[tmarks11]

I have a dust/cleanup vac located outside the shop for cleanup... Im betting your asking about vacuum lines for a vacuum table or fixtures.

Actually I was asking above dust/cleanup vacuum. I was interested in knowing how you implemented it.

I am just using a shopvac parked beside the mill right now. I would like something a bit more powerful.... I have a HF 2 hp dust collector I use for wood working, and that would work way better... but I don't think it would survive the metal impingement on the impeller blades. Probably something set up with a cyclone separator would work better....but I think the 16 gauge cyclone barrel also wouldn't be happy in the long run.

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[Don Clement]

I am using a Dust Deputy vortex separator in front of my shop vac.http://www.oneida-air.com/category.asp?Id={CC6B6F2A-E3D7-4F18-A53C-B5C357DFE131}#dd No need to replace the shop vac filter ever again.

Don C.

[tmarks11]

Great idea, Don. Hadn't thought about one of this little separators. And if the barrel gets worn out over time from impingement, it is not quite as expensive to replace as the full size cyclones. Plus, since metal filings are heavier than sawdust, the little cyclone probably does all you need.

I wonder if it would work well to hook this:


Up to something like this:
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The advantage would be that the little dust collector has an induction motor, which isn't quite as screaming of an annoyance as the universal motor on a vacuum cleaner.

OTO, Paul Thien's dust separator lid might be a cheaper way to achieve the same thing (although without the sexy powder coat job):


J. Phil Thien's Cyclone Separator Lid w/ the Thien Cyclone Separator Baffle

[MichaelHenry]

I am using a Dust Deputy vortex separator in front of my shop vac.http://www.oneida-air.com/category.asp?Id={CC6B6F2A-E3D7-4F18-A53C-B5C357DFE131}#dd No need to replace the shop vac filter ever again.

Don C.

+1 - works pretty well with a Fein shop vacuum, though stringy swarf tends to block the hose. Very, very little swarf makes it into the shop vac.

Mike

[mountaindew]

+1 - works pretty well with a Fein shop vacuum, though stringy swarf tends to block the hose. Very, very little swarf makes it into the shop vac.

Mike

I picked up a separator from grizzly when I ordered some dust collector parts and installed next to mill. Works great and get most the swarf.

Mike
I wad up a couple paper towels and send it thru hose as a "plug cleaner " also picks up some of the coolant moisture and way oils. I do empty this and clean it regularly. I don't know if its a fire hazard but it looks like one.

[MichaelHenry]

I picked up a separator from grizzly when I ordered some dust collector parts and installed next to mill. Works great and get most the swarf.

Mike
I wad up a couple paper towels and send it thru hose as a "plug cleaner " also picks up some of the coolant moisture and way oils. I do empty this and clean it regularly. I don't know if its a fire hazard but it looks like one.

Thanks - good idea. I have some large Kimwipes that are light and absorbent and should do a good job.

Mike