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Thread: Triton Dust Extracter
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26th January 2006, 10:57 PM #106Deceased
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Shouldn't be any problem with 170mm as it is more depth than the one I used.
See post 15 of http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=17427 where I posted : The funnel I used is the 220mm wide black funnel sold by Supercheap Auto for about $ 3.00. As the bottom gets cut of after fitting, only the top 130mm of the funnel is used leaving an opening of 80mm as the bottom outlet.
Peter.
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27th January 2006, 08:19 AM #107Banned
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I built two cyclones using big red funnels i found in Autopro, just had to sand a bit off the rims and they fitted very snugly down the buckets, with about 0.5mm lip, so not worth worrying about. saved the trouble of making a top disk etc. they work very well and the only time dust gets through to the vacuum is when they fill up and i havent noticed it yet
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27th January 2006, 04:14 PM #108Senior Member
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Thanks very much, fellas.
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27th January 2006, 04:54 PM #109Originally Posted by princhesterIf at first you don't succeed, give something else a go. Life is far too short to waste time trying.
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27th January 2006, 06:30 PM #110Banned
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Originally Posted by Gumby
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27th January 2006, 08:34 PM #111Senior Member
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I always give thanks for advice received. Now, whenever I do, I'm going to feel like I'm fishing for greenies!
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27th January 2006, 09:03 PM #112Originally Posted by princhesterIf at first you don't succeed, give something else a go. Life is far too short to waste time trying.
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28th January 2006, 12:02 AM #113Banned
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Originally Posted by princhester
Not like that at all, princhester, as far as im concerned i like to reward good advice and niceness. too many members like to reward people for jokes etc, but its a woodwork forum, not a manners forum or a jokes forum..................ummmmm
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4th February 2006, 05:06 PM #114Senior Member
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Video of Clear Mini-Cyclone in Action
Hi All,
Sorry to keep this ancient thread going, but I came across something cool.
I've been using my version of the mini-cyclone for a while, but it hasn't been perfect, since there is always a small amount of dust that gets into the vac bag. I've read with envy all those people who reckon they don't get any dust at all.
So anyway, this thread inspired me to try again and get it working as good as I could. So I was re-reading all the posts by Sturdee, and Wayne Davy, and finally re-reading Bill Pentz's website, to see where I could make improvements.
On Bill's site, there was a link to an American company that licences Bill's designs to make cyclones out of clear plastic, which is kind of cool because you can see how it all works. The website contains some videos of these see-through cyclones in action, so I thought people would be interested. Below is the link.
http://www.clearvuecyclones.com/Videos.html
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7th March 2007, 12:08 PM #115
Funnel Size
I am about to build a mini cyclone. When I look at the site above it appears that the funnel sides are much steeper. They mention a ratio of 1:64 for the ideal funnel shape that I don't quiet understand.
Watching the videos it would seem that the steepness allows the dust to circulate around the funnel more times, increasing its speed? and thus ensuring more goes into the bin??? Is this correct?
If I make the funnel with steep sides (say going from 130 that has been suggested to 230) and a shorter centre pipe - (say about 150 long as opposed to 230 internal length) does anyone with a greater knowledge of physics know what will happen? (I can easily establish a cutting diagram using some thick paper for the funnel shape and then use plastic etc to make up).
Also is there any relationship between the pipe whole size and the end funnel shape? I note 80mm has been suggested but most professional units seem to use a smaller outlet whole??????
I have a Triton bucket I could cut up but I also found thrown out a very nice bucket from a home brewery shop that once stored bourbon according to the lable. This would mean the exhaust smell would be nice and melow. This could easily be mounted on paint tin, but I do take the point about the strength of the Triton lid.
Thoughts?
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7th March 2007, 03:04 PM #116Deceased
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Use the Triton dust bucket and follow my instructions to convert same into the Sturdee mini cyclone. It works as hundreds of users can tell you.
Bill Pentz site refers to the proper full scale cyclone powered with a 3hp motor and fixed ducting.
Obviously his ideal measurements can be scaled down to a mini cyclone size and may work better but you will have to do the configerations and calculations yourself.
Peter.
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7th March 2007, 06:53 PM #117Senior Member
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7th March 2007, 10:30 PM #118
i don't think it's worth spending too much time on it. Mine gets a small amount of fine dust in the vac filter but tappinjg it out every now and again is nothing copmpared to what I had to do before this modification was made. I think you'll always get some fine dust in the vac no matter what you do.
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9th March 2007, 09:36 PM #119Senior Member
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Ambers
My design previously posted may be of help to you as the funnel has been made to suit the diameter of the bucket.
https://www.woodworkforums.com/showpo...82&postcount=9
I can provide the maths for the funnel design if required (thanks to Zenwood).
Regards from Adelaide
Trevor
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14th September 2009, 06:02 PM #120New Member
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I have set-up the lid with 25mm conduit and was able to make all the connections without drilling the lid. The key was to sand the outside of the joiner on my table sander so it fitted the current hole diameter of the Triton lid. That meant I could continue to use the exisiting Triton hose connections without any alteration. Also, by using a T jointer and some careful shaping I was able to connect both inlet hoses and the free end of the T became the angle for the cycloinc effect (I haven't tested it yet though.