We built a large Thien separator for our shop planer and it works just great. Now I want to build one for use with our drum sander. This sander is responsible for rapidly clogging the HEPA filter on our new 5 HP Oneida Dust Gorilla cyclone. Is there an optimum slot width that I should use to collect the very fine sander dust? Chunks and larger pieces of wood are not an issue here. Also, has anyone built a smaller version of the Thien to fit a 30 gallon plastic barrel?
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Thien Cyclone Separator Lid Discussion / Seperator for fine dust from drum sander
March 24, 2017, 12:17:20 PM #2
Thien Cyclone Separator Lid Discussion / Reducing cyclone filter clogging
February 26, 2017, 05:23:11 PM
We just started using Oneida 5 HP Dust Gorilla cyclone collectors in our retirement community wood shop. We have found that the large HEPA filters can become very clogged, especially if the dust bins are allowed to over fill. Just wondering if using the Thien separators on our dustiest machines ahead of the cyclones might alleviate this.
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