First, let me state that I've used a CV1800 Max for several years now and it has performed very well.
However, I have a unique machine that puts out wood chips that are more like long shreds than chips. They are very stringy and tend to be carried by the air stream too well and clump together. Needless to say, they make it through my cyclone too often and we have to clean and replace the filters too often.
This machine is a turning machine for pool cue parts and uses 4 table saw blades as "live tooling" to cut 4 spinning cue shafts at a time. I also have several other smaller machines that do the same thing with routers and slot cutters. They all run off the same 1800 Max. I have a 10" pipe that runs down one wall with 6" hose drops to the machines.
The problem is that the stringy chips carry too much fine dust with them through the cyclone, as well as plugging my filters to I just don't catch as much of the fine dust as I want anyway.
My question is can I run 2 cyclones in series? I would use the second to catch what the first let pass through.
If so, do I draw through both with the motor on the last one, or could I "push" through the second?
Any advice or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Royce Bunnell
www.obcues.com
However, I have a unique machine that puts out wood chips that are more like long shreds than chips. They are very stringy and tend to be carried by the air stream too well and clump together. Needless to say, they make it through my cyclone too often and we have to clean and replace the filters too often.
This machine is a turning machine for pool cue parts and uses 4 table saw blades as "live tooling" to cut 4 spinning cue shafts at a time. I also have several other smaller machines that do the same thing with routers and slot cutters. They all run off the same 1800 Max. I have a 10" pipe that runs down one wall with 6" hose drops to the machines.
The problem is that the stringy chips carry too much fine dust with them through the cyclone, as well as plugging my filters to I just don't catch as much of the fine dust as I want anyway.
My question is can I run 2 cyclones in series? I would use the second to catch what the first let pass through.
If so, do I draw through both with the motor on the last one, or could I "push" through the second?
Any advice or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Royce Bunnell
www.obcues.com
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