Hi all - I am currently using an older 2hp Grizzly 1029 (similar to a Harbor Freight DC) with an aftermarket Wynn filter on it. For the time being, it is rolled around and connected to each machine as needed, but I am just about finished running the last of my 6" PVC for a central system. I've done everything I can think of to minimize the runs, and used 45's everywhere I had to make a direction change. Since the budget for the big Clearvue DC is a ways off yet, I want to mod out the Griz DC to be as efficient as possible in the meantime.
I plan to build a small bumpout closet space just outside the shop walls that the termination of the DC runs to, but since it was laid out for a tall cyclone, the DC pipe is high up on the wall and not down low where the Griz DC's inlet is. To make the transition back down to the interim Griz DC / baffle combination I have to utilize a number of 45's. If I go with the Top Hat pre-separator design, I see two ways I might be able to connect to the Top Hat. Which one would cause the least pressure and velocity drop? (see attached image).
Secondly, I can either reuse the Griz bag ring for the Wynn filter holder, or if the baffle works as well as everyone says it does, then maybe I could build my own plywood "filter holder" box and just add a small sealed clean out drawer at the bottom for the few fines that get through the baffle.
Any of you smarter and more experienced types have insight you might be willing to offer? Any advice you have would be appreciated. I'm hoping to only have to fab this up once and want to create the best efficiency without unnecessary effort until I can spring for the true cyclone.
I plan to build a small bumpout closet space just outside the shop walls that the termination of the DC runs to, but since it was laid out for a tall cyclone, the DC pipe is high up on the wall and not down low where the Griz DC's inlet is. To make the transition back down to the interim Griz DC / baffle combination I have to utilize a number of 45's. If I go with the Top Hat pre-separator design, I see two ways I might be able to connect to the Top Hat. Which one would cause the least pressure and velocity drop? (see attached image).
Secondly, I can either reuse the Griz bag ring for the Wynn filter holder, or if the baffle works as well as everyone says it does, then maybe I could build my own plywood "filter holder" box and just add a small sealed clean out drawer at the bottom for the few fines that get through the baffle.
Any of you smarter and more experienced types have insight you might be willing to offer? Any advice you have would be appreciated. I'm hoping to only have to fab this up once and want to create the best efficiency without unnecessary effort until I can spring for the true cyclone.