I guess most of you have a proper manly shopvac. I don't. And I was tired of buying new dust bags. So a few months ago I searched for self-made separators and found this: http://www.jpthien.com/cy.htm
Decided to build my own, using a planter from IKEA, some plywood from my lathe's shipping crate, and a set of casters that were supposed to go under the second work bench which I never built. Here is the lower baffle sitting in the bucket (edit: Pierre pointed out that the drop slot in the original design is 240 degrees, while mine is 120 degrees -- this was not intentional, it's an oversight):
And the whole assembly. The PVC fittings are glued in with hot glue:
I placed everything on a small trolley so that I can move it around the shop:
I've used the thing for about half a year now, and I love it. Virtually everything stays in the bucket. Nothing makes it to the dust bag. Saw dust, chips, swarf from drilling ... you name it.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Decided to build my own, using a planter from IKEA, some plywood from my lathe's shipping crate, and a set of casters that were supposed to go under the second work bench which I never built. Here is the lower baffle sitting in the bucket (edit: Pierre pointed out that the drop slot in the original design is 240 degrees, while mine is 120 degrees -- this was not intentional, it's an oversight):
![2012-12-18_06.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Frv8.linta.de%2F2012%2F12%2F2012-12-18_06.jpg&hash=60a0e3d89583ec798e4aaa0bf9afeda7)
And the whole assembly. The PVC fittings are glued in with hot glue:
![2012-12-18_07.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Frv8.linta.de%2F2012%2F12%2F2012-12-18_07.jpg&hash=223eacd63c7b8210967b7a664dfb4ffa)
I placed everything on a small trolley so that I can move it around the shop:
![2012-12-18_09.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Frv8.linta.de%2F2012%2F12%2F2012-12-18_09.jpg&hash=484bd7bdfd5a4a3a473b7639c552b885)
I've used the thing for about half a year now, and I love it. Virtually everything stays in the bucket. Nothing makes it to the dust bag. Saw dust, chips, swarf from drilling ... you name it.
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