Thread: Fibreglass Cyclone Mark 2

Tim you have done a nice job on the cyclone. Does your unit build up any static when operating? Your price, assuming it is in NZ dollars, is about same price as I would pay for the equivalent cyclone only from Clear Vue over here before shipping.

Pete

Hi Pete,

I can’t say that I have noticed any static buildup when using my cyclone. I’ve been using it for about a year now but it didn’t get a lot of use at the height of last summer when it would have been most noticeable. I also wonder how much charge can build up when it’s connected at either end to metallic machines which are continually earthed.

The prices above are in Aussie dollars as this is where I guess most of my sales might go. For a local purchaser, I think it compares favorably to the alternative which I believe retails for about a grand excluding local delivery.


Incidentally this is a good example of how much international freight plus our small market conspires towards making tools so expensive in Australia and especially New Zealand. I can’t help having a laugh at the irony of someone from North America baulking at the cost of a product heading in the other direction !

Hi Tim
Your fibreglassing skills are looking very good ,This from someone who work in the industry for many years.
It look as if you are try to make a go of you cyclones... and good on you for that.
As someone who just went through the experience of getting a DE system and ending up with a clearveiw one.

What you need is to flat pack it this will chop down the shipping cost...a real killer.
You need to make it straight forward to assemble not necessarily simple but logical to do.

If you have any more interest in going down this path I willing to throw some time your way as a devil's advocate to help you..bit far away to be hands on.

All the best

Russell

Triffic !! Darn site nicer than the glass work we used to do on canoes and paddles and wotnot.

Was the glass a nice weave ? Or random mat !

Also, hoe did you manage to get the edges of the chute so clean ?

Fibreglass job looks great!

One thing I would have liked to have seen is a ramped intake.

Originally Posted by BobL

Fibreglass job looks great!

One thing I would have liked to have seen is a ramped intake.

Bob, I have a bit of an idea of what a ramped intake may look like, or act like, but I wasn't too sure.

I googled "ramped intake" and received a plethora of stuff totally unrelated to what I was searching for.

Any chance of a slight explanation of what you were thinking of here?

Mick.

Originally Posted by Glenn.Visca

Triffic !! Darn site nicer than the glass work we used to do on canoes and paddles and wotnot.

Was the glass a nice weave ? Or random mat !

Also, hoe did you manage to get the edges of the chute so clean ?

Glenn,

The glass I've used is a fantastic cloth called double bias which is two layers of unwoven rovings oriented at +- 45 degrees to the direction to the roll. These are then held together with rows of light stitching running parallel to length of roll. The end result is a very strong and stiff and easy to drape and form. Not knowing any better, for my prototype I used the old fashioned chop strand mat which is a nightmare to shape and wet out and results in a much weaker, resin rich matrix.

The cyclone shell is produced inside a female mould which results in the better mould face being on the external face.

Cheers, Tim

Originally Posted by BobL

Fibreglass job looks great!

One thing I would have liked to have seen is a ramped intake.

Bob,

Thanks for your kind words.

If you have another look, you will see that it does have a ramped intake. Instead of having a flat top with a separate ramp sitting below this like other cyclones, I have discarded the wasted surface and volume between the flat top and ramp leaving a 360 degree helical top which is also the ramp.

The end result is the same with a helical surface deflecting the first revolution of dust laden air below the level of intake.

Regards, Tim