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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

Bob Jensen

3y↑6

I cut a third bucket in half as Chris shows and mounted it with a wood disk inside to a dolly type platform that also holds my shop vac above and behind the collector. The bottom half bucket stays on the platform and keeps the collection bucket from tipping over or collapsing. I drilled holes in the bottom sides of the holder-bottom-half-bucket to allow air back in while pulling the collection bucket out. Otherwise they make a great seal and the vacuum underneath makes it difficult to remove.

My version used a 2" black PVC pipe side entry (I used a 2" hole saw) tangent to the inside wall and angled slightly down to eliminate the angles, which increases air flow. I also put a piece of stainless sheet metal inside where the chips enter the collection bucket to keep stuff like Melamine chips from eating away at the plastic sides.

When I removed the handle from the top cyclone bucket I cut about 3 inches off the ends and bent the straight ends loosely around the ends of the handle of the collection bucket such that they link back on to the cyclone bucket handle slots and pushing the collection bucket handle down, locks the buckets together. I'm very pleased with this set up.

If I had known about the collapsing problem before completing my version I would have used the top rings of the holder bucket (#3) to strengthen the upper cyclone bucket. So far that has not been an issue since realizing the air needs to flow or the vac sucks the material out of the collector from extraneous air intake. 3 buckets for one awesome collector! Super value!

Genius Chris. Thanks!

All comments from YouTube:

Rob Hildebrand

3y↑30

Alternate and economical way to stop the pails from collapsing. When you cut the top lip ring off the pail, save the ring, remove rough edges and when your done building the collector, push the ring down firmly on the top pail. Worked for me and only needed 2 pails. Thanks Chris.

Chris Notap

Great tip!

Bill Schmaltz

4y↑35

Chris, GREAT project idea. I built it and it worked fine but I did have the tippyness and bucket collapse issues (although it still worked fine). I've just incorporated your update suggestions and... Good to go! Thanks.
To all viewers: Don't even think about buying a dust cyclone of any sort. This works every bit as well and costs almost nothing. You may even have some or all of the parts laying around.

David S

2y↑7

I have one additional upgrade I would like to suggest. After filling the bottom outer bucket with the weight of your choice (I do not recommend water) screw the two bottom buckets together using 4 screws at opposite sides. Then screw the two top buckets together in the same manner. Next find and screw a couple "L" brackets to the very bottom of the collector so it can be held down to the floor with your feet. Then screw two handles to the top buckets on opposite sides. Now you can easily separate the two halves when it's time to empty.

lignesdefuite

2y↑3

I'm late to this, obviously, but I've just realized that you've created not only a dust separator/collector, but also a general purpose shop-vac capacity extender. With a little effort at caulking seals, this or similar could really speed up basement flood clean up for those of us with smaller shop-vacs. Brilliant. Definitely subscribing!

Justin F

I'd guess not caulking enables disassembly (eg to remove contents) though?

lignesdefuite

2y↑1

That one's great too. I have to say, I'm loving your channel - really great ideas, but also the production values are really high.

Chris Notap

2y↑1

I made another video on one that sucks up water too. Here it is...https://youtu.be/qr4shF-oOzg

SalvadorMonella

4y↑2

You are THE MAN. Not only is your initial design better than the others I've seen (for some a maker would be saving time & money by NOT making them and buying retail), but adding these updates shows you view criticism as learning opportunities. Very adult. And that you actually care about what you. 4 buckets instead of two is a drastic increase in materials (by my calculations nearly 100% more in buckets alone) but still manageable considering the cost of commercial units. All that said, how come the sawdust doesn't just come rushing out the hole the shop-vac is connected to? It seems like quantum mechanics, operation at a distance, but the opposite: particles know to not interact with each other.

Milosz Ostrow

3y↑9

Plastic buckets collapse under partial vacuum because the walls are too thin. The Home Depot's "Homer" buckets have 70 mil wall thickness, as do the buckets sold in most hardware stores and home improvement centers. I found the best way to solve the problem was to use buckets with 90 mil wall thickness. Most hardware stores don't carry them, but if you check local businesses that get material deliveries in 5-gallon or 6-gallon buckets, chances are they'll have 90 mil walls. You may also be able to mail-order them.

Eviction Carpentry

2y↑2

CertainTeed premixed buckets of drywall mud are about twice as thick as the HD buckets. I buy a few just for the buckets, then buy boxed mud after so i have the better thicker buckets to mix in.

Jack Strange

4y↑33

I improved the original version by cutting a 10" circle of 1/2" plywood and glued it to the outside bottom of the top bucket then drilled the holes. The adaptors and fittings are now very tight, and the bottom of the top bucket no longer cracks. I just now set the whole thing in an extra bucket with a large rock in it ala this video and no more tipping, and no more bucket crunching. With the plywood on the top bucket it never did crunch. Only the bottom did. Thanks for your clear common sense solutions.

J Armstrong

4y↑7

Another great idea!

I took your idea a step further. I used 30 gallon plastic trash cans for greater capacity. It works great too. But, good quality cans need to be purchased that have sturdy walls. Otherwise, the cans will collapse much worse than what you showed on your original design with the buckets.

John Ford

4y↑16

I just built my dust cyclone off your video and it works great! Made a few other mods, used 2" instead of 1.5" fittings, added a 7 " wide piece of 1/2 plywood to the bottom of my shop vac sticking out the back about 12 ", screwed the lowest bucket to the plywood, the bucket that collects the dust goes inside this lowest bucket. The shop vac is portable with wheels of course and now the dust cyclone just tags along. behind . Thanks for the great ideas Chris.

Mr2old4fun

3y↑1

would love to see a how to video for that

noimagination99

1y↑1

That hook blade in the oscillating saw is an awesome tip! Brilliantly simple! Thanks for sharing.

Raymahl Sutton

2y↑1

Thank you for sharing this and the wet vac videos, it's exactly what I was looking for! I may try and design an adapter to hook multiple vacuum hoses in at once to accompany everything in the garage, but I can't thank you enough for sharing this. Building it this weekend!

Omniescent

4y↑6

Assuming you have scrap wood (which as woodworker, you more than likely have more scrap wood than project wood,) you could also make feet for it at 12, 3, 6, and 9 on the second bucket for even more stability. Start it at just under 3 inches tall, taper it down to 1 inch. Make 4 of those and you should be good.

William Mills

2y↑3

Love it! I still have to pick up another bucket (or two), but I was really impressed with how well it works. For now I just tied the buckets to an old cabinet to prevent it from falling over, but still have to be careful not to clog it up, or you know what happens...but still very happy...thanks, Chris

B Brown

4y↑3

After watching your original video I built your exact one and it works great on my shop vac. I intend to use it permanently on my house central vac system so I’ll be doing this upgrade too. Excellent update thank you!

PastBlast

4y↑2

Yup I built this today before seeing the updates. Will have to do a couple mods! Was thinking of just using construction adhesive to glue a couple bricks on the bottom to weight it. But I might as well just add another bucket and prevent the possible collapse issue too. Thanks for the update, Chris!

Rodc

2y↑1

This is super slick!

25 years ago I did something very similar with two full sized metal trashcans for my central dust collection system, but I have the filter inside the upper can.

Emptying the shop vac is a bit of a pain, and messy. This looks so much easier!

Howard Rosenthal

2y↑1

Chris I just built your dust collector based on the original video. I used it for the first time yesterday and I don't understand why I didn't do this 20 years ago. Works great. Thanks for the update I'm going to get another bucket and put a brick in it so I don't have the tip over problem. I put both the vacuum and the bucket on a shelf with casters and now it rolls around the shop nicely. I didn't have two home Depot buckets so I used another bucket until I can get the proper one.

Chris Notap

That is awesome!

Gamer Dad Perspective

4y↑1

I made this last week and actually just built a cart to hold shop vac below and buckets above. Also used PVC between shop vac and bucket. A board with a half cut circle slid into the notch on bottom bucket

Aaron Paulley

4y↑20

I made the original last week and wanted to see if I had the issues these modifications fix. Mine never tipped, but my vac constantly crushed both buckets. Added these mods and I vacuumed 10 gallons of sawdust today without one collapse. I'm going to design this into a rolling cart with my vacuum now. This is such a simple, affordable solution. Thank you!

Chris Notap

4y↑1

That's great!!

Ozwald Gardner

I live in an apartment, I have had to select my tools for portability. Your dust collection system is the best I have seen so far to fit my conditions. I will have to buy it a piece at a time, but it will come in handy for several uses, especially when another upstairs water heater gets broken.
Thanks, Chris

KerryOnAnon

4y↑4

Thank you! I just did this last week and immediately was trying to figure out ways to keep it from tipping. One idea occurs to me after watching this - put the bottom bucket (the one with brick/gravel/water) on a platform with wheels so that it also can be easily moved around the shop if you don't have a long hose.

Paul van Doleweerd

You could probably scavenge a milk crate somewhere to place it in to add stability.

Daniel Pozarek

4y↑5

Harbor Freight has a furniture mover that's about 2'x2' for around $10. That's less that buying the casters will cost.

Chris Notap

That's a great idea!

Mike Cypert

2y↑2

Tip for the original video: when trimming the upper bucket to insert into the other, I had a hard time wound up using a heat gun to soften and roll the cut edge of the bucket inward. Much simpler process and it still seals very tight.

Chris Notap

That's a great tip! Thanks.

Mike Fennema

3y↑1

I was inspired by your design but wanted some imperial data using extremely fine dust. I followed your instructions with one alteration. I used 90-degree elbows on the inlet and outlet of the exterior of the cyclone dust collector. I used a 5-gallon 6-amp Shop Vac with factory pleated filter as vacuum source. The collection hose used was a 1-1/4 Shop Vac hose. The hose between the cyclone and vac is a 90 cm piece of 1-1/4 pool hose. I used Portland cement powder as a substitute for drywall dust figuring it is a similar particle size and density. I tried to suck up the Portland over a couple of minutes but realistically, this particle flow rate was way high. This resulted in extreme static build up. Here are my results: 1109 grams Portland sample. 964 grams collected in cyclone. Unmeasurable amount in Shop Vac barrel measuring with a scale with 1 gram resolution. 7 grams on Shop Vac filter. This was enough to audibly detect the Shop Vac loading but not plugged. The static build up seemed to result in the remaining 138 grams to be precipitated out on the inside of both hose.

Scott Butler

4y↑7

Thanks for the update Chris.
Not realizing it also prevented collapse, I used a 3rd bucket mounted to a shelf to get it off the floor while still allowing portability. I couldn't be happier with how well this separator works. Pays for itself by skipping just one filter cartridge swap.

Scott Butler

@Jackie Pousson None at all. Don't know if it makes much difference but I used Lowes buckets. I imagine if I used it as a shop vac and the nozzle sucked flat against a surface, the top bucket might buckle...but I hook this up to my table saw, router bench and band saw so that situation is impossible.

Jackie Pousson

No problem with top bucket?

Chris Notap

4y↑1

Thanks!

Brandon Emerson

3y↑4

Love how simple this fix was, use what is cost effective and available :) No need to over complicate things!

Guy Bergeron

I am impressed how easily this was built and I have read about using buckets that have thicker walls then those purchased in most hardware stores. I do have a question concerning using the vacuum with a orbital sander. I found that when sanding lacquer or varnish that the particle's are much smaller than when your cutting wood with a bench saw. Is there anything that can be done to be able to capture the dust using this system before it gets into the vacuum cleaner?

Ryan Young

To fit the smaller space I had as part of the cart that mounts my bandsaw and sander, I used 5 gallon buckets. It does not catch the very finest sanding dust, so I think I might try putting a few inches of water in it, but I consider it a huge success.

Craig Wake

2y↑1

I built mine and it worked great but I wanted to see how good it was with just one bucket and a lid instead of the second bucket. It worked just as well and so I used the second bucket to strengthen the separator and now it’s half the height and more stable too. Obviously I’ve reduced the capacity but I’ll just empty it more often. Thanks for the great video!

By the way I used two $5 Hart 5-gallon buckets from Walmart.

W Mac

2y↑1

Chris, I made a dust collector for my shop vac using your design. It works fantastic! Thanks very much!

Chris Notap

Fantastic!

Paul Martens

3y↑1

I built the collector guided by the first video and it worked great for saw dust , shavings and miscellaneous debris. I tried using it to clean my pellet stove and found two things: the ash does get to the vacuum filter but at a reduced rate. Just to fluffy. I thought a static charge might build up, which has happened in the past but not with this. The collector did collapse with my shop vac when I restricted the flow to use smaller tools so I will add the additions before the next cleaning. Otherwise it was a very easy and effective project.

kettch42

Do some googling about "cut point" or "separation point". I'm no expert, but I think you can improve collecting more fines by increasing the speed (stronger vacuum or smaller diameter bucket) and/or reducing the density of the inflow (suck less ash at once). I imagine a 2nd cyclone stage with a smaller diameter bucket after the one in this video. Fines are the worst part of ash anyway, so I understand why you'd want to fix that.

Rey Rainer

Thanks for the update! I put the thing to the test yesterday and was wondering about the bucket collapse. I’ll get some more buckets, ‘cause otherwise it worked great. Awesome.

Kurt Steinhaus - Schilling

3y↑2

Just finished making a dust collector. Powered first test with a 2.5 gallon Shopvac with about a half full collector bag in it. I'm am impressed no end. Also used the hook carpet blade in oscillating saw...wowsers. Canadian Ingenuity at it's best.

Chris Notap

Thanks for that!

philip slantis

4y↑1

I made one out of a 55 gallon drum I had on casters. My shopvac is 6.5hp. Works great. Also good for leaves in the yard.

chris rodriguez

Im thinking about doing the same. Did you use the plastic or metal 55gal drum?

D B

3y↑2

Great video, love all the tips that come with the project simple and well demonstrated and that you are also able to show your mistakes (1st vid screw hole)

Jason Sullivan

I know prices vary with region but it looks like you got about $25-$30 bucks worth of material with the refined design. I like the DIY approach and the various ways you have connected the buckets (I watched both videos). At the same time for $40 bucks you can buy the Dustopper which comes with connections and a hose to attach to your vacuum and it appears to keep noticeably more dust off the filter which is the big issue. Also it only needs one bucket so it's less top heavy. Cool channel though. Good content.

Jeff Harrison

Yeah, this is not a good solution to buy all parts new. It's ideal if you have most of the bits lying around, and it's clever in how there's nothing difficult to acquire in it. But the of-the-shelf units are smaller, and have practical advantages over the diy design, so worth the spend if you're starting with nothing.

Greg Mead

3y↑1

Very nice! The buckets (and you can use Lowe's, I'm sure) aren't that expensive, and it beats spending big bucks.

Chris Notap

Others have said Lowes buckets works just as well.

Scott Fujimoto

Have you heard of anyone using this for cleaning up drywall dust? Your video is very well explained, and I’m hoping it will work for small drywall repair projects around the house.

Debbie Cote

4y↑3

Excellent series! I was looking for an easy to do kit for this. I'm thinking of adding wheels to mine. I will make this! Frank

Chris Notap

4y↑1

Glad it was helpful!

G Y

3y↑10

Recently made the collector and shortly after it started collapsing and tipping over. Saw this vid and it worked. I used some leftover sand for weight. Absolutely love this design

Lenny M

3y↑1

Wet the sand it will be heaver...

Chris Notap

3y↑2

That's great!!

Bum Studios

4y↑2

I used two homer buckets as the bottom of my shopvac... mine fit perfectly then i used the actual bottom with wider base and wheels to hold the collection container.. doesn't tip gives strength for collapse and i can wheel it around. Thanks for the awesome tutorial

Bob Jensen

3y↑6

Philippe Larrivee

Good day Chris,
Quick question: I built your dust collection system which I hooked up on a central vac system... for some reason, the wood chips/dust makes it to the central vac filter but the heavier stuff do get collected in the bucket. Have you experienced that when using your system with the central vac? Thanks again for all your amazing video!

F2

Nice, Chris I reckon you would get even less dust flow through if you have an old stocking over the cyclone output installed internally or a cheesecloth fastened with an elastic band.

GodzillaGoesGaga

Brilliant. Possibly a better solution.... Maybe for the base bucket, add 2 short planks with wheels on (like the bottom of an office chair in an X shape). Screw support bucket to it. Now you have a dolly that is tip proof. Add latching wheels and you're golden.

Pavel Sadowsky

3y↑1

This makes a great design even greater 👍👍👍

ken coleman

I really like straightforward fixes that actually work. Thanks

dchall8

4y↑1

Simple genius, as always. Seems like there must be a way to plumb that so the suction hoses are based toward the bottom.
And the hook blade in the saw is a crazy good idea. Give them a few months to develop the product and it will be a $100 attachment for other saws.

Rasmus Tulinius

2y↑1

Man! You are brillient!
Easy builds effective communication and excellent and fun camerapositioning!
Thanks for the tips!

Chris Notap

2y↑1

Wow! Thanks for that great feedback!

John Frank

4y↑74

Aw man, I just finished building mine from the original video! Might as well go back and make the mods now. Thanks for the update!!!

Alex Melamed

Me too! Haven’t even collected dust yet.

Ted Melanson

4y↑1

Haha- I also just completed mine today, but I ceiling mounted mine with ready rod next to the central VAC. Now I have to go back and do this mod.

Chris Notap

4y↑7

You may not need the mod. Some vacuums are a bit stronger than others.

Bossy Bill

3y↑1

My buckets also collapsed.
What I did was to cut the rims out from the 'discarded' lids.
(I removed the inner flat portion of lid thus leaving all of the 'rim'.)
Then fit each rim half way up each bucket and secure them with duck-tape.
They work 'good enough'. They can still collapse but not under normal usage and accidental blockages.
AND yes, I also put a brick in the bottom... Helps save it from tipping over.

Dan Sokolowski

3y↑1

I JUST made mine. Works great. Didn't know about the collapse bit.

Bossy Bill

I've just put mine together. The hardest part for me was trimming down the bucket edges to get them to fit. Maybe the the buckets in Australia are straighter? Everything else came together easy-peasy. And it works well - really please with it.
To get the connectors to fit better I used plumber's teflon tape. Otherwise, as per recipe.
==> One problem I do have, is that there is an EXTREMELY loud whistling noise when the in-hose is connected. (No whistling when only the vacuum is running with buckets but without the in-hose. Also by varying how much I block off the in-hose (reduce the velocity), the noise dies off.)
Unfortunately, the vacuum hose I ended up with is actually for swimming pools and spas. It's walls are formed using a concertina structure, so that presumably is the cause. Surprisingly my Ryobi workshop vacuum hose is constructed similarly but does not have that problem.
In any case, something for others to be aware of.

Five Little Scholars CA

2y↑1

Fantastic updates! Thank you. Making my list now :-D

Grant Richards

After watching your first video about this, a Home Depot ad showed up for their Duststopper which attaches to a single bucket. It's more expensive than making one ($52). It's not as tall so it might not tip over as easily but I wonder about the bucket collapsing. Have you seen this?

docsus mac

4y↑2

Using your central vac with the dust collector made me wonder if an attachment to the suction end could be used to scrape off “popcorn ceiling.” Of course, if possible, then a suggestion for the scrapper tool would be most appreciated. I enjoy all your videos. Susan

Mr2old4fun

3y↑1

Take a wide scraper, tape (screw, glue, whatever) the end of your vac (shop vac or other) under it with the open end of your vac near the handle, not the blade, and then attach a piece of cardboard extending from the bottom of that past the end of the scraper. Wet the ceiling a bit, turn on the vac, now, as you scrape, the junk falls onto the cardboard and down into the mouth of the vac.

David Leduc

4y↑1

Hi Chris, I had a heck of a time getting the two buckets to join after cutting the bottom one per instructions. I solved this with using my plumbing blowtorch and gently heating the lip of the bottom bucket (going around and around until I could feel the heat thru my work gloves) and it then fit inside and of course molded to the correct size! Thought this might be useful for anyone else having the same issue... Cheers

Joe Halleck

4y↑2

I did the same thing with heating the lip of the bottom bucket.
I used an old Safety-Kleen translucent yellow bucket, which is about 3 inches taller than a normal 5-gallon HD pail for the bottom and a Latext-Ite 5- gallon pail for the top.

Both pails are much thicker than a HD pail. Heating the bottom bucket lip lightly (warm to the touch) allowed the rim to stretch to the perfect size. I also used 2-inch couplers for both intake and suction that fit the 2" SHOP-VAC hoses nicely. This setup will not collapse with a HD SHOP-VAC and the extra 3" in bucket height works even better with the cyclonic action. I wiped down the bucket mating edges with silicon spray, which makes pulling the buckets apart easier.

I will be making a roll cart using a furniture dolly to place the bucket into a plywood frame to keep the whole setup from tipping over and making it easier to move around the shop.

Chris Notap

Thanks for that tip for others to read.

Dan Brown

4y↑1

Just made this with the fixes, works awesome, thank you for creating the fantastic tutorials. Cheers Dan.

Stephen Walker

3y↑2

Great ideas. I do have a question/suggestion. For fine dust extraction such as from a sander, would it be helpful to put some water in the lower collection bucket to hopefully take up and trap the fine dust before it moves on to the shopvac? I've built the unit as per your first video (note that HD has changed their bucket some), but haven't tried it out as I'm waiting for a second shop vacuum to dedicate to this system.

Chris Notap

Yes thats definitely easy to try to see if it works!

dewuser

4y↑4

you just keep bringing more and more value to humanity. fantastic update!
And the way you disseminate information is remarkable.

Chris Notap

Wow, thank you!

AJ Hawk

4y↑1

Thank you for the update and upgrades 😎 Great work!

Chris Notap

Thanks!

James Wyatt

4y↑63

Never thought of putting a hook blade in a reciprocating saw - genius!

Peter Fitzpatrick

3y↑1

Thats not a recip saw... 🙄😏

Mike Martin

4y↑1

And it works really well too!

Horskys

2y↑1

Hi Chris. I recently completed a similar separator using your methods but used a 35 gallon plastic barrel instead. All in all it works great except the barrel still collapses when a using my sander. I added a "bleeder valve" to reduce inflow, but hate sacrificing "suck" LOL. I don't understand how an extra bucket (or barrel) on the outside keeps the inner one from collapsing, but would inserting another cut down barrel on the inside work as well? Would use this as a "emptying barrel", but know vacuum is a powerful force. Thanks for your inspiration on this as any thought on a inner sleeve.

Chris Notap

Due to the size of my bucket, an additional bucket strengthens the wall from collapsing. In your case with the 35 gallon drum there is much more surface area and like you said, vacuum is a powerful force. The relief valve is the best option.

Khalid Nazim

4y↑2

Thank you so much for this video. I made this today and there is such a tremendous difference in dust collection in my shop now.

Chris Notap

4y↑1

You are so welcome!

brad bauman

3y↑1

Just discovered your channel. This is a great upgrade to the vac. Also gives me a place to get rid of my Fe wheel weights I cull out of the lead weights I use for casting sinkers and bullits. Earned a new subscriber!

Chris Notap

Welcome aboard!

Luke Nicholas

How powerful does the shop vac have to be and how much does the power reduce after connecting it to the cyclone? Thanks for the video

Glenn Litchfield

Chris, built this unit a few weeks ago, and carried out the mods, unit work awesome. Has anyone had static issues? When I separate the top to empty I have a science show going on, amazing amount of static causing clippings to hover and fly in every direction. Do you or anyone else possibly have a solution?

Eva Rogers

4y↑2

Thanks for the update AND especially for all the easy fixes!

Chris Notap

Glad to help!

C Ducharme

Hey Chris, I built this, used it with central vacuum and had the collapsing problem. Solution. I cut out 2 rings of scrap plywood, set in each bucket about 8 inches and they hold it open great. Put the central vac and cyclone on a cart and now I have super mobile vacuuming capabilities.

Q dog

4y↑1

Great video, built my dust collection cyclone based on this design, and it's perfect.

Chris Notap

Great to hear!

99aceshadow

3y↑1

great job Chris! my collection kit works at 98% efficiency!

Steve R

I made one of these from a plastic barrel a few months back, I tested it at the time and found it worked well, much to my surprise, most things I make don't work. I've only just put it to work over the past week and found it's actually working a bit strange. When it's connected to my belt sander it catches the fine powdery dust with no problems, but when I use the hose to clean up the heavier wood shavings from a drill press they go straight through to the vacuum. It does an amazing job of separating the two types of woods, I just can't figure out how and why it's doing it.

Farming Our Backyard

4y↑1

Great job on the update. Glad to see you fixed both problems for just a few more dollars.

Chris Notap

Thanks 👍

George Schoonmaker

2y↑1

Thank you for your 2 videos, well done. Easy to put together system. To make the shop vac and dust collector system movable I went to Lowe's and bought a wheeled wood furniture moving dolly. Placed a piece of plywood on the top of the dolly and screwed the second bottom bucket of the dust collector to the dolly. Your system will not tip over and you can lift up the system from the bottom bucket easily to empty dust from the pail. Not sure if I want to screw the shop vac to the plywood or just let it sit on the plywood loose.

Christopher Charpentier

This looks really good. I do have a question. Is it strictly necessary for the pvc parts to be of 1 1/2” ? Can it be 2” ?

Shawn Stuart

4y↑75

Now that's problem solving in almost real time. All for under 10 bucks. Brilliant

Douglas Draftdog

@Mike Martin HD dust stopper is now $50!

David Clawson

4y↑2

Lowe's are $4 Harbor Freight sells buckets too

Tow Doctor

4y↑1

Who doesnt have multiple buckets hanging around?

Bart Noble

@Sean S Plus you still need at least one bucket. ;)

Sean S

4y↑2

@Mike Martin not sure if you saw it on sale or they make different models, but as of 4/3/2020 (month after your post) HD is selling the duststopper for $41.97 (according to HD website..in store $ different?)

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Meng Han

3y↑1

Love the mods. Simple and practical!

Chris Notap

Glad you like them!

Billy Jay

Got to hand it to you.you did it again this is the spitfire of all home made dust collector's great work.ill be watching lol.

unfy

4y↑3

ABS is getting harder to find. I used PVC. Wasn’t sure if the rubber cap would be tight enough, so cut some of the thinnest rubber gasket material (two 6” square sheets for $5?) to wrap around the pvc couplers (or around the lip of the rubber end caps). Dunno if it was necessary - but the system Works great! I like how it’s all pressure fit - easy to maintain / fix / adjust. The cost for the parts if all bought new (guilty) makes it similar in price to prefab systems - but if any one piece dies - it’s between free and $4 fix rather than buy a new system outright again.

Jones Works

4y↑1

Super simple and effective! Great video!

Chris Notap

Glad you liked it!

J. M.

4y↑8

Great fixes! I have learned so much from you, thanks Chris.

Revrant

4y↑49

4 buckets, this is getting pretty pricey. I might have to start looking to see if Festool makes a dust collector.

ZchryPlys

I could get 4 of them for free for ya. The painters always throw them away so I take em and clean them out. They are a lot more sturdy than the home depot ones.

Greg Mead

LOL.

Gatto Npc

3y↑1

ha ha ha.. good one.

Bob

I was wondering could the single bucket prototype be used for removing the fines from heating pellets and filling a bucket with clean pellets at same time. Or perhaps combine a single bucket with the 2 bucket dust collector?

Casey Kittel

2y↑1

amazing! great job. great camera work! lovely ideas! thank you so much!!! I am now subscribed

Chris Notap

Thanks for subbing!

Richard Lopez

2y↑1

this has got to be the simplest of dust collector that work , and the update make it better , thank you

Chris Notap

Glad to help!

Joe Whitney

1y↑1

Great upgrade Chris.
Thanks for sharing.

Chris Moses

4y↑7

Thank you so much my guy. I just got the parts yesterday and completed it today. You saved me $109.97. Works just like yours.

Chris Notap

4y↑1

Nice work!

Gabriel Oliver Washington

4y↑3

I did your first project and worked fine. I faced the same issue when the painting tape blocked it. Not this I wanted to post to ask a solution and you already posted it.

Thanks so much.

Buck McDaniel

3y↑1

I'm curious to know if you tested it with only adding one outside bucket. I haven't see the cutoff version of the top bucket before.

Great videos, btw. I'm a new subscriber. I don't normally subscribe to general DIYers, but those who are mostly woodworking. But, you have a few out-of-place videos of interest including your mouse trap....

Chris Notap

Thanks and welcome!

Geo Brown

3y↑1

Thank-you, thank-you for the updates and the central vacuum idea, it does pull stronger than my shop vac.

islanderws

3y↑1

Man you're genius. Thanks for sharing and I'm definitely subscribing to your channel.

Chris Notap

Thanks for the sub!

Jeff Streun

4y↑7

Awesome updates, dust collector works great and these hacks will make it even better

S Matt

2y↑1

What's the science behind the second bucket over the first that prevents the bucket from collapsing? I came here looking for a solution to this very issue and was about to just buy a dust cyclone when I came across your update. Gotta try it out now. Great stuff, Chris!!

Chris Notap

It just strengthens the walls by doubling up.

Travis Spriggs

Thank you for this. I ended up doing this before you commented on the other video. Super cool. You got my subscription. Now I just have to put a filtering the bucket as I'm getting to much stuff into my shop vac

Anderson Carmo Diogenes

Very nice videos! Very nice idea as well! However, maybe I'm wrong, but I think the top bucket should be strengthened from inside. It didn't collapse anymore due to the reinforcement made on the bottom one. Anyway, it's a really very nice tip and I'll do that at home, for sure!! Thank u very much

trk xo

2y↑1

Thumbs up. Brilliant solution. Thanks for sharing this DIY dust collector. 👍

Chris Notap

Thanks for watching!

james mclane

2y↑1

Awesome video😃🤔 I’m going to build one or two and run them together 😊🤔🙏thanks for teaching us how to make this wonderful dust collector😃🖖

Chris Notap

2y↑1

You’re welcome 😊

Overly Cranked

As a matter of fact one must keep adequate amounts of water in woodshop dust collectors as fire prevention measures for those rare occasions that tools create sparks and active sparks combined with additional air flow of dust collector become more activated by the time they get deposited in a bed of combustible sawdust.

Chris M.

4y↑2

Genius! very affordable and effective fix.

Heat My Shorts

4y↑5

Very awesome! Smart guy for sure there Chris! Thanks for letting me know about the update too!

Labsquad Media

4y↑1

Update on my "bucket build". After building "stage one" from Chris's previous video (noting a few significant bucket variations between the one's Chris is using and those I purchased from my Home Depot), I went ahead and used the bottom bucket idea (plus half a paving stone) for stability. I thought I would bypass the top reinforcment since I'm only using a ShopVac, not a central vacuum system. But... With the sunny weather in good ol' California, I think the heat has softened the plastic, making it susceptible to a massive "smoosh" effect. Happily, I have an extra bucket lying around so I'm going to see if the top reinforcement will work for me.

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