I am a new member to this forum but I have been gathering insight here for a month or two. Like alot of others, I was looking for a way to avoid emptying the DC bags as often. My design goals were as follows...
1) Integrate the separator within my existing system such that it could be used by everything or easily bypassed.
2) Design the separator to sit on top of the can so that (a) the can's full volume could be utilized (b) 6" ports could be used (c) I could readily modify it to work with another container
Here is the core of the separator where you can see the side entry port
In this photo, I have just added the 1/8" hardboard in the core to create the perfectly round skin. You may be able to see that I beveled the leading edge (nearest the entry port)
Here is the 1" thick bottom plate with a 5/8" x 3/4" deep groove around the perimeter that perfectly mates my current trash can. You can also see the 1 1/8" drop slot.
This photo shows the underside of the top plate. The green 6? PVC pipe passes through the plate and is tightly trapped by a coupler on the top and 1? cut-off from that same coupler on the bottom.
Now? on to integrating my new toy into my DC system!
1) Integrate the separator within my existing system such that it could be used by everything or easily bypassed.
2) Design the separator to sit on top of the can so that (a) the can's full volume could be utilized (b) 6" ports could be used (c) I could readily modify it to work with another container
Here is the core of the separator where you can see the side entry port
In this photo, I have just added the 1/8" hardboard in the core to create the perfectly round skin. You may be able to see that I beveled the leading edge (nearest the entry port)
Here is the 1" thick bottom plate with a 5/8" x 3/4" deep groove around the perimeter that perfectly mates my current trash can. You can also see the 1 1/8" drop slot.
This photo shows the underside of the top plate. The green 6? PVC pipe passes through the plate and is tightly trapped by a coupler on the top and 1? cut-off from that same coupler on the bottom.
Now? on to integrating my new toy into my DC system!