If it looks right, it is right. 8. 12. you will be as pleasantly surprised, as I was, at how much less noise the collector makes in comparison. Not only was the collector now doing a decent job at pulling the dust from the table saw but I could also have a conversation with it running. I slowly started to add more lines starting with a floor sweep, and then a line for a planer. This is when I noticed how fast the bag filled up and how emptying the bag was a very, VERY, dusty job. Not a good situation to be in without a respirator. I was inspired to make this Thein cyclone dust collection system for my shop, from a previous post https://www.instructables.com/id/Making-a-cyclone-chip-separator-for-a-dust-collect/. It only took about 5 minutes on the phone and cost $99.99.. I read many Bill Pentz articles researching the build. I have the SDD with the stock HF DC I am considering going to the Rikon fan, my ducting is 5 inch since that is what the SDD inlet is I made a new fan cover with a 6 inch HVAC. Also, the filter bag that came with the Harbor Freight dust collector didnt filter out the tiniest particles. *At this time I have changed the branch for the jointer, table saw, and band saw to have a single 3-way junction fitting from Rockler. This just worked out better than having 2 wyes on a drop. As of Sept 2019 I paid $127 including shipping. It took me nearly an entire Saturday but I finally had a two stage dust collector. Clark Filter #1565938- $38 on ebay Thanks!! After doing some research and counting my pennies, I decided to go for the Harbor Freight dust collector and planned on modifying it into a two stage cyclone down the road. There doesnt seem to much tension on the filter when the system is on and I think it is because there is so much filter surface area for the air to pass through. Alright, enough talk, here is how I upgraded my Harbor Freight Dust Collector. 2) The distance from the top to the center of the inlet is 24. A few questions: 1) Whats the total height with the 55 gal drum? Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. I was just wondering what the total height from to bottom came out to be? We purchased ours on Amazon but you can also pick them up at Harbor Freight, Auto Zone and OReilly. Add 6 to 4 reducers on the other parts of the wyes to attach your blast gates. Youll probably need 4 couplings on each 4 reducer to attach the gates, though some gates have enough of a taper to fit in the reducer. Tape them on really well. Use 4 flex hose to attach to your tools dust port. I like to use keyed hose clamps. Use a 6 cap to finish off any wye at the end of the run unless you used an adjustable elbow at the end. I like to put a wye there for any addition at a later date. Read our privacy and disclosure policy. I would procrastinate cleaning the floor until I started a new project which meant if I ran out into the garage to get something, I most likely definitely tracked in a good amount of sawdust on my socks. Im enlarging my shop so it will be 28 ft X 26 ft. with a table saw with 350 CFM, a bandsaw with 450 CFM, Bandsaw w/400 CFM, Drum Sander needing 600 CFM, Jointer needing 450-600 CFM. I used OSB plywood to laminate several rings to lift the blower high enough to clear the mid-section. I also had a few scrap pieces of plywood and I picked up 10 2x4s from the local home center. 2000-Present Principal IT Administrator , Comcast Silicon Valley Innovati, https://www.instructables.com/id/Making-a-cyclone-chip-separator-for-a-dust-collect/. The cyclone works great and the blower size seems more than adequate. The total height of the dust collector from the floor is 8ft. I am in the process of building a new wood shop and this really fits the bill for my dust collection system. 6. At this point I cut and bent the original stanchions to hold the mid-section to the baffle. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. Also, after I filmed the video I went back and made a plywood bracket to attach the middle of the cyclone to the wall. Of course if I put in 6 and its not enough then I might be upgrading sooner rather than later :). The cyclone and barrels shared vacuum hose can be tricky to get it all lined up. If you use the poly disposal bag you will need that vacuum hose to keep the bag down in the drum. I will probably not use a bag at some point so Ill remove the hose and tape the ports off. Ive seen someone completely remove the cyclones pipe and tape off the holes. You may have to relocate the filter if you ever have an electrical inspection. I was impressed with how easy it looked and your resulting improved air flow. I am still looking to buy a planer and wish I had one to test. The backward incline provides more consistent performance as the pressure increases. Great build! I have a basement shop so height and weight to lug the drum outside are a concern. The filter is 98.5% effective for .5 micron particles. and liquid nails. To seamlessly connect to the Super Dust Deputy XL Im going to upgrade the impeller. While you are painting you can paint the ring that holds the new filter canister and bag to match the blower housing. If you are still waiting on the canister filter you can build the mount for the canister rim and paint it too. I watched DIY Tylers video on his build several times to see how he mounted his motor and filter rim. When I had both mounts constructed I painted them and attached both units to the wall starting with the motor and fan. I gave the motor about 6 inches of clearance from the ceiling but I could have got away with 3 Im sure. Just keep in mind the closer to the ceiling the motor is the tighter fit the filter rim mount will be to fasten to the wall. Life is difficult as it is dont make it any harder. To seal the bottom of the filter I attached two latches to the filter allowing me to secure and remove a plywood donut and plastic bag. What is the altitude of your shop? 1) The total height from the floor with the drum is 8ft. The bag can be easily removed and emptied to prevent the filter from being quickly clogged. 10. *Heres the outline of what I am using to Super Charge my Harbor Freight 2 HP Dust Collector (some material were already on hand): Harbor Freight 2 HP Dust Collector $220, Grizzly Growler Cyclone $317.21 (on sale), Wynn Environmental Pleated Canister Filter $270.18, Duct Work $150 (varies depending on the length of your system). This made it so I didnt have to put a nasty bead of caulk around the rim. You know what they say, Cleanliness is next to happy wifeiness or something like that. After youve spent 68 minutes watching various YouTube videos on this modification you can mount the filter in place via the instructions sent with the Wynn filter. I kept the bag retention strap to hold the poly bag to the bottom of the filter but I had to cut it a little shorter, drill out the rivets on the sharp toothy end, and rivet it back on the shortened strap. After doing that you may spend a few more minutes looking around for things you can rivet together, its a cool new tool, I get it. Stay on target and hang your filters poly bag. Hopefully, this Christmas I will have a planer to test. The opening at the bottom of the cyclone is roughly 6, so I cut out another 6 hole with a jigsaw in the top of the barrel lid. Would it overload anything? The great thing about using blast gates is it doesnt really matter how many tools you hook up because with all the gates closed, besides the tool being used, it is as if only one tool is hooked up to the dust collector. Woodworking Projects, Videos, Tips, and More. What I really like about the Super Dust Deputy XL Cyclone Separator is it separates the wood chips and the dust so only air and very fine particles pass through the blower to the filter. Harbor Freight Dust Collector $135 Everyone else is asking anywhere from $10-$20 plus shipping. Plus, the stock Harbor Freight impeller as a forward-inclined fans whereas the larger Rikon impeller has a backward inclined. Your email address will not be published. Bill Pentz has done extensive work on dust collection due to health conditions dust has caused. Smash cut nearly a decade later and here I am. Not only adding the expensive addition of the Wynn Environmental MERV 15 filter canister but also upgrading the blower fan, adding a Grizzly Growler Cyclone, remote control switch, and installing metal duct work. In case you are wondering how much did this crazy guy put into a cheap single stage dust collector? Heres my answer: more than a new Grizzly cyclone collector costs, about $1,200 total. Ill try to itemize the cost so you can see what to expect if you do as I did. While you have the cover off this is the time to cut off the 5 port and replace it with a 6 or larger collar. I chose 6 because it is easy to get 6 duct work. I used this collar. This prevents any microscopic particles from entering back into the air in the shop. To attach the collar I cleaned the surface with precious denatured alcohol (I live in CA and it is banned for sale in stores), placed the collar on center as best as I could, drilled 4 more holes, and riveted it in place. Be sure to set the rivets so the washer side is on the inside of the cover. Now reinstall the cover and paint it (or not) as you like. Im a little bit self-proclaimed non-clinically diagnosed OCD and the green from the Harbor Freight motor doesnt match the Grizzly green cyclone so I painted black everything that was not Grizzly green or already black. My stock HF runs between 10Amp and 13.5Amp. Im looking to do the same. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. To hold the blower to the wall we made a mounting bracket with 2x4s anchored to the wall studs. We have the table saw and miter saw always hooked up with blast gates. Did you make this project? Below is the cost breakdown of the dust collector build: Since I misplaced the hardware I used construction adhesive and large rivets. The pile can get rather large with scrap wood, large sawdust and fine dust. His site is a great resource. There comes a time when you work on enough DIY woodworking projects that a shop vacuum just wont cut it anymore. There is no specification name plate on the HF Dust Collector motor but there is a 14Amp sticker below the filter clamp. List price seems to be about $200. I was finding it was inconvenient because I was constantly having to unhook it from my table saw and then wheel it across the room to hook it up to my miter saw and then unhook it from my miter saw and wheel it back across the garage to the table saw. My micron filter gets about as tight as a balloon, hopefully yours flows more freely. buying tools, needed exercising. I now found that the stock filter bag for these single stage collectors sucked, and not in the intended good way. The size and amount of the dust particles being forced into the air was tremendous. Im going to call it WOG, fog created by wood dust. Now, much like the mouse who was given a cookie, I NEEDED a new filter to clear the wog. Enter Wynn Environmental. Wynn offered a high quality filter for all sorts of single stage collectors that boasted up to 99.999% filtration of particles down to 0.5 microns. What does that even mean? Plus, the new impellers blades face the opposite direction so I was curious why that was and the effect it would have. Protect your company name, brands and ideas as domains at one of the largest domain providers in Scandinavia. Change). From what I can tell they are the same model. How many stationary tools do you have connected to your improved dust collection system and how effective is it after hooking everything up? I bought the filter off ebay for about $40. My question would be the same as Bill Hoover. I wonder if you had looked into any other replacement impellers, specifically JET. 13 page PDF with Product Links and 2 Design Options, Tatami Style Platform Bed.