J. Phil Thien's Projects

I'm thinking about using a top hat on a bin, I'm building my dust collection system into a workbench and I've only got about 25" of vertical to work with, so the lower I can put the separator the less abrupt the angle of the outlet has to be. I'm thinking a drawer might be the way to go, or a clear rubbermaid bin.

if the idea is to keep the airflow in the separator it does seem like the bin shape shouldn't matter, a square bin might even be an improvement by causing enough friction to keep airflow in the collection area from picking up fines and carrying them back up into the separator. 

Now that I know there is a thread I'll go back page by page till I find it.

Thanks :)

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Hi All, just wondering if anyone has tried a thein separator on a bin that's not round, say a rubbermaid tub for instance and if so how it worked.

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thanks alan

I think I'll try the side inlet, as an added bonus it'll fit better in the space I'm using.

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Hi All

Many thanks Phil for making the plans for this device available.

I'm just a hobbyist, I've built a couple small boats and a few boxes etc. I use hand tools as much as possible due to an aversion to loud noise so I've been fine with just wearing a  respirator up till now, but I just got a bandsaw and they really need dust removal to work properly.

First I looked at buying a system, I looked at prices and winced, I looked a decibel levels and and winced even more, I looked at how much precious shop space one would waste and stopped looking :)

So now I'm looking at building one into a workbench I can move around as needed using a blower from an electric furnace and the Thein separator.

Since I like to have everything I build do at least two things (Hence my choice of forum handle) I'm also looking at designing in air filtration for the shop using furnace filters, I'm hoping that by eliminating as much ducting as possible I can get by with a bit less airflow, I'll post it here if it works out.

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Hi All

I'm pretty new to dust collection so I've been reading all the "Tips" I can find and one that keeps coming up is to stay away from 90 degree elbows as they create friction and turbulence.

So, is the 90 degree inlet elbow serving a purpose, or is it just the easiest way to rig the inlet and get the airflow pointing the right direction?  would a 45 deg elbow work just as well if it were mounted at a 45 deg angle so the direction of the airstream was the same? or even a straight inlet mounted on the side instead of the top?

Sorry if this has been asked before, I did search but couldn't find anything.

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