Low cost cyclone dust collection?

[turbinbjorn]

I think I win the low cost contest! I made my own cyclone setup, and nothing at all gets in the vacuum bag. I’m suprised at how effective it is. It’s not due to my own skill, I feel very lucky that it workes so well!!

How I fixed the imploding vacuum bucket

In stead of hijacking peoples threads - I’ll share a little advice here. I made the cyclone filter to use as a shop vacuum. I’m amazed by how effective it is. The back side is that the bucket used to gather the dust implodes because of the vacuums pressure. Barry suggested to add a new bucket - a simple and effective tip. BUUT - the shops are closed in the weekend, and I’m trying not to spend aaalll of my money on this. So, I cut out some simple circular pieces to enforce the bucket. I measure…