My DIY Cyclone dust collector

[crocky]

Looks nice, almost makes me want to remodel my cyclone and incorporate your drink bottles because it is nice being able to see what is going in the big bucket

Well done

http://www.ocm.com.au/cnc/cyclonic.html is how mine works

Bob

[bryanrabb]

that thing looks like an over grown dyson vac. Not bad.

[bajaru]

Please forgive me if this is a dumb question... At the funnel part of the bottles, the dust simply falls into the bucket, by force of gravity? I saw the video and saw that it does work, but why doesn't the dust get clogged there?

-thanks

[jckstrthmghty]

Yup the dust just falls due it higher wieght/density over air. We all know the center of a vortex has little disturbance and all the heavier dust particles are forced to the outside of the walls and downwards leaving only air in the center to be drawn up and out to the exhaust. The dust has no where else to go but down.

Hope this makes sense.

Great design. Only issue I can see if large object are sucked in. Might block one of the funnels. Then again it's only supposted to be a dust seperator and not a shop vac.

[Swets]

like to get some info on the bottle length and size ie diameter..and how long the in helical tub is etc

the bottle length is ...27 cm... and the diameter is 86 mm

helical tub are... 1 meter/7 =14 cm... the tube I use is 30mm in diameter...

[wolfdagon]

Very nice. Are the bottles plastic? Is that a 5 gallon bucket for the bottom of it?

[CanSir]

These exact dimensions probably aren't critical to the operation of the device, but just to have all of the dimensions in one place....

What is the diameter and thickness of the plexi tubes that are inside the helix? How thick was the plexi that you used on the helix ramps? Did you just use a heat gun to heat-form the helixes over your wooden forms?

BTW, Dasani water bottles over here in North America appear to be very close to what you used. The taper to the neck of the bottle isn't as uniform, but I'm hoping that they'll still work.

[Swets]

These exact dimensions probably aren't critical to the operation of the device, but just to have all of the dimensions in one place....

What is the diameter and thickness of the plexi tubes that are inside the helix? How thick was the plexi that you used on the helix ramps? Did you just use a heat gun to heat-form the helixes over your wooden forms?

BTW, Dasani water bottles over here in North America appear to be very close to what you used. The taper to the neck of the bottle isn't as uniform, but I'm hoping that they'll still work.

I look to all the other i found on internet. like this one:



and only try to make it smaller......
a other....:

[LayFaris]

Excellent Job

[CNCRob]

Hi,...

First sorry for the bad english, I do my best...

I make a Cyclone dust collector from 7 PET(?) bottles ....



and it really works very well....

movie:


if this in the wrong forum, move or delete it...

www.arjan-swets.com

I love the dust collector, Most of the factory made ones are way to big for my shop.

[grahamweekes]

Hello Swets,

very good machine and I particularly appreciate the recycling of plastic bottles.

Your English is ok, wish I had any Dutch (or even Frisian)

Does the cyclone catch fine dust? If not a paper/fabric sub micron filter would be useful to remove the particles dangerous to health especially if you cut mdf.

Regards

Graham

[Swets]

Hello Swets,

very good machine and I particularly appreciate the recycling of plastic bottles.

Your English is ok, wish I had any Dutch (or even Frisian)

Does the cyclone catch fine dust? If not a paper/fabric sub micron filter would be useful to remove the particles dangerous to health especially if you cut mdf.

Regards

Graham

If i use it, by my cnc machine, always put it outside... so it blows the very fine dust out....

but if I you use it inside, alfter a while I get very fine dust (like flour) ....

I was thinking to lead the clean air flow through a water filter . as in a water pipe..... Perhaps the fine dust remains behind in the water?