A great video on how easy, comparatively, it is to set up. Also the full run down on the little pit falls is a godsend. My workshop is just as small as your's so this idea is just right for me. I've even got a Nilfisk hoover although it is the less snazzy one... :) Thanks very much for uploading.
Thank you John. The imploding tank was a real shock. If you can fit a tank in somehow it's so worthwhile. I did consider putting the tanks outside but didn't like the idea of running pipes through the wall, plus then I would need to build a cover for the tanks too. Don't mention the hoover word to my General Manager it's one of his pet hates a Nilfisk Vac being called a hoover as that's a brand of a vac not the actual machine, lol.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts & experience on this system. I have more or less an identical system. I've never had the tank implode but again I'm careful not to allow bits of paper or large fragments to enter the inlet. I made a simple hood from plywood to collect the dust when I'm sanding which you can see in my later videos.
It was quite a shock as to how much the tank imploded. The only way I could get it back in shape was to put the vac in blow mode as the walls were too strong to man handle back out. I have a hood I used to stand on the bench which you can see in the video, I just need to adapt it to sit on the pipe itself and be able to move it about.
Creating segmented rings for the tank is a brilliant idea. Now that is thinking outside the box. Or should that be outside the tank??? no inside the tank! erm, you know what I mean. The ease of operation seems ideally suited to the size and situation inside the workshop and obviously well thought out beforehand. An additional tank for quick mid job changeover is a luxury I would love but can't accommodate with my set up. I just have to remember to check my extractors remaining capacity before I tool up and loose access to it in my small space. Nice one :-)
Inside, outside all gets rather confusing. Yes a luxury for the extra tank, but I was initially planning on having them outside, I just didn't like the idea of going through the walls. I watched your video 3 or 4 times for ideas on how to set this up. Thank you Stephen.
I’ve been running a similar cyclone for a couple of years now. I used plywood rings to reinforce the tank. The only time I’ve had anything in the vac bag was when I forgot to empty the barrel.
Thank you. If I had sheets of plywood then I may have used them, but getting in a full circle on these drums would be rather hard so they would need to be in two pieces. So much easier and better than just running a vac.
Nice set up Paul the only thing different I have is the body of an old workshop vac the motor blow up out of warranty as I had the same issues as you with a plastic drum, so I used the old vac drum its steel so all's well ,😉👍👍
Big part of any work space, so much easier to work in a clean work area. Paul do you have a plan for the sphere in a sphere? number 214. Thanks in advance. Checking out of previous video's.
Thank you Jim. Not sure about a clean workspace but it had made life easier using the vac. As to the sphere, no plans I just did a hand sketch and then cut the pieces to make the sphere.
Really nice system there Paul.
Thank you John. I was surprised at how well this really works.
A great video on how easy, comparatively, it is to set up. Also the full run down on the little pit falls is a godsend. My workshop is just as small as your's so this idea is just right for me. I've even got a Nilfisk hoover although it is the less snazzy one... :) Thanks very much for uploading.
Thank you John. The imploding tank was a real shock. If you can fit a tank in somehow it's so worthwhile. I did consider putting the tanks outside but didn't like the idea of running pipes through the wall, plus then I would need to build a cover for the tanks too.
Don't mention the hoover word to my General Manager it's one of his pet hates a Nilfisk Vac being called a hoover as that's a brand of a vac not the actual machine, lol.
@@PaulLockwood :) :) :) promise I won't.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts & experience on this system. I have more or less an identical system. I've never had the tank implode but again I'm careful not to allow bits of paper or large fragments to enter the inlet. I made a simple hood from plywood to collect the dust when I'm sanding which you can see in my later videos.
It was quite a shock as to how much the tank imploded. The only way I could get it back in shape was to put the vac in blow mode as the walls were too strong to man handle back out. I have a hood I used to stand on the bench which you can see in the video, I just need to adapt it to sit on the pipe itself and be able to move it about.
Creating segmented rings for the tank is a brilliant idea. Now that is thinking outside the box. Or should that be outside the tank??? no inside the tank! erm, you know what I mean. The ease of operation seems ideally suited to the size and situation inside the workshop and obviously well thought out beforehand. An additional tank for quick mid job changeover is a luxury I would love but can't accommodate with my set up. I just have to remember to check my extractors remaining capacity before I tool up and loose access to it in my small space. Nice one :-)
Inside, outside all gets rather confusing. Yes a luxury for the extra tank, but I was initially planning on having them outside, I just didn't like the idea of going through the walls. I watched your video 3 or 4 times for ideas on how to set this up. Thank you Stephen.
I’ve been running a similar cyclone for a couple of years now. I used plywood rings to reinforce the tank. The only time I’ve had anything in the vac bag was when I forgot to empty the barrel.
Thank you. If I had sheets of plywood then I may have used them, but getting in a full circle on these drums would be rather hard so they would need to be in two pieces. So much easier and better than just running a vac.
Hi Paul thank you for your insight in to your set up, what happened to the old lathe ??
Thank you Douglas. Sold it to a newish turner about 40 miles away. Was the exact model he was looking for.
Nice set up Paul the only thing different I have is the body of an old workshop vac the motor blow up out of warranty as I had the same issues as you with a plastic drum, so I used the old vac drum its steel so all's well ,😉👍👍
Big part of any work space, so much easier to work in a clean work area. Paul do you have a plan for the sphere in a sphere? number 214. Thanks in advance. Checking out of previous video's.
Thank you Jim. Not sure about a clean workspace but it had made life easier using the vac.
As to the sphere, no plans I just did a hand sketch and then cut the pieces to make the sphere.