Shop made wooden cyclone for HF DC

I can’t believe my eyes this is unbelievably cool, Great Job Scott

Hi Scott, it looks good, I am in the process of doing the same thing. I am using all wood from pallets or found on the side of the road, only recycled lumber for this one. If you want to see the progress I have blog you can look at here. I have about 4 entries so far, and on Friday I will have more pallets to disassemble and make more components. If you have any question just let me know.

-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.

Impressive dust collector

-- Don, Royersford, PA

Scott, I think you could make ANYTHING out of wood. I am enjoying my hf dc modification, hated emptying that bag all the time too.

-- bowtie,.....jus passin thru....

@Martyroc I considered the method that you are using but did not know how I would make the inside round.
That I why I made it the way I did. In pic 5 the cone has not been sanded and it was fairly smooth and already round.

-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois

WOW , that’s all I can say.

a new era has arrived

from stone
bronze
steel

to WOOD !

very nice

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

You are really good with that bandsaw!

-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher

Thanks for the comments.
@ DocSavage. The 1/2 circle cutting jig did most of the work for me.

-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois

Lookin good! Did you seal it on the inside also?

@Greg: More coats of poly on the inside than I care to count. Time will tell how well the poly lasts.

-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois

Hi SASmith,

it’s a chore getting the inside smooth, a lot of planing & sanding, if I had plywood I would have made it similar to yours, but my goal was to use whatever lumber I could find. Since I get a lot of pallet’s and most of the wood is not that great I usually use them for shop builds. My wife said I need to clean up all the dust in the shop, so I said, I will buy a cyclone dust collector, to which she said “can’t you build that?”. That got me thinking but I was still not convinced, when a friend of mine doubted my skill and determination and said I couldn’t do it, thats all the convincing I needed. I will be using it with my shop vac temporarily when it’s done, since I used my spare motor for something else. I usually come across old motors in the trash at work, but of course now that I need one there has been nothing available. I attached the intake earlier and have some sanding to do, (“some” is an extreme under estimation). I still have the collection bin to build, but I won’t have any more wood until the end of the week. Until then it will sit in the shop ready for sanding.

-- Martin ....always count the number of fingers you have before, and after using the saw.

Wow – really amazing…..can’t believe you would even consider such a project, but there you’ve gone and done it…...very cool.

Jeff

-- Jeff .... Minnesota, USA

The jig helped! Your skill made it happen.

-- Cau Haus Designs, Thomas J. Tieffenbacher

Thanks Doc

-- Scott Smith, Southern Illinois