Oneida - DIY Dust Deputy (Rating: 5)

I read the dewalt planer would overpower normal shop vacs and had enough power to blow the chips into the cyclone. While this was kinda true, it struggled with the shopvac hooked up to the top port of the cyclone and not turned on.

So i just hooked a hose up to the top port, it worked a lot better, but when the 30 gallon can I had fills up, it of course happens in the middle of a pass. So half a pass worth of fluff gets blown all over the shop or driveway…....

SOLUTION?

I daisy chained 2 cyclones together with the shopvac assisting the dewalt planer. Worked like a dream!!!

First cyclone was put on this 30 gallon barrel i bought off amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0025QI4XC/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 with a $45 dust deputy from Menards. This didn't come with any gaskets, bolts, hoses ect.

I bought a 4 pack of 12" cork tiles ($5 from menards) and made two gaskets for above and below the can, used 5/16" bolts to secure it to the lid. I haven't had any issues with the barrel crushing like some have reported.

That feeds my other dust deputy kit with 5 gallon can, and my normal 4HP shop vac assisting.

This setup has an 8 foot 2.5" hose from planer to 30 gal can, and another 8 foot 2.5" hose to the second cyclone.
This gives plenty of space to move things out of the way, and reach another electrical outlet. This setup is perfect for a small shop, or non woodworking dedicated shop! When the 30 gal gets full, i can finish my last pass and all the excess is in the 5 gallon can, not clogging up my shopvac filter.

I put the 30 gallon blue barrel inside my rubbermaid Brute 32 gallon on a Rubbermaid dolly.

When the barrel is full, I pull it out of the brute, put a 45 garbage bag on the brute. Pour the 5 gallon can into that first to try and weigh down the bag, try to take excess air out of the bag next to the can, then pour the 30 gallon into it. I find that it compacts a bit and I can fit both cans into the 32 gallon brute can. This does create some of a mess pouring the fluff into a bag; however, much less than a non sequential setup. I tried putting a bag inside the 30 gallon drum, but it would only fill up 10-15 gallons….....not sure if i can remedy that.