NEW! Festool CT Cyclone Dust Separator + New Accessories Coming Fall 2018 (US)

[Cheese]

Well, I saw it in action today at the Road Show at Betterley Tools. It was pretty slick, they had it hooked up to a Planex sanding drywall. What was also nice is that the clear plastic boxes don't need to always be used, you can attach the upper half to the lower half which makes for a lot shorter profile. You'd just need to empty more often. [big grin]  It's especially well suited for mobile applications.  [cool] very  [cool]

 

[guitarchitect]

And that clearvue mini was eventually redesigned to have a longer cyclone to match the Oneida's proportions and his update indicated it performed equally to the Oneida after that update (where before the update it didn't perform as well).

Wow, you weren't kidding - the new CV06 outperformed the dust deputy, I'd say!

This is also an interesting comparison - a homemade Thien baffle versus a cyclonehttp://www.ycmt2.com/thien-baffle-vs-cyclone-efficiency-comparison/

The thien baffle caused a 47% reduction in airflow, whereas the cyclone caused a 24% loss. I would call a 47% loss "significant", and that's why I made my statement about changing bags more often being better than a baffle in some cases... I really do believe that you'll put more dust into the air if you halve your airflow, unless you have extremely good collection at the source AND your airflow is enormous and overkill to begin with - which is rarely the case for a home shop. 

 

[Shane Holland]

Just a friendly reminder that the CT Cyclone and other new Festool items begin shipping on Monday. Order now for fast, free shipping.

Have questions? Post them here and we'll get them answered for you.

 

[Farming_Sawyer]

I'm really looking forward to trying this. I work on jobsites where not having huge amounts of shavings, drywall bits and sawdust fill up the extractor bag quickly and degrade sander dust collecting is a must.  The light, portable nature of the "cyclone" will be great. After watching New Brit Workshop's review of it I'm sold. Anything that presorts debris and makes it less expensive and easier to keep jobsite and work areas clean is great. And with 30days to beat the snot out of it and test under heavy conditions.... Why not.

 

[Shane Holland]

If you missed out on the Limited Edition SYS MINI Centrotec Set (203815), we have a few units remaining before they are completely sold out. Once they're gone, that's it. No more will be available.

Order the Festool MINI Systainer Centrotec Set

 

[Shane Holland]

Everyone, just a reminder that the much-anticipated new Festool CT Cyclone and other new Festool products begin shipping immediately tomorrow, Monday, October 1st!

 

[rst]

I received notice that my cyclone and mini Centrotec set had shipped today.  Going to interesting to see how well it separates plastics chips as I cut more of that than anything else.  I'll be able to compare it to the three Oneida's that I use.