Ultimate Shop-Vac Dustopper Cart Build/Test Video!
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- A lot of you were asking for a build video as well as displaying it in action, so here it is!
Thanks for watching!
Link to my previous video: • I Built the Ultimate S...
Parts list:
12' total of 2" diameter PVC
16"x16" scrap plywood
Dustopper
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4 x "Wye" PVC
1 x long sweep 90 degree elbow
1 x regular 90 degree elbow
1 x 2" repair coupling
2 x 2" coupling
2" street 45 degree elbow
2" fernco coupling/hubless clamp
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Cuts:
6 x 1.25"
2 x 3"
1 x 15.75"
1 x 14"
1 x 3.5"
1 x 24.25"
2 x 29.5"
Thanks for putting this together, really well done. I like the idea of showing the measuremnts written on things when doing a video like this, that's super handy both for filming and sharing. Also the 'i believe they call this live action' cracked me up. Great video, well done, and thanks for sharing the project! This looks like a great way to save space, keep things organized but still have a portable solution
I sincerely appreciate the feedback. It was not easy for me lol, but I was too happy with it not to share it with the world. I'm glad you like it!
I had an idea while making this one so watch for my next video, I think you will find it interesting.
Thank you for sharing this with us, Stay safe, warm, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia
Thank you!
Thanks for circling back with a build video. Scott
You're welcome, thanks for watching!
Just got my Bauer shop vac same one you have there and wanting to get particle separation. I will be going to get the material to build this thank you for your video. Also look up scum socks they are cheap and fit perfect over the filter to preserve it for longer and are very cheap from Amazon. Used them on my ridgid got 25 years out it till it shot crap on me 2 weeks ago.
Thank you for your excellent video. Very practical and well thought out design, perfectly presented, without any annoying music.
Thank you very much Jim! I really appreciate it! Comments like these make it worth it.
Good job! I'll have to try this build. I just found that using disposable bags inside my vac saves on messing with its drum filter as often and keeps a high suction much, much longer. Much less fine dust to contend with when emptying the vac too.
Thank you!
Thank You for sharing. This is in my opinion the best version of it yet. Great job
Thank you!
This is perfect. I've been looking at different builds and they involve building a cart with separate casters rather than using the ones on the shop-vac. This does exactly what I'm looking for. Hopefully it works with my Rigid.
I've seen pictures of viewers who have done it with Rigid vacs, hope it works out for you too! Thank you for watching.
If you look at the pamphlet tht comes with the dustopper, it shows a cart like this made with a rigid vac. And with the newer vacuum, the accessory mounts on the casters are a weird size, so a heat gun on the PVC end will fix that.
Best! Shop vac! Cart! On UA-cam!!! And yes I will be rebuilding mine and I’ll repurpose the 3/4” plywood for other builds!!
Thank you so much! I love hearing the idea is being used.
Great build idea - thanks! To make it easier to get the Fernco over the end of the pvc you can use my plumber’s trick. Put the end of the Fernco in boiling water for a couple minutes and it becomes much more pliable than when cold!
Thanks for the tip and watching! I appreciate it.
Very nice... simple, elegant, and effective. Next, (when you're bored and have nothing to do lol) you need to throw a coat of paint on there: Black for the pipes, dust stopper, and plywood, and red (to match the Bauer) for the DeWalt bucket.
Thank you very much Karl. I wish I could post a picture of it painted, because it sure does look nice.
Nice job. The best I've seen. Dang, just built mine yesterday and then saw yours.
Thanks Mike, I truly appreciate it. Don't rebuild it yet. I'm about to film a video on my new version that's way better than this one.
I added a foot switch to my vac and mounted it on one of the pipes so I could just slap it with the hose instead of having to reach for the switch every time.
I added an auto start to my other enclosed vac setup. It's really nice having the vac start up on its own when the tool starts and having it shutoff after 5 seconds after the tool stops sucks up any residual. Thanks for the input!
@@that1guydoesthings I’ve been wanting to get one of those. Which do you have?
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Great job! Only possible additions would be to bring adapter and elbow from Dustopper to a shop extension pipe with another elbow, then connect vacuum hose. This will lower the C/G so there is less chance of tip over. I'd also add a braided ground strap somewhere that touches floor to reduce static.
Thank you! I will have to try the braided line, I'm curious how much the static will be reduced.
Outstanding! A clone is in my future. Best one on the internet.
Thank you! It makes me so happy to know people are finding this useful!
Excellent instructions. Thank you!
Great job! I’ll be following this design very closely. Just bought the dustopper today.
Thank you very much. I really appreciate the feedback.
I stumbled across this build....I love it. Simple, yet effective. Will definitely be building one similar to this.
Thanks Scott, glad the video is doings its job!
Really love this design. Using the support pipes of the plywood base for storing accesories and for suction from the dustopper was really clever. I'm in the process of design mine but instead of a dustopper I will make a two bucket style dust separator and I don't want to buy a second hose so your design may solve that problem. Thanks alot for the video!
Thank you so much. I'm glad to hear people are finding it useful.
@@that1guydoesthings yes, it was very helpful. I have a question. I have a piece of half inch PVC panel laying around, can use that to cover the inside pipe where the WYE pipe coupling goes? Did you used normal silicone to glue or PVC glue?
Anything to cover the end of the pipe will work. I used a piece of cardboard at first and it worked fine, but went to plastic just to be a little more permanent and official looking for the video. 1/2" may take up too much space in the hub of the fitting you will be putting it in so it may be a little wobbly at that joint. I suggest something thinner. You probably dont even need to glue it, but just about any type of glue/silicone should work.
One of the best.
Awesome job!!!!!!! Thanks for the ideas!!!💯💯💯💯
Thank you very much!
Great video. I just bought a HF 6 gal vacuum and am sitting here looking at it. When I measure how big the top plywood board needs to be, I'm thinking it needs to be larger than the 16" sq the video shows. Maybe more like 19"sq. It looks like the legs are verticle. Am I just not seeing this right?
Update - Sorry, 16" sq is correct. I was measuring on the diagonal ( long side of the triangle! )
If I remember right the 16" was not exact, but was close enough. Thanks for watching!
Same stuff I got! A narrow Bauer vac and a dust stopper. I can use this! Thanks. (The only difference: I found a shorter transparent bucket on Amazon so I can see when it needs to be emptied! :__)
Simple and by the look of it stable, I have built my own, and what I've found is you sometimes need the wheels to have a brake on them.
Smart & good idea
Brilliant!
Thanks for watching!
Well done!
Thank you! I appreciate it.
Nice build using the pvc leg as the hose. One thing though, I may have missed it, how did you close the one leg that you are using as the hose from pulling air through where it sits in the vac caster?
AAAAHHHH I did miss it. I went back and watched it again. LOL
Lol thanks for watching!!
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Thank you!
Great job keep up the good work. How much was a set up like this cost ?
Thank you! I bought vac and dustopper on sale so about $75 for those, and another 50 or so in material for the rest.
I like this because it’s not ridiculously large like the 12 gal vacs. How exactly did you close off that 14” pipe section? I don’t know much about pvc and you covered that quickly.
I traced the 2" pipe onto a piece of thin plastic and cut that out. I used silicone to hold it in place on the end of the 14" section. It's no more than an 1/8" thick. Heck, you could shove a couple socks in it to plug it, as long as its sealed. Thank you.
Silicone = silicone caulk yes?
I’m thinking expanding foam might be a night solution for that as well, just spray in and trim excess after it hardens. Thoughts JsD?
I’m just now noticing that you are using a 6 gal Bauer vac. Heard from anyone if they’ve had success using a 14 gal, which is the one I have? Scott
I have not, I dont know if the hose is the same size on the 14 gal so I'm not sure if the accessories would fit in the pipe for holders. Otherwise, I'm sure it could be adapted to work.
@@that1guydoesthings For sure not. The wand is as big as your PVC pipe. I’m less concerned about storing the accessories than I am about the vac overpowering the Dustopper.
That should not be an issue. Many people run them on bigger vacs. I have heard of it collapsing the 5 gal bucket, but that also seems to be on certain buckets.
Good job- like the thinking outside the box! Quick question: is that schedule 40 pvc you used?
Thank you! Yes its schedule 40 dwv pipe.
@@that1guydoesthings Thanks!
Thx for this video
Thank you for watching!
What are the measurements that you have for the 2” holes from the edges for the pcv running through for the bucket support ply?
Ha nvm found my answer looking at other comments.
Love the design currently tossing this together for myself.
Outstanding!
Thank you!
How far from the edge are the holes in the plywood for the pvc pipe looking at it looks like half inch
You are correct sir.
Is that the 6 or 9 gallon shop vac??
Six gallon.
Nice build. I think you vacuumed that sawdust too fast which resulted in there being more dust in the shop vac itself. Slow it down to a more normal rate of intake and you will probably see virtually no dust in the vac. BVN
I agree, under normal operation I usually find a residual film of dust in the vac. It does a very good job. Thank you.
I am pretty sure if you replaced that Dustopper with a Dust Deputy type separator, you would end up with almost no dust in the shop vac. I have used the Dust deputy on a shop vac for about six years and still do not have to even clean the filter on my shop vac yet.
I would like to try a deputy. I do think the Dustopper does a very good job under normal circumstances, dumping the nozzle into a pile of fine dust may not have been the best representation. Thanks for watching and the feedback. I plan to experiment with the deputy.
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I have used one for several years. No complaints, and I recently picked up another one for $5 at a garage sale. Going to incorporate it into a garage shop vac system with PVC pipe.
Where did you get the shop vac accessories? I looked at that Bauer size and it doesn’t come with accessories. Thanks for the video.
They are craftsman attachments from Ace hardware. Thanks for watching.
I have no idea how you were able to accomplish that build. I've been watching these dust collector cart builds for a while looking for ideas. I'm puzzled. You didn't design it on Fusion 360? You didn't have all the parts cut out on your 9' X16' CNC router? You didn't even work your sponsor into the build! How could you have possibly made this project?!
In all seriousness you did a great job. A very simple design that just about any DIY'er could build in an afternoon with readily available parts from any big box store.
You didn't even pull out your Festool 5billion to laser bore the holes in the sheet of unobtainium. I just don't get it.... 🤔
MrPhil, I respect the heck out of this comment. You made my night. I knew looking at your video list we are like minded. Although I have experience w almost everything stated, it's simple, cheap, and effective builds that really get me going. I watch too many channels that make me think I could do that and so much more if I had access. So here I am, see where it goes! I have too many ideas, ambitions, and half finished inventions. Gotta keep dreaming. I thank you again!
Can you explain that plastic/silicone portion you referenced. It's on the inside on one of the pipes where "all the work is being done".
It's a thin piece of plastic to block that portion of the type off from the suction. You want all of it to draw thru the Dustopper.
@@that1guydoesthings I understand that. I'm asking if you can explain the plastic part that you inserted to accomplish this.
1/8" plastic I had laying around with clear silicone. All I had at first was a piece of cardboard and it worked fine.
Hey build this today on your cut list you have 2 at 3" and you need 3 at 3"
Thank you, I will get it updated.
What if you want to empty the main drum? Lol, it’s enclosed in pvc pipe etc
Almost nothing ends up in the main drum. If that is filling up you are not using the Dustopper correctly. The most I have had to to is knock the dust off the filter and that's after a year of use. Aside from that, it takes about 6 seconds to pop the pvc legs off and the whole assembly comes off.
great build, but you are loosing pressure through that PVC foot
Surely I am, but is it more than you would lose using the provided hose that comes in the kit?
@@that1guydoesthings Also the flex hose would have added the ridges inside. So I think that would have added more resistance than the smoother insides of the sch 40. Maybe a wash on the loss?
@@georgeburchett5798 I think the biggest gain is from eliminating the ribs of the flex hose. If I had to bet, I would say this setup should flow better than if using the supplied flex hose. I'm not sure which "foot" Colin is referring to because everything is friction fit, and the suction foot is blocked off so it forced to flow thru vac. Maybe he missed that part in the video.
you need a clip on mic
use a bag in your vac, cuts down dust