Mini Cyclone Dust Collector Built from Shop Vac 

I thought some of the wood working channels were getting to be so complicated with so many expensive tools and such a steep learning curve, and then I find this channel with the home built dust cyclone, after seeing a few others that are not nearly this nice, and it's overwhelming. I feel like giving up and never watching RU-vid again because I feel like a failure watching you build this level of artwork. haha! I was getting hopeful, until you casually said you "3D Printed" a piece. I don't even know how to run a CNC machine or a 3D printer. When watching RU-vid, it feels like everyone knows how to 3D print parts now, or use a CNC machine, like it's just normal practice. Anyway, what an amazing piece of machinery you've made, and it's inspirational, although it's going to take me a month to process the amount of skills and coordination you need to build something to that level of precision.

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First American I have ever heard use the term "...bugger this all up...". I continue to learn something new every day.

Nice build indeed. If the bag on your main DC is a standard 3 or 5 micron, the fine (dangerous) dust is still going right through it.

Design, 10 Execution, 10 Reconfigure and Reuse, 10 Video Showmanship and Production, 10 Excellent!!!

this is just beautiful, i love the precision and care throughout the entire build

Hi Justin! Have watched - already out of curiosity - your suction development videos from 6 years ago, 3 years ago and now this video here from 2 years ago and I am thrilled how you have always experimented and improved! Reason my search for "How to build the most effective cyclone separator that allows little to no particulate matter to reach the filter of the suction engine" landed me with you. Apart from the fact that your models are almost too good for everyday workshop use and are almost something "for the showcase", I was incredibly fascinated by how planned and meticulous you go to work. Respect, so clean and detailed works some other RU-vidr not. And then even what you have developed, works amazingly well, looks in addition very professional and - I think - does in addition still long his service later! I'm sure you can see my enthusiasm. I really like what I've seen of your work so far and I've been able to take away one or two things for my projects. Goal achieved! Thanks for that, now you finally have a new fan and I'm curious what you in the future still "invent" and "improve"! That just had to come out now ... Best regards from Germany, Micha

I haven't done that much screwing since I was your age. Always enjoy your projects.

Justin, can't express myself how impressed I am with your work 👏👏👏

Awesome to see your shop coming together, Justin, it's all very inspiring to say the least. You should be very proud of what you've made as well as what you contribute to many other aspiring wood workers out there watching. Keep up the stellar work, dude!

It's a blower if you look into its outlet, and a sucker if you look from the other end. Nice construction Justin. Some quite ingenious methods I saw you creating to make it. Well thought through.

Awesome builld. You have a very approachable, Mr. Roger's, type delivery. I have the same dust collector as you and the biggest improvement I made for it was turning it into a 2 stage system with nothing more than some plywood and a metal garbage can. Luckily I can vent my fine dust outside. Made the already great, for the price, Harbor Freight dust collector even better. Great video and build. Keep it up

This is a brilliant build, absolutely loved it

Wow! That ending was so satisfying!

Great craftsmanship. Wish I could build things as well as you. I would recommend that the cyclone tapers as it goes down as this affects cleaning efficiency. It should be the smallest right before it drops into the collection container on bottom.

Excellent video and just what I was looking for! Your engineering skills are outstanding! Love your attention to detail, instructional skills and production values, too! Really glad I found your channel!

Well, I have to admit, that’s bloody impressive. A great blokey project.

This thing is a piece of Art... Well done...

Very creative, smart idea using woodwork to build a air blower, simple and easy to do. Thank you !!!

1 Billion Screws later, he was done. Nice Work!

Superbement bien réalisé , la finition des assemblages est parfaite du travail de professionnel . BRAVO

The projectis ingenious and the video is exellent! Congratulations!

Glad to see you back in the shp doing shop things and making videos again Justin, Hope the time away was good for you ( and if there are a few vids I missed I"ll go find them) I do love this idea - as for impact on your main dust collector - if the pressure and flow out of the mini are more or less negated by the long tube up tot he main trunk line (combined with pushing the dust) then I would expect the impact on the main system to be negligible .. a little more air to pull through, but no loss in suction as it's not working any harder to pull in that air .. but there are SO many variables..looking forward to the testing!!

great build, but the pure simplicity of the router circle jig is brilliant

I’m always excited to see a new video from you in my feed

Looks a beauty. Great workmanship.

This is a really great project, but I think the most important thing to note is that 17:45 sounds like a Charlie Brown teacher's meeting.

Great design and impressive execution Justin!

Hey hey! I’ve a few days of my own days where you’d think it would be right the second and third time I made the cuts. Hahahaha! Enjoy your work. Thanks! That’s a good dust collector design.

I am amazed every time I watch one of your videos. The ingenuity inspires me to look for other options when working on a project. Thank you for sharing your creations with us.

Awesome build. I'm looking forward to your testing of it in the next video.

I'm proud of you man. You have came a long, long way in life and woodworking.

Definitely one of the most impressive builds on RU-vid.

I like the way you are doing...best wishes !

Very well done and very well thought out! Nice work ans it's quiet as well as nice looking. An over the blade collector is sometimes the last step, but a whole lot of dust gets thrown forward that isn't typically accounted for.

And he did it all without a CNC. Miraculous! :D

My hat off to you. I kneel in my shop like that too, and my budz always poke some fun at it. Nice project.

You are super talented, skilled, preciza and you have good sence for design !

You definitely learned a lot from the first dust collector you made (like cutting the PVC curve inside the wood housing). Good job.

One word : impressed !!!!!!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

came for the wood work, stayed for the art!

Very slick built 👌 pretty cool to see the cyclone effect thru the clear housing

The detail on this one super!

awesome man! i was thinking of doing the same thing, but was too afraid to take apart my shop vac. Thanks for the inspiration!

good job bro, hello from Russia

Excellent design. Cheers!

check out weld-on #3 and heat-forming polycarbonate -- would eliminate the need for many of the plywood parts.

Looks good. Only thing i wouldn't do is hooking it up to your big dustcollector. That thing will overpower the motor and it will probably spin way to fast or do nothing at all.

excellent

I'm going to bet you got straight A 's in shop class! If not then you get an A plus for this.

great design and excellent workmanship. my shopvav filter soon gets bunged up with fine refractory dust caused when I rounded off the sharp edges of my New cast panel afterburn wood stove .

Justin, muy organizado and clean, lo felicito. Congtas.

Looks great... I was recently given a central vacuum system which I hooked to my dust deputy. It works much better than a shop vac also much quieter. i have it plumbed thru my shop and even have two hoses 1 large hooked to the bottom on my table saw as well as a smaller hose to the over arm at top of saw and it runs both hoses just fine.

Well done! Excellent assembly

Impressive...

Very nicely planned out, and neatly executed work.

Great videos mate! We need more content, hope all is well, eagerly awaiting your next video!

Impeccable work! Awesome job Justin!

You're an impressive young man. First class work and very good video work. Thank you for your efforts in sharing your work.

Nice build overall, but there should be a fine pleated filter before the vac motor as those are designed with what is referred to as a bypass motor. The dirt is pulled into a filter bag or is filtered out before the air ends up in the motor. The closed face nature of a bypass vac motor will clog over time causing imbalances within the fan ultimately destroying the motor. If you were using, say, a Kirby, Sanitaire or older Royal metal upright vac motor as the blower in this build, it's designed to take larger debris through the fan (evident to the fact that the bag is the end of the system) and blows it into the filter [bag]. Your large dust collector is designed very much like that as the filter bags are the last thing at the end.

I enjoy your projects & videos. Keep them coming...

Awesome

Gotta say genius!!

Very well done

Great job. I've my own too, works perfectly

awesome craftmanship!

id use a bigger impeller cause its not the suction you need its the volume of air like most dust collectors

So. Many. Screws. 🤣 But that paint job made it worth assembling twice. Very professional looking and obviously well made. 👍👍

very satisfying video to watch! Any issues with static buildup?

Great job buddy

Impressive build and impressive skills.

Impressive job ! Well done

Great design and build young man. Kudos!

Fantastic!

Excellent chip pump!

-How many screws do you want? -Yes.

Very neat and attractive design! Interestingly, the fan’s shroud has much larger volume/diameter than those typically found in vacuum cleaners (i.e. high-velocity, low-volume extractors). I wonder how that might influence performance. thx.

Great project. Looks great.

Big thumbs up here in the uk. 👍

Mate very impressed, very smart thinking and a lovely job

Great job... enjoyed it..

I think it's more screws than wood :P just kidding, I really like this design, thanks for uploading

Great Job Excellent

You didn't use a "razor blade" to cut the metal strips and polycarbonate sheet. That device you used is called a "Stanley Knife" (or unbranded, it's a "Utility Knife").

I'm sure James Dyson would be interested in employing your services...

You are brilliant, great project.

great work there!

Interesting... but with your primary dust collector and distribution already in place, couldn't you remove the blower from this unit and just print an attachment transition for your primary dust collector to the top of your second stage (cyclone)?

that's really cool. so what's the purpose of this device for someone like you who already has the dust collection system in place? why don't you just suck it all up to the main dust collection system? does it improve the suction comparing to connecting it directly to the main duct? do you prefer to separate it, and keep opening it and throw away the small bucket?

You do very nice work and your videos are of the best quality. Thanks for all the inspiration. I'd kill to have a shop as big as yours so I could incorporate some of your ideas.

Very pro look awsome job

Damn good vid. Subbed

Very good! Thank you!

Good work! I'm surprised your cat didnt just lay down on it! lol

Nice work! Love the repurposing of the shop vac. Been looking for a compact design like this for my garage. I'm guessing from the assembly method that your brother owns a screw factory though. lol

Awesome. Should weigh the dust being vacuumed and weigh how much it captures.

Well done, nice unit!

Brilliant work, dude!!!!

Very impressive!!

That turned out fantastic! Looking forward to the next episode. Do you think it changes the power drawn with the vac being in the different housing? And with the main collector running as well? Might be interesting to look at those in your investigations.