hi there.
great forum and great product.
i started down the metal cyclone route but hit a dead end looking for someone trust worthy and good enough to weld it all together. \i had hears about this design and passed it off thinking it wasnt any good and started the cyclone. then when i stoped the cyclone i said why not try the baffel idea . so i did. i used a small barrel with a sealed lid adn suspended a baffel from it.
i couldnt follow the plans on that one as it wouldnt work with thwe barrel . it works great with my festool ct22 extractor, even thow it isnt built properly to scale etc.
anyway now i am back needing a big seperater for my workshop system that i am abou to put in.
i was hoping to use a 80 gallon (not a us gallon but british or eu ) or a wheely bin (not sure of the us design but over here they are a square cross section tapering out as they go up and have wheels and a flip up lid).
i am not sure if the wheelybin will hold up to the pressure or not (on my smaller one, the barrel gets sucked in a bit so i had to bolt pieces of wood inide to stop the plastic bending in.
i see that the normal design is for a 4 "pipe system. should i adjust the size to suite the 6" pipes.should th eoverall radius of the baffel be made larger to allow for the increase in inlet size.
i was thinking of making it a horezontal inlet design.
i am going to upgrade the power scourse by buying anouther chip colector(with the impeller houing seperate from the ring for the bag etc) and using the whole housing and motor and bolting that above the baffel. the online store selling the dc unit says it will moove 3900 m3 an hour(over 2200cfm if google is right). given that those numbers are inflated at times a bit. do you think that is too much for the baffel . will the high cfm suck the dust up before it gets to drop down through the slot
any advice would be aprieciated
thanks alan
great forum and great product.
i started down the metal cyclone route but hit a dead end looking for someone trust worthy and good enough to weld it all together. \i had hears about this design and passed it off thinking it wasnt any good and started the cyclone. then when i stoped the cyclone i said why not try the baffel idea . so i did. i used a small barrel with a sealed lid adn suspended a baffel from it.
i couldnt follow the plans on that one as it wouldnt work with thwe barrel . it works great with my festool ct22 extractor, even thow it isnt built properly to scale etc.
anyway now i am back needing a big seperater for my workshop system that i am abou to put in.
i was hoping to use a 80 gallon (not a us gallon but british or eu ) or a wheely bin (not sure of the us design but over here they are a square cross section tapering out as they go up and have wheels and a flip up lid).
i am not sure if the wheelybin will hold up to the pressure or not (on my smaller one, the barrel gets sucked in a bit so i had to bolt pieces of wood inide to stop the plastic bending in.
i see that the normal design is for a 4 "pipe system. should i adjust the size to suite the 6" pipes.should th eoverall radius of the baffel be made larger to allow for the increase in inlet size.
i was thinking of making it a horezontal inlet design.
i am going to upgrade the power scourse by buying anouther chip colector(with the impeller houing seperate from the ring for the bag etc) and using the whole housing and motor and bolting that above the baffel. the online store selling the dc unit says it will moove 3900 m3 an hour(over 2200cfm if google is right). given that those numbers are inflated at times a bit. do you think that is too much for the baffel . will the high cfm suck the dust up before it gets to drop down through the slot
any advice would be aprieciated
thanks alan