J. Phil Thien's Projects

Hi Fred,

So what you're saying is that I should have the 120 degree portion of the baffle starting at the rear of the inlet port as shown in this picture.




Ok,  one more thing.  Should there be any space below the inlet port and the baffle?  I don't see any in this pic but some of the builds I've seen here do have a space............



Joe

Thanks Dave.

I'll redo the inlet port & see how that goes.

Joe

Hi everyone - thanks for the input!

The can was already sealed with silicon & I held a smoke around the lid with the dc turned on & no leaks.  I did put a strip of 3/8" weather strip into the dado for the can - just in case it ever decided to leak.

Guess I'll live with the dust in the bag until I spring for a clearvue.

Phil - thanks for putting this out on the net for us  to build.  It's a nice affordable solution to get good separation.

Joe

Hi,

I built one of these collectors a couple of weeks ago.  It's connected to a steel city 1.5hp dc.  Previously had a lid from Lee Vally for the trash can that did hardly anything.  I upgraded th dust bag on the top of the collector to a filter from Wynn & wanted to keep as much dust and dubris out of the filter & bag.

I find that this does a great job of keeping the bigger stuff out but when I hook it up to my drum sander, the fine sawdust finds it's way past the trash can & into the bag/filter area.

So I was wondering if anyone can give me any pointers on making it a bit more efficient.

Here's some pics so you can see how my seperator is currently set up.


Lid on the trash can.


Bottom with reference to the inlet.  Also shows the 3/8" grove that the trash can lip fits into - no air leaks.


Side view showing the outlet port.


Showing the inlet & bottom of the separator with respect to the edge of the trash can.