J. Phil Thien's Projects

General Category => Thien Cyclone Separator Lid Discussion => Topic started by: byron on April 24, 2018, 11:17:01 PM

Title: Dustopper... commercial rip off of Thien's design?
Post by: byron on April 24, 2018, 11:17:01 PM
Seen the "Dustopper"?  It really looks like a straight up rip off of the Thien baffle design. :(

dustopper.com

Title: Re: Dustopper... commercial rip off of Thien's design?
Post by: Sthutch on April 25, 2018, 01:10:44 PM
Interesting! I wonder how much research they put into their design?
Title: Re: Dustopper... commercial rip off of Thien's design?
Post by: BrianHood on September 12, 2018, 06:11:36 PM
I own one of these which I connected to a Festool Sys-vac (with a tiny bag) and it works extremely well. As per usual, I end up with only the finest flour in the vac bag at a rate of about 2 oz for each 1/2 of a 5 gallon bucket.
As you can see from the photos posted by the OP, the inside of the top has a honeycomb texture and I wonder if this improves performance?