I have seen a few people on YouTube say it is not worth getting a cyclone to add to your dust collection. In my opinion it is well worth it. It was so much easier to get my 3 inch rubber palm sander when it got sucked in the back of the lathe a couple of times. My 55 gallon barrel is half full and the bag on the dust collector bag has less than a cup of dust in it. Very happy I went this route.

I'll second that.  The cyclone stage is worth every penny and works like a champ.  6 months of fines in the bag, have emptied the barrel monthly. 

 

 

 

 

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I made the Thein Separator for a metal trash can. Can't remember the last time I had to empty the dust collector plastic bag.

I made a Thein separator too.  Changed it out for the Super Dust Deputy.  Not a lot of difference.  The Thein worked well.

Yep the Super Dust Deputy makes a diff.

I made a Thein separator too and it worked well. I used it for several years but it essentially took the same space as another piece of equipment and that always bothered me, mostly because I have too much stuff in my shop. I invested in a Grizzly self contained unit with the cyclone built in. To this point I've been well pleased with it.

Edited August 23, 20232 yr by Steve Krumanaker