Help!!
I am still getting a lot of bypass with fine sanding dust and some with regular chips and sawdust. I recall comments about the diameter of a separator affecting velocity, which in turn affects separation.
I built my separator like most others have, using a 30 gallon trash can as a catch container, so the diameter of the separator is dictated by the diameter of said container. Because my dc is larger than most people on this site have indicated, I am beginning to question if I need to change the deminsions of my separator to slow down the spin of air. I was watching it yesterday while my wife was feeding some stock for me and I noticed that it is still sucking fine dust back up through the slot from the container below. I have caulked all air leaks that I could find. At Phil's suggestion, I even caulked the trash can which made a huge improvement.
My question is; would it help to enlarge the depth of the separator and be able to lower the outlet pipe a little more? I can also enlarge the diameter and build a funnel to a different type of catch container if that may help.
Or, am I just expecting too much and need to just leave well enough alone?
Thanks for your input.
Raymond
I am still getting a lot of bypass with fine sanding dust and some with regular chips and sawdust. I recall comments about the diameter of a separator affecting velocity, which in turn affects separation.
I built my separator like most others have, using a 30 gallon trash can as a catch container, so the diameter of the separator is dictated by the diameter of said container. Because my dc is larger than most people on this site have indicated, I am beginning to question if I need to change the deminsions of my separator to slow down the spin of air. I was watching it yesterday while my wife was feeding some stock for me and I noticed that it is still sucking fine dust back up through the slot from the container below. I have caulked all air leaks that I could find. At Phil's suggestion, I even caulked the trash can which made a huge improvement.
My question is; would it help to enlarge the depth of the separator and be able to lower the outlet pipe a little more? I can also enlarge the diameter and build a funnel to a different type of catch container if that may help.
Or, am I just expecting too much and need to just leave well enough alone?
Thanks for your input.
Raymond