Thread: A drum for a dusty unit?

Ultimately you still have to empty the drum, and most garbage services don't take kindly to loose dust as they become responsible for the dust cloud coming out of their truck as it takes your dust away. Most srew lid plastic bins I have com accross are barrels and fairly large, so heavy when full. The barrel shape means that you can't just put a liner in it and expect to pull the liner out when full.

I would suggest sticking with bags, but putting them in a 110L or thereabouts tapered bin for protection and to allow easier manual handling (you can safely shift the tied off bag and bin as a combo with a dolley or trolley to get it to your disposal point) and it is a quick visual check to determine when the bag is about full. The bins I am thinking of are available via Bunnings and on ebay an are classed as 'nesting' bins. They have a strong clip on lid with a circular recess that accepts a plug from the bottom of a similar bin, allowing lidded bins to stack 2-3 units high.

I see where John is coming from... While looking for bins for my dust extractor I came across numerous bins, that while not quite right for a DE, but might be OK for a DC.

Basically you need something you can put a large garbage bags in, or similar (and something cheaper than the ones that are sold for the DC).

I came across some small wheelie bins at Bunnings that might be of interest. I haven't even used my DC yet, but I noticed that the bags would probably be easily snagged on something sharp, so if you could have a bin sit under the filter section and have the dust go into a bin with a liner, that might be more user friendly especially if it had tie handles.

You could just wheel it to the big wheelie bin.. tie the handles and pop it in.

I think a rim lock drum would be a lot easier than a screw top. I am also wondering how you plan on connecting it to the filter housing of your dusty, mostly a drum is used in conjunction with a cyclone or Thien baffle.

Thank you one and all for your comments,getting rid of the sawdust won't be to much much of a hassle I know of a pet store that will take as much sawdust as they can get, I drive a ute so getting it there is not a problem.yes I agree a screw top would be difficult i'am now thinking of a drum with a steel band with a snap lock catch on it ,my idea was to cut a hole in the lid and remove the lower plastic bag section off the dusty and mount the dusty on top .Not having any experience with dustys i'am not sure about any concerns with air pressure in the drum wether it be high or low, and would it work as well as it does now using the plastic bag set up, any comments would appreciated. Thank you JOHN,

Hey John, I don’t foresee any issues what so ever… If the plastic bag doesn’t blow out a plastic drum certainly won’t.
Remember the rule of path of least resistance… The filter is full of holes and any pressure that would build up in the bag / drum would be negligible.
You actually have me thinking of doing the same thing. When I remake the filter inlet I plan to be them side by side to save room. Would be nice to have one drum underneath the both of them.