I love your way of thinking through your Ideas. From the videos I have watched, you take complex things and simplify them. That doesn't mean that they are easy, but they are more approachable. I can see myself doing some of the things you have done, borrowing some of your ideas. Thank you.
Thank you! I appreciate that. You are welcome to borrow all the ideas you like. Add on to them, modify them and customize to fit your needs. That's exactly why I make these videos :)
I LOVE when engineering types get into woodworking. The creativity is epic and over the top functional. Never thought to use excess romex for custom makeshift hooks. I have a bunch of it.
Thanks! I'm the "a son of an engineer" type 🤣 I love creating useful things with Romex. I use it so much I'll be making a video just about the hundreds of interesting things I've found to use it for. The stuff is like solid gold and it sounds like you are sitting on a pile of it :)
Very creative usage of a lot of things. Couldn't believe the legs are made of 1/4" plywood - replayed to make sure I heard it right. Glad to know even 1/4" plywood can be quite strong. Ingenious use of electrical cable 👍.
I caught a couple of glimpses of your dust cart in previous videos and thought it was a great idea, so I screen grabbed some shots of it and sort of noodled one up of my own. Yours is more refined and better, and I thank you very much for the in-depth video.
I enjoy your videos on dust collection. O the Dude can dance!!! LoL All of your ideas give me a solution for my mobile shop. Thank You for another great explanation! Great Vibes!!! Randy
Great setup. Love the ingenuity. A lot of things we got randomly laying around can be used in everyday life so thumbs up for that. Have you tried using vacuum bag to eliminate even that bit of fine dust that comes through? Thats a 6 horse vac so using bag should not effect suction. Just a thought. 💪👍👊
Thank you! I've never tried one of the vacuum bags on any of my vacuums but it's not a bad idea. We use them in the small dust extractors at the shop where I work.
Someone else mentioned using a pool sock. That is a neat idea. I have a really cool way of cleaning my vacuum filters I will share before the dust collection series is over. It's so easy you may not find the need to use the pool sock any more :)
You weren't the only one who missed the explanation for the spacer in the video. I explained it in more detail again under the other person's comment. It was lengthy.
Complete newbie here but is it possible to run 2 cyclones inline with each other and would you gain anything by doing this? My shop vac filter seems to be getting clogged more often lately. Maybe my set up needs to be more air tight?
If you have air leaks in your set up, dust will get by the separator and into the vacuum. I don't think there would be any advantage to running another separator but sealing any leaks is a must for the cyclone to work properly. Make sure the container is air tight and the cyclone doesn't leak air where it mounts to the container.
@@SlowandExpensive Thanks for the reply. I'm just using an orange bucket with a dustopper. I'll get some weather stripping to see if I can seal it any better.
I sort of explained this in this video but here is a more detailed explanation. When using a cyclone dust separator, the container the separator is connected to is under a great deal of vacuum pressure when the vacuum is running. In many circumstances this pressure will collapse the container. (Search for cyclone separator collapsing buckets for an example) This pressure was pulling all sides of the box on my cart in about 1/4inch and the box is made of very thin plywood and I didn't want this movement to compromise the joints in the corners. If the box leaks air, the separator will not work properly, so the spacer is in there to counter this inward movement. The spacer wouldn't be needed if I rebuilt the box with thicker plywood but I originally wanted the box to be as light weight as possible and that's why I used the 1/4" plywood :)
I put blue tape on just about all my tools. This way I know they are mine and I generally cover up the name brand of the tools when I do this. Also, the vacuum has the word Ridgid covered which is the name brand and my shirt has the words RIG I DID (a parody) because this is the RIG I DID dust collection system series. :)
Has anyone ever thought of placing a port to the bottom of their dust collection bin to which they could attach a shopvac to facilitate emptying the bin? 🤔🙄🤣
Keep it up! I love your dust collection series. A ton of very useful info in all of them.
Will do, and thank you!
I love your way of thinking through your Ideas. From the videos I have watched, you take complex things and simplify them. That doesn't mean that they are easy, but they are more approachable. I can see myself doing some of the things you have done, borrowing some of your ideas. Thank you.
Thank you! I appreciate that. You are welcome to borrow all the ideas you like. Add on to them, modify them and customize to fit your needs. That's exactly why I make these videos :)
Awesome! So happy when you put out a new video! Thanks!
Thank you!
Very nice! My box came out great. I used plexiglass for the front, with liquid nails (black tube) for the sealant. Tight as a bongo.
Perfect!
I LOVE when engineering types get into woodworking. The creativity is epic and over the top functional. Never thought to use excess romex for custom makeshift hooks. I have a bunch of it.
Thanks! I'm the "a son of an engineer" type 🤣 I love creating useful things with Romex. I use it so much I'll be making a video just about the hundreds of interesting things I've found to use it for. The stuff is like solid gold and it sounds like you are sitting on a pile of it :)
Very creative usage of a lot of things. Couldn't believe the legs are made of 1/4" plywood - replayed to make sure I heard it right. Glad to know even 1/4" plywood can be quite strong. Ingenious use of electrical cable 👍.
Thank you! I plan on making a video just about tips and tricks on using electrical cable. I use the stuff just about everywhere :)
@@SlowandExpensive Definitely looking forward to it. Take care.
I caught a couple of glimpses of your dust cart in previous videos and thought it was a great idea, so I screen grabbed some shots of it and sort of noodled one up of my own. Yours is more refined and better, and I thank you very much for the in-depth video.
Thanks! That's so cool! Feel free to share a picture of the one you noodled. I'm always interested in seeing any creations I helped to inspire :)
I enjoy your videos on dust collection. O the Dude can dance!!! LoL All of your ideas give me a solution for my mobile shop. Thank You for another great explanation! Great Vibes!!! Randy
Thanks Randy!
very creative...
Thank you!
Nicely done!😊
Thank you!
Great setup. Love the ingenuity. A lot of things we got randomly laying around can be used in everyday life so thumbs up for that. Have you tried using vacuum bag to eliminate even that bit of fine dust that comes through? Thats a 6 horse vac so using bag should not effect suction. Just a thought. 💪👍👊
Thank you! I've never tried one of the vacuum bags on any of my vacuums but it's not a bad idea. We use them in the small dust extractors at the shop where I work.
One thing I did was use pool filter Sox over the vacuum filter and makes for easy cleaning and IT lasts longer.
Someone else mentioned using a pool sock. That is a neat idea. I have a really cool way of cleaning my vacuum filters I will share before the dust collection series is over. It's so easy you may not find the need to use the pool sock any more :)
Tony! You can collect my dust any day.
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I'm surprised that you didn't run the exhaust of the separator straight up into the vacuum's housing.
You'll have to explain the logic in doing this as I'm finding far less pros than cons.
Maybe I missed it, what’s the spacer for? Also get yourself a bag for that vac and you won’t have to clean/replace the filters
You weren't the only one who missed the explanation for the spacer in the video. I explained it in more detail again under the other person's comment. It was lengthy.
@@SlowandExpensive ok I’ll look for it. Thanks
Complete newbie here but is it possible to run 2 cyclones inline with each other and would you gain anything by doing this? My shop vac filter seems to be getting clogged more often lately. Maybe my set up needs to be more air tight?
If you have air leaks in your set up, dust will get by the separator and into the vacuum. I don't think there would be any advantage to running another separator but sealing any leaks is a must for the cyclone to work properly. Make sure the container is air tight and the cyclone doesn't leak air where it mounts to the container.
@@SlowandExpensive Thanks for the reply. I'm just using an orange bucket with a dustopper. I'll get some weather stripping to see if I can seal it any better.
Maybe this is explained in another video, but what's the purpose of the spacer?
I sort of explained this in this video but here is a more detailed explanation. When using a cyclone dust separator, the container the separator is connected to is under a great deal of vacuum pressure when the vacuum is running. In many circumstances this pressure will collapse the container. (Search for cyclone separator collapsing buckets for an example) This pressure was pulling all sides of the box on my cart in about 1/4inch and the box is made of very thin plywood and I didn't want this movement to compromise the joints in the corners. If the box leaks air, the separator will not work properly, so the spacer is in there to counter this inward movement. The spacer wouldn't be needed if I rebuilt the box with thicker plywood but I originally wanted the box to be as light weight as possible and that's why I used the 1/4" plywood :)
@@SlowandExpensive Thanks! I must've missed the in-video explanation. Sorry!
On your shop vac you have the word Rigidid covered in blue tape partially but your hoodie says the word Rigidid clears day just curious
I put blue tape on just about all my tools. This way I know they are mine and I generally cover up the name brand of the tools when I do this. Also, the vacuum has the word Ridgid covered which is the name brand and my shirt has the words RIG I DID (a parody) because this is the RIG I DID dust collection system series. :)
Off topic - he reminds me of Shia LaBeouf.
Has anyone ever thought of placing a port to the bottom of their dust collection bin to which they could attach a shopvac to facilitate emptying the bin?
🤔🙄🤣