New cyclone dust separator for my DIY CNC

First of all I tried 2kW vacuum cleaner to collect dust going out of bit. But ever about few tens of seconds I had to stop it and clean bag cos it was loosing suction power.
After that all troubles I build up small hoover made out of Mayonaise bucket, milk jug, hoses and 120W !!! air pump for inflanting and deflating RIBs and matraces. Works pretty well on not a 1/10 of electricity consumption for my success hours and hours without touch.. (Till the bucket is not full). As you can see, outlet is exactly in the front of camera without any filter or anything and it really works!!!
And finally:
Air Pump: €21(new one)
Milkjug: €0.69
Hoses: €0 - old ones
Bucket: €0 - no comment
+ 30 mins work

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Homemade
• CNC
• DIY
• hoover
• cyclone

[firefoxik75]

Actually particle size is from fine dust to few cm long wooden chips. Within mor than a year absolutely no maintenance except emtying bucket... Usin daily to clean during and after work of my machine...

[sleefox]

What is the make and model number of your motor fan vacuum [air pump?] Thanks, SLF

[woodentoolcompany]

Great use of common parts!

[OttoBelden]

Nice I like the design. What is the average particle size you get in it?

[dirtdevil96]

That is cool I am going to make on now!! How did you get the hose tube on the side of the container?? would it work if you put the hose in the middle of the container?? i understand the hose has to be on the side of the container the way the fan is spinning to achieve a cyclone and how much dust does it let in to the motor with out a filter. sorry for the long message but I want my first time doing it to be right.