Although I have enough woodworking tools to easily fill up a small workshop, my interest in dust collection began with a central vacuum system for my home. I've looked at many systems and believe they are far overpriced for what they do.
So I began thinking about building my own. It will basically have 3 sections: top, middle, bottom. The top will contain my vacuum motor, the motor exhaust, and control electronics. The middle section will contain the vacuum motor filter, a CV06 with the input sticking outside. The lower section will have the dirt canister.
I've seen pics where guys have mounted shop vacs atop a small cyclone. They look like some one put a shop vac on top of a cyclone.... I'd rather just mount a vacuum motor on top of the cyclone in a similar fashion like the CV06's bigger brothers have motors on top.
I built a small mini-cyclone using Bill P's plans. I bought a new powerful Lamb 117507 central vac motor off of Ebay for next to nothing. Here are the specs:
117507 is also a 3-stage, 7.2 inch, 110-120 volt Lamb Ametek 117507 motor. Height 8.5", Bolt Height 2.5", Waterlift 134.1", CFM 94.0, AirWatts 406, Amps 12.5.
It is very powerful. My idea is to mount the motor inside a 14" canister. I'll simply put a divider inside the canister. This divider will provide a surface for mounting my motor above it and a filter below it to protect the motor.
Then below this section, I'll have my home made mini-cyclone or a CV06. The CV06 is a far better made product than my first attempt in using sheet metal. Ideally, I'd like the canister to be also made of PETG plastic.
So before I proceed further, I thought I'd present this though to you guys.
So I began thinking about building my own. It will basically have 3 sections: top, middle, bottom. The top will contain my vacuum motor, the motor exhaust, and control electronics. The middle section will contain the vacuum motor filter, a CV06 with the input sticking outside. The lower section will have the dirt canister.
I've seen pics where guys have mounted shop vacs atop a small cyclone. They look like some one put a shop vac on top of a cyclone.... I'd rather just mount a vacuum motor on top of the cyclone in a similar fashion like the CV06's bigger brothers have motors on top.
I built a small mini-cyclone using Bill P's plans. I bought a new powerful Lamb 117507 central vac motor off of Ebay for next to nothing. Here are the specs:
117507 is also a 3-stage, 7.2 inch, 110-120 volt Lamb Ametek 117507 motor. Height 8.5", Bolt Height 2.5", Waterlift 134.1", CFM 94.0, AirWatts 406, Amps 12.5.
It is very powerful. My idea is to mount the motor inside a 14" canister. I'll simply put a divider inside the canister. This divider will provide a surface for mounting my motor above it and a filter below it to protect the motor.
Then below this section, I'll have my home made mini-cyclone or a CV06. The CV06 is a far better made product than my first attempt in using sheet metal. Ideally, I'd like the canister to be also made of PETG plastic.
So before I proceed further, I thought I'd present this though to you guys.