Making a Centrifugal Dust Separator
Direct Link: https://youtu.be/n2OStvRteRE
After a few weeks of work, it's finally done! This took me a fair bit longer than I expected, but it also works a lot better than expected
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This video was an amazing roller coaster. I started out very skeptical but…holy crap that was cool at the end!
Edit: out of baltic birch plywood.
Speaking of 3D-printing, for a project idea: get a CNC router (cutter?) and make plywood cabinets or closets or something. With funky joins.
This is amazing! Just out of curiosity, how many trips to the local hardware, home depot and harbor freight did this project take?
I loved this video. Not only because you're ridiculously silly, which I love, but because you left all the mistakes in. Mistakes are at the heart of making, and showing them alongside the successes is a good choice!
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What an incredible job on this! Can't wait to attempt my own version. Thank you for sharing
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Hello Robert, congratulations on a job well done, that was hack of a journey 👏🏻. A silly question since I had never done any woodworking myself, how do you empty the large sawdust bin? It’s on casters so rolling it around is no problem, but I can’t imagine myself lifting bin and emptying it once it’s full.
I can scoop out the dust with a scoop, but a more convenient way is to use a small dust collector. I happen to have a second small dust collector with no bag that I can use to suck on the dust bin and spread the shavings over a spot in the yard to act as mulch
Nice work!
No wonder you need a fancy dust separator! Did you see how much dust you created making that fancy dust separator?
Marvelous editing on this one! I especially enjoyed in the wood-turning segments where you kept the audio at normal speed through changing the video speed; very nice effect!
One question.. Are you concerned about having the blower motor before the dust separation stage? I have a cheapo HF blower and when I use my planer or jointer, the chips clog the intake pretty rapidly.. At least they did until I added a pre-filter stage using a 40 gallon drum and a couple of 4" elbow joints..
Since I upgraded to a helical cutter head, I'm not worried about clogging, but I am a little worried about debris. I could probably make a very simple debris trap that goes before the blower to eliminate this problem
Amazing
40 minutes?! I'm in heaven!
I'm always excited when a video cracks 30 minutes. I always love it when creators I like release long videos, so I never hesitate about making my video long
The amount of engineering that went into this is ridiculous. Props for making it work.. Really impressive!
That’s a weird colored ryobi drill you used. Lol