Full Indicator

[barrywabeach]

I made my separator based on Phil's design and it worked great - unfortunately I had trouble knowing when to empty it.  I made a low tech indicator -  a length of dowel slightly taller than the barrel, drilled a hole through the top so the dowel would slide easily, then put a mark when the dowel was even with the top of the separator.  To use it, I pull up the dowel and let it fall -, if you try pushing it, you won't get a true measure because you can push past the chips.  So far it is working pretty well.

[sailfl]

Barry,

Innovative idea.  Hope it continues to work for you.