DIY Dust Collector/Separator home made in less than 20 minutes with a bucket and spare vacuum parts
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- Here is a video on a cyclone dust collector/separator that I built in 20 minutes using a 5 gallon bucket with a lid and some spare wet-dry vac parts and hose that I had laying around my garage. I attach this to my wet-dry vac and then attach it to my tools for dust collection. It is a very simple design and it only took my 20 minutes to build and it is very effective collecting almost all the dust in the bucket letting very little make it into my wet-dry vac. I had all the parts laying around my garage but if you were to go out and buy the parts to make it then it should be under $20, you can see the parts needed in the video and easily get an idea how it works, it is very simple. I hope this video helps, I know I saw a lot of videos where people were just making overly complicated dust collectors that didn't work much better than this simple one. Since I only have a small shop and just use my wet-dry vac for my dust collection I quickly noticed how bad all the dust and shavings were for my vac and came up with this simple system which has been saving my wet-dry vac from excessive motor wear and tear and from the filter getting destroyed. If your just using a wet-dry vac for your dust collection in your shop then I would definitely make one of these collector/separators, it is very quick and easy to make and it is cheap to make, as I said in my case I just had the parts to make this laying around my garage and even if you have to buy the parts your still only going to pay a fraction of what something like a dust deputy would cost you. I forgot to mention in the video that I ran some self tapping screws thru the side of the bucket into the side extension piece in addition to the hot glue to help hold it in place.
Thank you , I just made this for the price of $1.45 , I had an old vacuum that I used for parts with my 16 gallon wet dry vac and I bought the lid from home depot for $1.45 ,and it works great . Thanks for sharing your talent .
Sure thing glad I could help and that it worked out for you. 👍
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Thank you for posting this! I made mine this evening. This has helped already SO MUCH!! I put both hoses on the side of the bucket. One like you have. And the other, to the left of the first one on the same side. I faced the angle cuts opposite each other as you mentioned. I also cut the holes the same size and used heat to 'squeeze' the hoses in so as to make a tight seal without having to add extra 'stuff' to seal them. I put plastic strips on each side of the bucket and the wet-dry vac. I stacked the wet-dry vac on top of the bucket and used the plastic strips (with wing-nut screws for quick-easy detachment) to keep the two stacked. It was easier for me to move around this way. I also added a HEPA filter on the inside of the wet-dry vac and over the exhaust. This keeps the smaller particles from coming through. Again, thank you SO much for your post.
I'm really glad you liked it and that you were able to build one that worked for you, I think that's really cool that you added a HEPA filter to it that thought never even crossed my mind! Thanks for watching my video and commenting, I'm really glad it helped you out! 👍
Hey man, just wanted to thank you for this video. Just finished making mine. Had to buy an extra hose, some pvc, and two adaptors, set me back about $20. Really surprised at how well it works, apparently no loss of suction! Anyway, I appreciate the time you took to make this video!
Sure thing bud I'm glad my videos helped you out and that you were able to make your own! Thanks for commenting! 👍
Yeah I didn't lose any suction in mine either. Luckily I had hose that's used in carpet extractors so it is really stiff so I didn't need to use PVC. However using PVC was a good idea when you don't have access to stiff hose. I was lucky I had all the stuff I needed to make mine laying around my garage. Still $20 isn't much to male one! Sorry I only saw the thumbs up and realized I had already replied to your comment lol! Oh well I guess it doesn't hurt to leave a second comment!
Great work. I put a 3 pound exercise weight in my bucket and have no problems with bucket tipping. Also I have a shorter hose between the vac and bucket. Thanks for sharing.
Sounds like a good setup, glad you liked the video.
Thank you for sharing. I made this today since I bought a new shop vac and wanted to preserve the filter and bag which are both quite expensive to replace. I used what I had on hand... thank goodness I kept hoses and attachments from past vacuums. I burnt out the motor on my mini shop vac not realizing how much dust is generated from the table saw {my first), so I need to control the dust...cheers to healthy lungs! I spent $2.50 US, the cost of the bucket. Very excited to complete projects now that this is done.
Glad it helped u out, I also built mine after I got my first table saw because it creates so much dust and this dust collector is a good cheap way to keep most the dust out of your shop-vac to keep the filter cleaner and extend the motor life! I actually had all the parts on hand so mine didn't cost me anything to make and I have hoses running all over, I have one hose that my miter saws share and another hose that my router table and table saw share so I don't have to change hoses around as often which is nice. Thanks for watching my video and I'm glad it helped and thanks for commenting! 😊
I made one yesterday with parts I already had and it works Great. Thanks for all your help!
Charles Youngblood Sure thing bud I'm glad the video helped u out!
OutDAMNstanding! Thank you for this simple and efficient design. Many of the Thein baffle designs are more of a work of art than something to suck shit up off the floor. I am all over this design like a hobo on a ham sandwich. THANKS!
Howdy Doody Sure thing bud glad it helped you out!
Add 2nd bucket and make it taller for better 'waste drop' . Taller waste drop creates less filter clean up. So join both buckets at rim by modifying lip and insert together then drill hole in sidewall with 45 degree elbow to spiral partially downwards.Use same process for suction input
Sounds like a good idea, I'll have to try it out. Thanks for commenting.
I love it, man! I watched a couple other vids before this and was like, "man, this is a lot of unnecessary bullshit. I could make one with a chunk of pipe, a hacksaw, and some duct tape that would probably work just as fine. lol" Then I saw your title and gave it a watch. This is how I'll be making mine. You're the man, man!
Hell ya dude that's what I though about the other ones too! This one may not be as quite as efficient as those other super complex ones or one of those dust deputy ones that cost you like $100 but hey it's easy and cheap to make and as you can see it still catches plenty of dust! I appreciate the comment bud and I'm glad the vid helped you out!
Great idea and a simple design. Good questions and answers too.
For me, it's about grinding off carpet glue, three layers of old, flaking paint and a certain amount of concrete dust. Tried going direct from my angle grinder dust shroud to my shop vac but had to stop and empty the dust and shake the filter off every 5-10 minutes; way too much faffing around. I will give this straightforward design a shot as the HD Duststopper is expensive and needs expensive hose adapters, which may require modification.
I sure hope that not too much of my toxic dust gets to my shop vac.
I hope it works out for you, please let me know how well it works because I've had a lot of questions how well it will work with fine dust like drywall and concrete dust before but I haven't been able to answer them because I've only ever used mine for wood dust, it stays in a fixed place in my garage and I hook it up to all my woodworking machines like my miter saw, table saw and router table for the most part and it works great with those. So I'm very interested to know if it will work with dust as fine as concrete and drywall, one tip I've heard that might help if it's not collecting the dust very well is to put a small amount of water in the very bottom of the bucket so it will help catch the dust, but not to much because you don't want the vacuum sucking it up. Thanks for watching the video and I hope it works for you and please let me know how well it ends up working with that concrete dust! 👍
@@chevy5137 Waiting for my new Ridgid hose to arrive, when I will do a dry assembly and see what PVC pipe and adapters are needed - I'm favoring rubber connectors. Take a trip to HD and will let you know the result.
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@@SELondonUSA Sounds great let me know how it goes 👍
Best video out there on DIY cyclone dust collector. Very simple and to the point. Had every component in my garage so all it cost me was my time.
Less than 20 minutes but used silicone and had to wait for that to dry. Thanks for this excellent video and saving me some money.
Really glad you liked it and that it helped you out, thanks for watching! 👍
Wow! I did this and it works so well! Imy shop was due for a good cleaning and I got a half bucket full. Okay REALLY do for a cleaning. . good idea man! Saved me tons of money!
Glad to hear it helped, my objective was to make something that was cheap and that worked!
I seen that on another channel last week ,then he bolted it to the top of a rigid vacuum seemed to work pretty effectively!!!!
Yeah that's a good idea if you need it to be portable, another way to go is you can make a cart with caster wheels on the bottom with a divider in the middle and put the bucket and vacuum side by side so it's not top heavy and you can also pull it around easy since it's on wheels. The reason I didn't didn't do either of those things is because my vacuum and bucket stay in place under the work bench that I made for my router table to go on top of and they never move. I have hoses going along the wall of my shop where all my woodworking tools are so I can hook up my miter saws, table saws and router table all to it without having to move it.
In regards to the collapsing bucket issue you could probably make a valve that would open if vacuum inside got too extreme. Some vacuums like my old dyson has this already built in, if you fully plug in the inlet you can hear the valve pop.
I want the vacuum to run at full power though so that it'll suck as much dust in as possible so doubling up the buckets was the way to go I think.
@@chevy5137Good idea to use a second bucket but the lid also collapses, no? Do you have a solution for that?
@za.z.6061 I never had the lid collapse on mine but with a stronger vacuum I added it started sucking in the bucket sides so I had to glue and screw 2 buckets together.
BRILLIANT! Looking 4 something cheap & quick, you hit it. Thanks, gr8 vid 2 the point, Joe. Noise is noise
CATHY SCUDERI Glad it helped u out! Thanks for watching the video and commenting!
Nice and simple. One thing that I observed that you did but did not mention in the video is that you stabilized the pipe in the side of the bucket with 1 screws. This seems to be a necessary feature to keep everything from relying on hot glue alone which is not strong enough to support that pipe all by itself.
Yeas I did do that and it needs to be there to help stabilize it unfortunately I forgot to mention it in the video. I'm glad u noticed that!
Quick, cheap and it works, can't ask for more. Thanks for sharing I will be making one!
Michigan Hiker Glad it helped you out, it's definitely nice how cheap and easy it is to make. Thanks for watching the video and commenting I appreciate the support! 😊
Just what I was looking for simple and easy!
SuperDave Wood Works Glad to hear it bud, thanks for watching the video and commenting!
I built it the same design as yours, works brilliantly, thank you for the vid.
Sure thing, I'm really glad to hear that you built one and that it's working great for you! Thanks for watching my video and commenting! 😊
Same idea I had. I have a giant extension for my Ridgid that I never use and a spare bucket. I can get rubber sealing lids from Ace Hardware for like $4. Just need a tube of silicone.
Exactly most people like us just have the majority of parts needed laying around the garage, like I said in my video I had all the parts I needed in my garage so I didn't have to buy anything! I hope you enjoyed the video, go ahead and hit that thumbs up button if you did and thanks for commenting!
Simple and effective no BS. Just the job. Cheers
Thanks glad you liked it
Thanks so much. I greatly appreciate your video.
Yada Yada hooty who lol .. great video! I'll be making one this weekend.
DerekJM1127 Glad to hear it bud I'm happy it helped you out and I'm happy to hear your gonna make one of your own! Thanks for watching the video and commenting!
The Thien baffle keeps the system from sucking up more dust as the bin gets full. Without a baffle it is going to pass more and more dust the fuller the bin gets.
Yes that's true this is a very simple design but if you empty it when it gets about 1/4 full it does the trick.
thank you so much for sharing! I love how you just use things you already had. this video is super useful!
Sure thing I'm glad you liked the video!👍
Ok after watching a lot of these videos and doing research I can tell you the weakness of this design . The more dust that goes in your bucket the worse performance you will get. This system scrubs the dust in the bucket and then the stirred dust will fly up the pipe to the vaccum. Both the thein baffle and the cyclone will out perform it.
Yeah this is a cheap solution and you need to empty it when it's about 1/4 to 1/3 full for it to stay effective.
I built one of these using the Home Depot bucket and using a Harbor Freight vacuum. It works great but if you plug the inlet hose it will partially collapse the bucket. I found a Soy Sauce bucket on the street side and it works just fine. The HD top did fit the new bucket. The top will pull down some but did not collapse.
Ya I have heard of people having problems with the buckets collapsing but I never had that issue, I lucked out I guess!
Robert McFee So I ended up getting a new vacuum with almost twice the power at 4,25hp and it wanted to collapse the bucket some so I dropped the collection bucket inside another bucket and glued and screwed the 2 together and that seemed to fix the issue
F yes. This is why I watch y tube
Thanks for the post
Thanks bud I'm happy you enjoyed it!
It's ok for the big chips that you can see, but it's not ok for the finer dust that damages your lungs. It's definitely worthwhile to make a separator followed by a HEPA filter in your vac. It's up to you. The only advantage that I see with yours over a cyclone separator (e.g. Dust Deputy) is that it's shorter and may fit into tighter space.
Yeah it's also much cheaper than a dust deputy and it's not meant for a big time shop it's a cheap and easy solution for DIY and weekend warrior guys like me who want some dust collection to keep most of the dust and chips from getting into their shop-vacs
My concern is also for the very fine dust. I do little woodworking indoors but am hoping to do more. I have been trying to find ideas for building a fine dust filter that isn't too expensive. Perhaps my idea is science fiction.
Great video .
Just a thought have you ever tried putting a brick in the bottom of the bucket just to make it a bit more stable .
Regards from the UK.
Terry Robinson no I hadn't thought of that before because I have mine in a confined area where it can't move, I only have it out in this video for demonstration purposes, but that's a really good idea! It would definitely help keep the bucket from tipping over when you have it out in the open. Thanks for watching the video and commenting with that really helpful tip! 😁
@@chevy5137 A little in commenting but using another bucket with a few inches of concrete in it, that you then set your separator in works great. It really stabilizes it. Thank you for the video.
Thank you, good video!
Was thinking about making a device exactly like this but just wouldn't allow myself to believe something so FAST AND EASY could work so well. I guess it's the SCIENCE behind the effect that actually does the job. Want to make one for my dust collector but adding the baffle seen on most others, either fabricated or factory produced. Thanks for doing the prototype work. Now I'm wondering if an old shop vac tub would work even better due to its larger capacity and sturdy construction.
Wayne Cameron Yeah I was surprised to at how well this model works and yeah if u add that baffle deal it'll work even better, I haven't bothered doing that because I don't use my tools that hook to the vacuum system enough to warrant it.
I found out about this sort of thing only a week ago and now I'm nuts for 'em. I want one on my dust collector AND my shop vac. My DC has a 5 micron bag which is WAY better than no collector at all (wife bought the unit for me) but now I've got a layer of 5 mic dust on everytghing in my shop. I'm also getting a Wynn .5 mic pleated paper filter and having about 10 times the surface area of my bag, plus I'm going to have a powered vent to the outside. I'm doing a remodel of my workshop benches and building-in my bigger power tools, and building an automated system to pre-control dust and chips is going to be a big time and hassle saver. Having to constantly deal with that is one reason I don't make as much stuff as I want.
Wayne Cameron Wow man it sounds like you got an awesome shop, I hope you get your dust collection system setup just the way you want it so it works great, it sounds like you have a really good plan to make an awesome dust collection system and a sweet shop too! I just work out of my 2-1/2 car garage with all my tools against the wall, 2 miter saws, a router table and I have a Ridgid table saw that like a jobsite saw and is on a roll around gravity rise stand so I can fold it down when I'm done using it and put it against the wall, for a jobsite saw I'm surprised how accurate it is, it will cut down to 1/64" of an inch! It sounds like u have a way better shop lol! 😉 Putting one of these on your shop-vac too is a good idea and the way to go there is to make a little cart with wheels that both your shop-vac and dust collector bucket can fit into and then it becomes like one unit that you can roll around and that way you don't have to drag the dust collector and shop-vac around separate.
Not really. My benches and floor tools take up half a 2-car garage, although I do tend to "spread out" when I need to, and occassionally I have to leave the wife's car outside for days or weeks at a time. Hope my Wynn filter arrives today so I can finish that conversion.
Wayne Cameron Ah sounds like we have similar setups except all my tools r against the wall but I do have a 2-1/2 car garage so it's pretty big, I also have my toolbox and a work bench in the front of my garage and my entire front wall of my garage is pegboard so I've got tools hanging all over it lol, also on my tools are against one side wall and my entire other side wall is nice cabinets so I have plenty of room to store stuff like my cordless power tools and supplies and stuff like that which is nice
Brilliant and effective as well as cheap
Great job....this helped me plan for my dust collection system!
Jc Wilber Cool I'm really glad it helped you out! Thanks for watching and commenting! 😊
It might work a little better if the extension angle was directed towards the wall of the bucket and slightly down rather than facing the center of the bucket. Guess I’m gonna have to find out for myself. Thanks for the video
Let me know what you end up finding out ok because I'd be interested to hear it so that maybe I can improve my design. Thanks for the comment.
Awesome. Thanks.
So I just paid $50 for one from Home Depot. Guess I’ll be returning that and building me one of these LOL
I didn't even know they sold dust collectors at Home Depot but yeah this sucker was cheap to make and works good. Thanks for watching and commenting!
super simple and easy and cheap! gonna build it !
AlphaTroniks Yeah it may not catch as much dust as a dust cyclone or one that you buy but it's not over $100 to build and I bet lots of people out there which the parts they need already in their garage, I know had all the hoses and adaptors needed already in my garage so mine didn't cost me anything to make, plus yeah it is super simple to build only takes about 20 minutes. I'm glad you liked the video, thanks for watching and commenting bud!
Chevy513 made it and video will be uploaded soon!!😂
AlphaTroniks Nice! Get that video uploaded so that more people can see this easy design and make one for themselves! So question, did u review yourself making it or just showing it after like I did? Man that's my one regret is that I didn't film when I was making it!
Chevy513 I did film it obviously otherwise I wouldn't say " video will be uploaded soon 😂😂😂" People hate bloopers😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I got precious audience worldwide 😄 ... mail me on talktoalokd@gmail.com to have a one on one discussion sometime... let our brains get spot welded😂😂😂
AlphaTroniks glad to hear you filmed it while you were making, which I forgot to do lol but hey just with and explanation of how it is built and a demonstration I've gotten a ton of comments 600 thumbs up and over 90 thousand views so that ain't bad for a little channel like mine where I do all the filming myself and reviewing and I have no kind of sound system like a mic to level out my sound I've come quite a ways in a year with a phone that takes better videos and a tripod and a few thing but I don't want to drop a ton of money into equipment cuz right now I just do these videos for fun, oh and although it does shoot great video I still use my phone to shoot video, it'll shoot in 4K but I just keep it in 1080p cuz it still looks great and the files aren't huge like the 4K ones so they transfer wirelessly to my phone and also upload to CZcams faster, maybe I'll get some real
Not much matey. You got to consider that the fine dust will keep going airborne all the way to the auction source, so it will go into the filter any way. The heavy stuff will fall normally. But the fine stuff that will clog your filter and no matter how you do, if you have produce fine dust your filter will clog up.
Yes of course some small stuff can get thru but it still keeps the majority of dust from getting into your wet dry vac which is the point.
Put some water in the bucket to capture the dust, and it also weighs the bucket down
Heidi Sutherland That's a great idea I'm gonna have to try that once I put silicone over all the screws that I used to hold the outer bucket to the inner bucket, I had to add a second bucket to it because I got a new wet-dry vac with twice the power of my old on and it started collapsing my bucket
Simply effective!! Good job!!!
Thanks. Simple, effective and don't and don't forget cheap lol, thanks for watching and commenting
Great video. I cheated and bought mine. But it's a great addition to a small shop
Yes it is for sure when you have a small shop there's no point in spending a fortune on a huge dust collector, one like this works great for a small shop! Thanks for commenting! 👍
I can see this working for shavings and sawdust, but what happens with drywall dust which plugs up pleated filters very fast!?
I haven't tried dust that fine so I'm not sure.
Hi I like the Idea.
I was just thinking its a great way to use a bucket for wet vacuuming as well because then you dont have to
remove the dry filter out of the vacuum cleaner each time.
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jeff lane Ha yeah for sure, free for me since I already had all the stuff around my garage and super easy to make so u can't beat that lol! I did actually have to strengthen mine up with a second bucket recently because I got a new wet-dry vac with twice the horsepower and it wanted to collapse the bucket lol!
Hey, that worked great and was dirt cheap!
Ya I didn't even have to buy anything to make mine, I was just able to use parts I had laying around my garage lol! It may not catch as much dust as a dust deputy or one of those super fancy ones people make but it didn't cost $100 and only took me 20 minutes to build and it catches enough dust that it's good enough for me! Thanks again for you continued support in my channel and for watching my videos, I hope you have been enjoying them!
Hi Chevy have a question for you i herd in some cases buckets cave in can I remedy this by drilling a small hole in the top of the lid ? ( or possibly the side of the bucket ? near the top ???) thoughts please thank you
Genius!! 👍🏽 👍🏽
Thanks
Great idea!
Thanks, glad you liked it.
Nice and simple! Thank you
Toni Williams Sure thing bud I'm glad it helped you out, thanks for watching the video and commenting! 😊
Put input and outlet at more of a difference in their levels (more distance between inlet/outlet elevations) and you will capture almost all the dust into the bucket.
That's a good idea and I've often thought about tweaking mine myself and trying things like that but since I don't run my woodworking tools that need dust collection often I haven't worried about it for the time.
@@chevy5137 You probably don't have much clean up after a review,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
@@michaeldefilipps2364 Not with this dust collector. Actually I don't have much to clean up after most of my reviews, except for when I demonstrate them, like on my Sawzall, Hole Hawg review and others where I demonstrate tools that I use in wood that don't use the dust collector.
Buckets wheel's with 3 pound weight keep bucket from falling.
Definitely true when your wheeling it around, however my dust collector stays in a place under one of my work stands where it can't fall over
Why not just cap the original hose attachment point, cut the offset hose inlet into the vacs base, and put a shield around the filter so that entering particles are forced into the cyclone and fall to the bottom?
I don't want to cut up my shop vac and that seems like a lot of unnecessary work when this setup works just fine
Works great! The only problem I have is the bucket collapses after awhile. Is there a way to stop this from happening?
I had that same problem when I bought a more powerful wet dry vac and hooked it up to my bucket and my solution was to put the main bucket inside a second bucket and screw the 2 buckets together with some self tapping screws and I haven't had a problem with it collapsing since. I hope that helps you out. Thanks for watching my video and commenting!👍
This guy is homeless now since dyson sued him for using air and gravity to separate particles from air.
The court also awarded his daughters maidenhead to sir dyson himself as punitive damages.
No one was suppose to see how ridiculously easy it is to use cyclonic forces. No one!
LMAO yeah Dyson saw this and is all over my ass, the guy from the Dyson commercials came to my house and threatened me saying I better take this video down!
What if you switch the hoses on the ports will it work the same ?
Awesome video! Thanks so much!
Stephen Gonzalez Sure thing bud I'm glad you liked the video, thanks for watching and commenting! 😊
Can you do a follow up now that you've had it for a while? I made a basic bucket separator like this and found the maximum I could catch in the bucket was about 4 inches deep. The wind inside was so great that it would stir up the dust too much and not let it settle, so more and more of it would go direct to the vacuum. Does yours do that also?
Yes it does seem to have that issues just a little bit but I don't use my woodworking equipment a lot so it doesn't fill up super quick for me. I'll try and do a follow up video, I was hoping to do a video showing my whole dust collection system. Thanks for watching and commenting bud.
Cool man. Thanks for sharing.
For sure bud, thanks for watching!
Great! Does it make a difference if the top hose is off center?
I'm not sure but I don't think it would since the dust swirls around the outside of the bucket but idk for sure.
Perfect idea. Thanks
Sure thing I'm glad the video helped you, thanks for watching!
how about very fine dust from sanding the filler ? will it clog the vacuum filter less then without this bucket
If your talking about drywall mud filler it might be to fine for it to catch it was made for wood. However I have heard some people putting water in the bottom to catch finer dust.
Thanks. Will be making! How much dust will it hold before overflow goes in vacuum?
Sure thing I'm glad you like the design. Well it's a 5 gallon bucket and the intake is just below the top so I'd say it'll fill the bucket up to 4 gallons.
@@chevy5137 I need it for sanding dust. Ford it work for that?
@@alliehunter9896 Yes, I use mine with my Miter Saws, Table Saws, Router Table and occasionally my Cordless Palm Sander and virtually all the dust collects in the bucket as you can see in the video where I vacuum up a bunch fine sanding dust
@@chevy5137 if I put water in bottom of bucket will that be even better? I'm reading a cyclone collector is not the same as wet fine dust collector. I don't understand the workings of either all I know is I use my shop vac directly with a filter and dust still seems to leak out. What if I put water in bottom of my shop vac? It's old so don't care .
@@alliehunter9896 I'm not sure but I do know that I run fine router, table saw and orbital sander dust thru mine and it never comes out the exhaust of the wet-dry vac. I do however have an exhaust muffler on the outlet of my wet-dry vac which helps to make it run quieter and has a foam filter in it, I also run a fine dust filter in my wet-dry vac too. Those 2 things work fine for me and keep dust from coming out my exhaust, however if you still have issues I would suggest putting some water in the 5 gallon bucket first so you don't ruin your wet-dry vac filter.
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I did it and it is working fine but I don’t know if anyone else has this problem it is making a crazy whistling sound
Idk about that I've never heard mine whistling over the sound of my shop vac
u just starting to blow better idea from this...i would say u are an inventor for better idea..
Great JOB!!!
Charles Youngblood Thanks I'm glad you liked the video, this may not be the fanciest dust collector but it still works pretty damn good and it was really cheap and easy to make, I didn't even have to pay anything to make mine cuz I just had the parts I needed laying around my garage and as I state in my video it only took me 20 minutes to make so that's not to bad of a dust collector that I was able to make for free in 20 minutes!
No matter what, you will still need to clean your dirty filter at some point. Checkout this excellent shop vac cleaner: ShopDuster.com
Yes that's true, with this you just have to clean your filter less often.
Which Shop vac do you recommend for home DIY projects?
I used Ridgid shop-vacs because they make a lot of them and they are easy to find filters for plus they are affordable and it's easy to find powerful ones in any size you need!
What is the airflow of your vac? Trying to find out if mine will work. Thanks
To be honest idk the CFM of my vacuum but it's a 5hp one.
Hi sir if i runing 12hours are ok?
I've never run a shop vacuum for 12 hours straight so idk for sure.
What is the benefit of the diagonal cut of the vertical tube?
I gotta grind my basement floor which is concrete..knowing there is going to be a lot of dust..should I add some water to the bucket ?
I haven't personally tried that but I have heard that it helps when vacuuming very fine dust like that.
Chevy513 thank you for responding..I’ll try it see how goes
@@davida3343 Sure thing, let me know how it works out.
That's cool would this work with one of the massive blue plastic oil drums with clip on lid or would it be too big.
Cheers
Tim from Wood 4 Nothing
as long as it does not collapse from too much flow restriction....
@@stripered08 thanks man
I would think you would need a pretty powerful vacuum to suck the air out of drums that size.
@@chevy5137 yeh probably so lol it was just something I was thinking about lol
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Tim from Wood 4 Nothing
@@wood4nothing284 You know now that I think about it I've seen someone use something nearly as big for a dust collection system and it seemed to work ok, I think it's because once the vacuum got all the air sucked out of the big drum and got into into a vacuum like area of space then it shouldn't have to work as hard so it might be something to actually look into! It can't hurt to try right! Maybe even look around on CZcams and see if anyone else is using a larger drum for their dust collection storage bucket/drum. Another thing I have seen people due is run two 5 gallon buckets in series between the tool and vacuum so there are 2 chances for the dust to get filtered out which is a good idea if you have the room and don't need your system to be mobile at all.
i use and vacuum cleaner bag or a rag,, or whatever instead of a filter.
robert mccully I have still found things like that get clogged up fast having the collection bucket is the way to go cuz it collects most of the sawdust before it gets to the vacuum!
Cool, I made one.
Awesome, thanks for watching the video and I hope the one you made works well for you!👍
i got to suck out the old blown in isulation out of my attic... trouble is it has 6 to 10" pieces of splinters from cedar shakes in it..can u think of something that would work to seperate the wood from the insulation
wakeywakey I'm not 100% sure but think that would work I think splinters that long would get clogged in the hose
you better make sure that's not asbestos. If so, you could make a bad problem, so much worse.
Can't I just hook it up to my saw?
Yes run a hose from your saw into it and run it into your vacuum
Good work! Just Curious what's difference between using that collector and not using it but just vac? Doesn't all the dust go to the vac?
The collector collects all the wood shavings and dust in the bucket so your shop vac filter doesn't get clogged up
have you tried this with aluminium (sorry aluminum), is it going to be effective enough to separate it??
I have not tried it with aluminum but my thinking is that it would work even better with aluminum because aluminum shaving are heavier that wood shaving so they wouldn't get sucked up into the vacuum as easy.
how do you think it would do with cement dust - cutting pavers, grinding concrete etc.. GREAT VIDEO
Mark Keating Thanks for watching the video and commenting bud. Honestly I'm not sure it would do well with concrete dust since concrete dust is so fine, however a little trick that might work is to take one of those foam filters they have for wet-dry vacs for when your vacuuming up water and then cut a hole in the side of the pipe that goes in the top and duct tape off the bottom hole then take the foam filter put it over that pipe and then use some rubber bands or electrical tape or something to hold the foam filter in place and then that might help to catch the concrete dust, you could also try and put a foam filter around the intake pipe I suppose it wouldn't make a difference which pipe it goes on as long as the foam filter covers up one of the pipes inside the bucket and then you would have to periodically clean that foam filter. Does that make sense I'm not sure if I explained it well enough?
Yes come to think of it, that would exactly do it... you have great ideas - always funny people spend a ton of time and money on these things, and you were like.... OK, hOW ABOUT THIS .... BAM! DONE! Awesome- can't wait to see what's next!
Mark Keating Awesome glad to have you as a subscriber! Thanks for supporting my channel! 😊
ADD A BIT OF WATER TO THE BUCKET ITL ALL STAY IN
Does it work on drywall dust?
No I don't believe it will, drywall dust is to fine, I would suggest a drywall filter bag for the inside of your shop vac
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RJbiz That sounds like it works really good but I'm not quite clear on how it is built and works!
Yeah, that's why there is none any on the market. Most can't achieve that with a $500.00 $600.00 Filter. Your comments are absolutely correct. but duct size is to small to be practical in a workshop and NOISY NOISY. I will some more info on www.rjbiz.com.au/dust If you like to look maybe tomorrow Cheer's Rod
RJbiz I'll have to check it out and I actually have a pretty quiet system my vacuum is quiet to start with and then I put a muffler on it to make it even quieter and I also built a sound deadening cabinet for it to go into so it is pretty quiet and I have switches by all my power tools so I only run it when I need to so it's not bad.
Why not just hook the shop vac directly to the shop vac?
Michael Johnson Because when you add the collection bucket between your tools and the shop vac most of the shavings will collect in the bucket and this helps prevent your shop vacs filter from getting clogged up so it will maintain strong suction and help increase the life of the motor plus you won't have to clean out your filter as often. Thanks for watching the video and asking your question bud, I hope I answered it well enough for you, I assumed you meant why not just hook your tools directly to the shop vac.
It extends the life of Shop vacs because of the fine dust getting into the motors and saves on buying filters
Oh but its not pretty, and you cannot watch the stuff spinning, then again you are prolly working on things that are important?
Only thing if yer vac takes a bag get one. It eliminates nearly all the suction lost from the finest particles and if used like yours itll be prolly months before another bag purchase.
John Stockwell Major Smedley Butler Lol yeah I guess I am working on stuff more important, I'm mostly a weekend warrior when it comes to woodworking and my woodworking tools I use most are my miter saws and the kind of wood I cut with them doesn't put off super fine particles so I just use my regular filter in my wet-dry vac and clean it periodically and my vac system isn't anything very special, I have one hose that goes to my miter saws and then another hose that goes to my router table and table saw and I have to change the hoses out at the dust collector when I change between my miter saws and router table and table saw, maybe one of these days I'll fashion a T in the line so I don't have to switch the hoses out but since I don't do a lot of woodworking I haven't bothered yet also if I used my woodworking tools more often I'd probably fashion a dust collector with one of those baffles in it but for me and how much I use my woodworking tools this setup works great and it was easy to build and cheap, I actually had all the parts I needed in my garage already so it didn't cost me anything to make! In addition I actually take my miter saws off site a lot to use somewhere else where I don't need to worry to much about dust collection, even when I have jobs that I can do with my circular saw I always bring my miter saw because it makes them easier and also because the miter saw I always pack around is a Ridgid 18volt cordless brushless dual bevel sliding miter with a shadow cut line indicator and it has a capacity to cut a 2x8 plus it only weights 24 pounds and has a small footprint making it super easy to pack around plus it's cordless so I never have to worry about finding an outlet to plug it into and it will run forever on a 5.0amp battery, I have never run the battery dead on a single job I can actually get thru most jobs on just the one 5.0amp battery which is great! Also I have a nice compact stand for it that will fold up and fit in my car so it's super easy to pack my miter saw and stand around, I love my little cordless Ridgid miter saw, it's my go to saw even in my garage, I rarely use my 10" Ryobi miter saw anymore! Thanks for watching the video and commenting bud! ☺
can we use this for wet and dry ?
You know honestly I have never tried it with water but I don't see why it couldn't be used wet or for a combination of wet and dry debris I think it would work just fine.
Jamshaid Khan
IT WORKS GREAT BUT WHAT A CLUMSY PRESENTATION
Yeah I should have made a video of me making it but I didn't think about it and it maybe not be the prettiest looking thing but I have it tucked under a shelf where it can't be seen and I have no intention of moving it and it works just fine there however If your planning on moving it I would suggest making it look better and mounting it to a cart with your vet-day vac. As far as the video quality and shots I wish I could have done better but I did the best I could doing the video myself with a phone camera. Still I hope it helps you out in making your own. Thanks for watching. FYI down the road I upgraded from a 2.4hp to a 5hp wet-dry vacuum and when I turned on the vacuum it caused the bucket to start to collapse under the suction I simply glued and screwed another to the outside of the other one and while it might look getto it works just fine, again it's not a big deal for me since I keep it where it's not visible, if you need to keep it somewhere where it's visible and want it to look good I suggest doing something to make it look better, otherwise it doesn't really matter as long as it works.
You sound like Jesse Pinkman.
i just wanna say hehe
Well Okie Dokie then!
plans from woodprix are awesome!
why do you need an extra bucket when you could just use ur shop vac alone
jayr hern, Good question bud. It's because the extra bucket acts as a catchall for the sawdust and shavings and keeps them out of ur shopvac which helps prevent ur filter from getting clogged and that helps keep ur suction strong and also helps reduce strain on ur shopvac motor prolonging it's life. at first I thought the same thing as to why u can't just use your shopvac alone and then I started to look at how bad doing that was clogging up my filter and started to see how bad it was putting a strain on my motor. That's why I made the bucket to act as a buffer and keep most of the sawdust and shavings out of my shopvac keeping my filter cleaner and keeping my shopvac running better without putting extra strain on the motor. They make kits for this like the dust deputy but they cost around $100 and admittedly they do work a little better but I made this setup because I had all the parts in my garage already and it didn't cost me anything to make and it only took me 20 minutes to make and it still works very well as u can see in the video! Thanks for watching the video bud and good comment, if you have any other questions feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer them. 😊
Hi just to clarify there is less strain on the motor when the airflow is reduced by a clogged filter
greco37 When your filter gets clogged up then your motor has to work harder which puts more strain on it so you always want to keep your filter clean it will prolong the life of your motor
Chevy513 yea because new shop acts have a planned obsolescence in them with a fuse that eventually breaks after getting hot then cold, etc so if the motor isn't as hot it will not break as fast lol,. This design is pretty nice and simple
C4kes Yeah that was the whole point of this design to make something simple with parts I already had around my garage and something I could make really quick and easy and it works pretty damn good, it collects at least 95% or more of what comes thru it so that keeps my shop-vac filter cleaner which means my motor isn't working as hard so that's going to help prolong the life of the motor in my shop-vac. Thanks for watching the video and commenting! 😊
whats the point? your still emptying a bucket
Saves the filter I'm on my 5th filter if this can save me filters I'm making one