I am building my own impeller using Matthias Wandels dust collector plans, reason being it's much more efficient per HP than material handling impellers and I wanna get as much useful work out of this DC I am building. But I am wondering if I should build it from plywood and hardwood, I also had some ideas of buildilng the vanes from softwood and epoxying thin sheet metal on the surfaces to make a really durable vane.
Now I am wondering, could I forego wood entirely and maybe use plastic, I got this idea in my head now of a completely transparent dust collector with a viewing window in the housing. I'm not sure if it would be a good or bad idea. I dunno if the materials I got access to could work, I could use either polycarbonate or SAN (styrene acrylonitrile) for this.
Anyone here a engineer or something with the relevant qualifications to take a stab at this? I kinda thing it would be as durabe as wood at least. And it would be much more uniform weight wise than plywood. And it would look really cool :D
Now I am wondering, could I forego wood entirely and maybe use plastic, I got this idea in my head now of a completely transparent dust collector with a viewing window in the housing. I'm not sure if it would be a good or bad idea. I dunno if the materials I got access to could work, I could use either polycarbonate or SAN (styrene acrylonitrile) for this.
Anyone here a engineer or something with the relevant qualifications to take a stab at this? I kinda thing it would be as durabe as wood at least. And it would be much more uniform weight wise than plywood. And it would look really cool :D