commercially available cyclone & a shop made Thien but I find the cyclone gives better separation.
That said the Thien cost me nothing to make & certainly separates the vast majority of the waste, so I'm happy enough with it.

 

[Doug B]

I've just bought a wok to turn my dust collector into a 'Jet Cyclone' collector.
Once it's fitted, I can post back what difference it's made.
If it works, it's the best £5 I've spent.

Have you had chance to do this yet Ben, I'd be interested to know how you got on.

 

[Skeety]

Heres one I made a few weeks ago which was cheap and is very effective:

cyclone-separator-t80589.html

Jon.