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Show posts MenuQuote from: tvman44 on February 05, 2014, 05:08:18 PM
Bulldog8, how wide is your slot? I am thinking about a 3/4" wide slot.
Quote from: giovanotti on January 28, 2014, 11:04:23 PM
Fixt Giovanotti said, "I live within walking distance of Thien Baffle nirvana"
Quote from: galerdude on January 27, 2014, 07:43:38 PMQuote from: Bulldog8 on January 27, 2014, 04:55:19 PMThis doesn't pertain to using a Thien Separator but for the last 10 years I've had success just using a bag with no filter in my 8 gal. Shop Vac to clean out our pellet stove in the house. We only burn about a 40lb bag per day and I clean it on the weekends usually. A vac bag lasts the whole winter season. Have never experienced any blow by. I'll bet with a separator a guy could really get some mileage out of a vac bag ;)
Last year I remodeled our laundry room. I put new sheet rock on the walls and ceiling. (8x10 room) When I was getting ready to clean up the dust, I used a shopvac and my 5 gallon side inlet separator. It did better than I expecting. I was able to clean the room without clogging the filter, but in my experience it wouldn't do for all day work as you would have to clean the filter several times to keep the vac working.
In the past few weeks I've considered trying it out with ash from the pellet stove. Currently, I use a normal shopvac and am able to get the stove cleaned, but the filter is completely clogged by the time that I am done.
Steve
Quote from: revwarguy on January 08, 2014, 08:34:57 AM
I agree with just about everything retired2 said in his 1st post on this thread. Until there is a way to actually measure "better separation of fines," most of those enhancements based on it are just unknown, and a slight improvement at best.
I would beg to differ, with utmost respect to retired2, about the transparent sides, though - I think it is an advantage to be able to see if anything is clogging inside, and, well, I just love looking at the swirl. Maybe that's not worth the expense to some (it didn't cost me anything as I had the stuff already) but I would have paid for the plastic sheet anyway. Just don't use plexiglass (acrylic) as it will be an exercise in frustration. My Lowe's carries Lexan and you can find it at sign makers or online. You don't have to get one long, narrow piece - the walls can be done in sections. Since you are going to seal the walls in place, you don't need to screw into it, either - it just has to be cut with a tight enough fit to stay in place until the caulk sets up.
Having a transparent wall on the inside of the separator has shown me that with about 1 year's use, there is NO wear, scratching, or dulling of the window from the dust against the material, and I believe that worrying about the walls wearing down is unnecessary. I have only been collecting sawdust however, not cleaning up after sandblasting equipment. In that case, you should probably worry more about your hose.
Retired2 is right, though - just doing a basic one will get you very close and one you will be happy with every time you look in your bin.