Custom Cyclone Dust Separator
– or – Falling down a rabbit hole over 9sqft of floorspace Also, cable tray! It’s not stupid if it works [Downloads at bottom of Page] We’re looking at some new equipment for the space, which means… we need more room! We found a fair bit re-organizing, but this dust collection barrel caught our eye. Look at this barrel: -Ugly -Inefficient -So much floorspace This barrel is the first stage of dust-collection for our CNC – Air and dust come in one side, dodge past some vertical baffles, and exit to our main dust-collector for further filtering. Theoretically, the heaviest dust should fall into this barrel and be trapped, and over a few years of use it caught probably 20% of our sawdust. More importantly, it’s on the ground, and that’s space we could use for more tools! Design: The first thought was just to put it on legs. But if we’re going to go through the work of building a stand for it, maybe it’s worth redesigning the system! And thus, I began researching dust collectors. I originally intended to make a transparent baffle system – smaller, clear so yo