Diy Dust Collector 5 Gallon Bucket. There was no dust in the shop vac at all and the filter remained clean. The chamber is intentionally shaped to circulate the incoming dust in a cyclone, allowing the heavy sawdust and other chunks to fall into a bucket.
Saved by restaurante el boyero. What i like about cyclone collector system is that you never lose suction, and 97% of dust/debris goes in the bucket so you don't have to clean the shopvac filter every time you empty the bucket. From an idea i found online, i used 1.5 pvc (sched40, i think) pipe to create a frame to hold the 5 gallon bucket which would fit the legs on my rigid 6 gallon shopvac.
This is where a dust separator comes in.
Just finished i hope, diy canister filter from the king of diy video. This is a weekend diy project that can be built from a single sheet of plywood. I hated emptying my shop vac and then paying about 18 bucks for a new filter. Dust separator lid for 5 gallon bucket.