bill pentz cyclone
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i cutt all the parts and bent them to shape . i need a welder to weld them together. a local shop wanted half the price of a new welder to do it for me so decided to buy 1. i am going to get an inverter mig welder as i have a stick welder already. unfortunitly i havnt got the money yet.
as for the cyclone for the vac . i put that on hold for now until i make my shop bigger . might make it for the midi i will get some day for site work. my ct22 has a homemade workcenter on top so space is limited.
i built a thein baffel out of a drum as a seperator. i heard a lot of good and bad ( not as effiecient as a cyclone ) things about it and decided it to build it as any thing is better than nothing. only used it a small bit and so far im getting 95-100% in the drum of table saw chips. i will start a thread on this
can we see some pics of your cyclone
as for the cyclone for the vac . i put that on hold for now until i make my shop bigger . might make it for the midi i will get some day for site work. my ct22 has a homemade workcenter on top so space is limited.
i built a thein baffel out of a drum as a seperator. i heard a lot of good and bad ( not as effiecient as a cyclone ) things about it and decided it to build it as any thing is better than nothing. only used it a small bit and so far im getting 95-100% in the drum of table saw chips. i will start a thread on this
can we see some pics of your cyclone
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maybe I am the dummy here, but as I see it the Thien system is working on a 21/2 inch hose. has anyone adapted this to work with a Festool dust collector hose either 27 or 36 mm.
I t would be interesting to see this in action.I am not a fan of the Dust Deputy system at this point.
I t would be interesting to see this in action.I am not a fan of the Dust Deputy system at this point.
Yes I will post some pics of my cyclone. I built my own pipe also. I was going to use 6" pvc. The 10' pieces were not a bad price but at $25 per wye and T connections it was going to cost me more than the actual cyclone itself. I'm cheap I guess.
As far as the welds go, I took my 2 main pieces to a local sheet metal fabricator and he crimped the edges for me. It snapped right together! It was VERY time consuming but well worth it!
As far as the welds go, I took my 2 main pieces to a local sheet metal fabricator and he crimped the edges for me. It snapped right together! It was VERY time consuming but well worth it!
Ed Morgano made one for a while before he sold the Clearvue business. There was a legal issue related to it and another similar mini cyclone (Dust Deputy?)
Clear Vue Cyclones Mini CV06
Clear Vue Cyclones Mini CV06
Wow I didn't know Ed Morgano sold ClearVue! Hope all is well with him. He helped me out immensely throughout the cyclone building process. I just gave him a call when I ran into a problem. I bought the fan and the auto start button from him.
Anyway here are some pictures of my cyclone. I can't stress enough how much I LOVE having built it. It took a LONG time but well worth it!
Anyway here are some pictures of my cyclone. I can't stress enough how much I LOVE having built it. It took a LONG time but well worth it!
