Simple, cheap but effective Thien Cyclone Separator

[zorglups]

Hello,

First of all: A BIG THANK YOU TO THIEN for his brillant mind and for sharing his finding with the community !!!

I read a lot of your posts and did, 2 weeks ago my own version of the Thien Cyclone Separator.


It was made fully from recycled parts and NOTHING was bought for this project.
It works extreamly well and I thought that I would share you my version.

Nothing clever. Just applied what you all did. I just did it my way, with my stuffs, my tools and ... my son  :P

That has been a funny project and I now use it to work in clean conditions.

Here you will see it in demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqIS6V1OZr8

I posted this video in a French forum and got some enthousiastic feed back so I took the time to write down the details of the project.
It is written in French but if several people would like to get it in English, I may take the time to translate it and post it here.
http://www.metabricoleur.com/t11060-separateur-cyclonique-thien-bon-marche-mais-efficace

Best regards,

[tvman44]

If it works, I like it.

[zorglups]

It wolks really really well as you can see in the video.

If I change something, I keep the same bucket volume for the separator but make it stronger. I may add a ring at mid height of the current bucket.
I'll add a security valve as well.
I may use bigger elbows to be able to attach two vacuum and get bigger air flow but I'm not sure this is necessary.

[tvman44]

What do you mean by ring at mid height?

[zorglups]

If you look at the video, you will see that the cyclone bucket has a tendency to collapse a bit.
I may put a security valve but I may as well make the cyclone bucket stronger by putting a ring at mid height of it.
The ring would be at the outside of the bucket to not create turbulences inside.

I will post a picture if I do it.

[tvman44]

Ok

[dabullseye]

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hope this works