J. Phil Thien's Projects

Here are 3 pictures.
The large radius touches the side of 5 gal. bucket.
I made the drop slot 1 1/8" wide.
I have tried rotating the baffle, with no change.
Pail dia. is 11"
This one only catches aprox. 30%

The one I made at work catches 90%+ (With lower powered vac)

Hi everyone!
I have made 2 baffles in the last 2 days, the first at my shop at work using an old rigid shop vac and it worked perfectly.

I made the second today at my home shop using a rigid 6.5 hp (more powerful) but this one does not seperate nearly as well.

Both were made using 5 gal buckets.

Is it possible that the extra power and velocity has a negative effect?