J. Phil Thien's Projects

First time visiting this site since last spring, figured my post would be long dead by now. Just to update, the system is all completed with ductwork and blast gates. It works totally awesome! Probably catches 98% of dust and particles. Been using it quite a bit for the last 6 months. Probably have a cup full of very fine dust in the bag. Emptied the drum twice. I'll post some pic's of the finished system when I get a chance. Chuck, when you see how the duct system connects to the side inlet you'll see that the length of the inlet pipe attached to the drum is fine because it is fully supported by the duct pipe. Also there is so much surface area where the inlet pipe meets the side of the drum that once the pipe is "superglued" on and left untouched for 24 hours, it"s almost impossible to rip it off.

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dbhost, I used the pipe joint template software on the harderwoods.com website to make the cuts, very easy to do. bruegf, I did consider going to a 5" trunk line but my main trunk is only 8 feet total in length. My planer and jointer will be connected about 3 feet from the separator drum. I'm not antisipating any air flow problems.

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I'm building a 2 stage dc setup for my garage workshop. I started by mounting a 2 hp HF blower on the wall, added a Wynn canister filter, built a side inlet drum with a Thien separator, made a new base for everthing to sit on, and fabbed up a remote control circuit so that the system can be turned-on remotely or manually with the flip of a switch. I just started working on the ductwork which will consist of 4" pvc pipe with 45 degree inlets welded to the main trunk. The table saw will be hard piped, the jointer and planer will hookup with short hose connectors so that they can be moved out of the way when I'm done using them. I will post some pic's when it's done.

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