Vacuum cleaner cyclone construction homemade. Making a cyclone filter for a vacuum cleaner with your own hands. Bucket cyclone filter

01.04.2020

This is a video of the “Lawyer Egorov” channel about how to assemble a home-made full-fledged cyclone from a bucket and two corners of a funnel in five minutes. In other words, a separator for chips, sawdust and other debris.

If a household vacuum cleaner was used in a workshop or when repairing an apartment, then its dust collector will quickly fill up and the work will have to be interrupted. But using the Cyclone, you can forget about changing the dust bag for years. This separator has been serving for the second year, and the author of the development does not get enough of it. In just two minutes, make sure that the title of this video is not exaggerated, and you can assemble a complete separator in your garage in just a couple of minutes.

For ease of use in the Cyclone workshop, it can be installed on a makeshift platform in the form of a cart, the production of which will take at least half an hour. But the separator can be used without it. In the case when it is connected to the chip removal of a permanently installed router, thicknesser saw and other equipment that produces sawdust, the trolley is not needed at all. But it is very convenient when cleaning the workshop. A bucket, two hose cutters and a vacuum cleaner can easily fit under any household machine. By the way, if you plan to organize a single dust removal system in a small home workshop with your own hands, perhaps connecting such a separate chip suction to each machine will save you from obvious engineering and technical difficulties to solve.

From the circular table equipped with the Cyclone, sawdust almost does not fly out. It is recommended to power the tool and the chip extractor connected to it through one toggle switch. Then, when you turn on the machine, the vacuum cleaner will immediately work. In the manufacture of his bow, he used a milling cutter, and the dust from it flew in all directions. For this reason, until I made my own Cyclone, I tried not to use the router. Now there is less debris from the router. For a thicknesser, a corner from a larger diameter hose is better.

By placing the camera inside a homemade working Cyclone, you can see how the sawdust is sucked into the separator, but cannot escape from it and get into the vacuum cleaner. The idea of a cyclone-type separator is to force the coarse dust sucked into the container to fall to the bottom of the container, to prevent this dust from entering the zone from which air is pumped out. Gravity, friction and centrifugal force cause the sawdust to rotate inside the bucket, pressing against its walls, and fall in a spiral to the bottom of the container. As you can see, the idea of a separator is extremely simple and there is simply nothing to break in this primitive design.

Everyone is used to the fact that such a container has the shape of a cone, but as practice has shown, the separator can also be cylindrical. The advantage of the proposed design is that the entrance to the tangential air flow separator is not through a curved side wall, which is not at all easy, but through a flat cover. And this is much easier and faster to do. In addition, it reduces the size of the structure. The entire design of the Cyclone is placed on one lid, which allows you to carry the Cyclone by simply removing the lid from one bucket and covering it with another.

There is unsurpassed mobility. So you can consistently fill bucket after bucket with sawdust, and then get rid of the sawdust at once. For example, put them in a compost heap, heat them by loading them into an oven long burning or use them in any other way.

How the homemade cyclone was made

He described his Cyclone in more than detail. It's time to show how he did it. So, I drilled two holes in the lid. One is in the center of the lid, the other is on the edge, close to the stiffener. This was done with a core drill of a slightly smaller diameter than the polypropylene corner of the fan pipe. In this design, I used corners with a diameter of forty millimeters. Remove burrs and at the same time bore holes for a snug fit of the corner, conveniently wrapping a sheet of skin around the tube. It is important to stop here. Do not bore the hole beyond what is necessary. It remains to insert two polypropylene corners into the hole, and a full-fledged Cyclone is ready. As noted, I did not even seal the joints. I inserted the hoses from the vacuum cleaner into the corners, since there are sealing rings in the corners according to the size of the corrugated hose of the vacuum cleaner, and immediately began to use the separator. All operations did not take more than two minutes.

For the convenience of using the Cyclone and increasing its mobility, I assembled a T-shaped cart. Collected more than half an hour, but with repeated use, this work pays off. The trolley was assembled from the waste of a crooked worthless plywood. Marked the platform in place. I put a bucket and a vacuum cleaner on a sheet of plywood, marking the dimensions with a pencil.

The sawing table looks unsightly, as it is assembled from garbage on hastily And these are all temporary solutions. As parallel stop used piece square pipe and two clamps. But, despite the primitive design, you can work on this homemade product. Set the depth of cut according to the thickness of the plywood ...

Discussion

All vacuum cleaners (except one type) have at least two significant drawbacks. First, they throw the finest (and most dangerous!) dust back into the room (even water ones throw the finest dust back into the room along with the smallest drops of water). The second - during operation - these emissions raise the dust in the room into the air. On the Internet, experts indicate that fine dust settles for many hours, and even days! And this fine dust is practically not excreted by the body.
But there is a type of vacuum cleaners that do not have these shortcomings - these are central (or built-in) vacuum cleaners. These vacuum cleaners, sucking in air, do not supply it back to the room at all, and after cleaning, they throw it out of the room (usually outside the building). this, the vacuum cleaner itself does not need to be carried, carried along, because. it is permanently installed in another (utility) room, and special sockets are installed in the treated rooms, which plastic pipes are connected to a central vacuum cleaner, and a flexible hose with a dust collection tip is connected to these outlets. emptying is usually once a month. Such vacuum cleaners have long been used in hotels, childcare facilities and hospitals. They are also certified for use in everyday life. (I have been using this vacuum cleaner in my country house for 4 years with pleasure).
I did an experiment on the manufacture of such a cyclone. It turns out that not every bucket is suitable. First, the bucket must be deep enough. The upper part, approximately 15–20 cm high, is the vortex zone. If the mountain of garbage reaches it, then the garbage will fly straight into the hood. So 12-liter paint buckets are of little use, they are tritely filled halfway (and shavings, for example, from under a thicknesser are very voluminous) in a minute. Secondly, the bucket must be rigid. If the inlet pipe is plugged, then the vacuum will collapse the bucket, deforming its wall, and the vortex will no longer be cylindrical, and the garbage will again fly into the hood. I took two buckets of paint, slightly different diameters. I cut out the bottom of the larger one, leaving a narrow side - this turned out to be a stiffener. And inserted one into the other. The double wall and rim provide acceptable rigidity, and the total height gives more volume - the bottom bucket is completely filled. Third, the lid should be easy to remove. The paint bucket has a self-sealing lid, and the vacuum sucks it in. Then you have to pry with a screwdriver - disassemble. You need to somehow loosen the cover or seat, perhaps cut or bend fragments of the sealing rim. Tightness will still be ensured by vacuum, the lid will suck very tightly.
I would like to see how this vacuum cleaner gets rid of fine construction dust and how long it will last? One more question?? Is it hard to find such an empty iron bucket? let's say we don't have one in any hardware store, and ask every friend if he has one)) well, on the tenth person who says that there is no such bucket! already the search is turning into some kind of trouble. And even without a real vacuum cleaner, this device will not work. In a word, the result is to find an unnecessary good vacuum cleaner that works more or less, then find the ill-fated iron bucket, hell knows where to buy two dignity tubes, put it all in a diplomat and throw it to hell! Because how to go and buy an industrial one for 6 rubles and not engage in amateur performances. I agree for sawdust, this miracle cart will do!
Good video. Everything is shown clearly, without unnecessary long explanations. I am suffering with a home dry vacuum cleaner Steel 1600W. As soon as I turn it on for cleaning, a cloud of fine dust flies out of it, then it already works normally. But it is not suitable for a large cleaning of a room, a corridor or something else voluminous. His bag fills up instantly, the bag is not very convenient, because. it clogs itself with dust, and knocking out and digging branches out of it is an unpleasant process. I like your bucket idea. I dreamed that there was water in the bottom of the bucket to absorb the pollen. Isn't it dangerous to pour some water into it? Will it close the system on itself?

If a person has his own workshop, then one of the most important issues is cleaning the premises. But unlike dusting in an apartment, an ordinary household vacuum cleaner will not help here, since it is not designed for construction waste and sawdust - its garbage tank (dust collector or bag) will clog very quickly and become unusable. Therefore, a home-made cyclone filter is often used, which, together with a household vacuum cleaner, will help clean the workshop.

Introduction

Wood dust and other technical debris, although it seems harmless at first glance, in fact, they are fraught with many different dangers, both for the master and for the equipment. For example, prolonged work without protective equipment that prevents dust from entering the respiratory system can cause serious complications with the respiratory tract, worsen the sense of smell, etc. In addition, tools that are in the workshop under the influence of dust can quickly fail. This happens because:

dust, mixed with the lubricant inside the tool, forms a mixture that is completely unsuitable for lubricating moving parts, resulting in overheating and further breakage
dust can impede the rotation of the moving parts of the tool, which leads to additional loads, overheating and failure,
dust clogs the air ducts designed to ventilate the heated parts of the tool and remove heat from them, as a result of overheating, deformation and failure again.

Thus, the issue of the quality of removal of sawing products and, in general, cleaning of the premises is very acute. Modern power tools are equipped with systems for removing dust and chips directly from the sawing area, which does not allow dust to spread throughout the workshop. In any case, a vacuum cleaner (or chip blower) is needed for the dust removal process!

There are good industrial vacuum cleaners and if possible, it is better to choose the most best option for price and quality and buy a construction vacuum cleaner.

However, there are times when you already have a household vacuum cleaner and it is easier to upgrade it and solve the problem of collecting construction waste in the room. To do this, you need to use a cyclone filter - it is done in half an hour with all the necessary elements.

Principle of operation

There are a great many different designs of cyclones, but all of them are united by the same principle of operation. All designs of cyclone chip blowers consist of three main parts:

household vacuum cleaner
Cyclone filter
Waste container

Its design is such that the flow of intake air is directed in a circle and its rotational movement is obtained. Accordingly, the construction debris contained in this air stream (these are large and heavy fractions) is affected by centrifugal force, which presses it against the walls of the cyclone chamber and, under the action of gravity, it gradually settles in the tank.

The disadvantage of a cyclone vacuum cleaner is that only dry garbage can be collected in this way, but if there is water in the garbage, then there will be problems when sucking such a substance.

The vacuum cleaner must be powerful enough, since in its normal operation it is supposed to suck air through a standard hose. In the case of using an additional cyclone filter, an additional filter appears in the air path, and the total length of the duct is more than doubled due to the additional duct. Since the design turns out to be as maneuverable as a separate vacuum cleaner, the length of the last hose must be sufficient for comfortable work.

Preparatory work

As mentioned above, you can make a cyclone filter for a workshop in half an hour, but for this you need to check the availability of everything necessary for the production of a chip blower with your own hands, namely: tools, materials and consumables.

Instruments

The following tools will be needed to carry out the work:

electric drill,
screwdriver,
jigsaw,
compass,
clamps,
crosshead screwdriver,
pencil,
on wood (50-60mm),
kit .

Materials and fasteners

Materials can be used both new and used, so carefully review the list below - you may already have something in stock;

The air duct (hose) for the vacuum cleaner is corrugated or in a textile braid.
A sewer pipe with a diameter of 50 mm and a length of 100-150 mm, at one end of which the air duct of your household vacuum cleaner should be inserted.
Sewer outlet 30 or 45 degrees, 100–200 mm long, at one end of which the air duct specified in paragraph 1 will be inserted in the future.
Bucket ("large") plastic 11-26 liters with a hermetically sealed lid.
Bucket ("small") plastic 5-11 liters. Note. It is important that the difference between the two maximum bucket diameters is approximately 60–70 mm.
Sheet 15–20 mm thick. Note. The sheet size must be greater than the maximum diameter of the Big Bucket.
Self-tapping screws for wood with a flat wide head and a length of 2/3 of the thickness.
Gel sealant universal.

Table of standard sizes of round plastic buckets.

Volume, l	Cover diameter, mm	Height, mm
1,0	125	115
1,2	132	132
2,2	160	150
2,3	175	133
2,6	200	124
3,0	200	139
3,4	200	155
3,8	200	177
3,8	200	177
5,0	225	195
11	292	223
18	326	275
21	326	332
26	380	325
33	380	389

Making a cyclone filter

Creating a homemade chip blower consists of a number of steps:

Creating a retaining ring and curly insert
Retaining ring installation
Installing the side pipe
Setting the top entry
Curly insert installation
Assembling the cyclone filter

Creating a retaining ring and curly insert

It is necessary to cut off the side of the small bucket, which is used to attach the lid. As a result, you should get such a cylinder (well, a little on a cone).

We make the markup - put a small bucket on and draw a line along the edge - we get a circle.

Then we determine the center of this circle (see the school geometry course) and mark out another circle, the radius of which is 30 mm larger than the existing one. Then we mark the ring and the curly insert, as shown in the figure.

Retaining ring installation

We fix the ring on the edge of the small bucket so that we get a rim. Fastening is done with self-tapping screws. It is advisable to pre-drill the holes so as not to split.

We mark the roof of a large bucket. For marking, you need to put the bucket itself on the lid of a large bucket and circle its outline. Marking is best done with a felt-tip pen, as the trace is clearly visible.

It is important to note that all connections must be airtight, respectively, before installing the cover, the connection must be smeared with sealant. You also need to smear the junction of the wooden ring and the small bucket.

Installing the side pipe

The side pipe is made from a sewer outlet of 30 degrees (or 45 degrees). To install it, you need to drill a hole in the top of the small bucket with a crown. note that top the small bucket has now become its bottom.

Setting the top entry

To make the top entry, you need to drill a hole in the upper part of the chip cutter (small bucket), that is, in the center of the former bottom.

To securely fix the inlet pipe, use additional element strength in the form of a square blank of 20 mm thickness with a central hole for a 50 mm branch pipe.

This workpiece is fastened from below with four self-tapping screws. Before installation, for tightness, the joint must be smeared with sealant.

Curly insert installation

The shaped insert is a very important component of a homemade chip blower, it must be fixed inside the cyclone filter, as shown in the photo.

Assembling the cyclone filter

Then you need to connect the air ducts correctly:

Upper nozzle - to a household vacuum cleaner
Angled elbow entering from the side at an angle - to the hose.

Homemade cyclone vacuum cleaner (chip blower) is ready.

Video

Video for this review:

Large garbage in the workshop can always be swept away and taken to a landfill in bags. But what about dust, metal or wood shavings, and numerous other microscopic waste products? Buying can be a good hit on the wallet. A regular vacuum cleaner can't do the job. But if you make a cyclone for a vacuum cleaner with your own hands or even your own construction vacuum cleaner, you can save yourself a number of problems!

Why do you need a cyclone filter?

Construction, metal or wood dust is completely harmless in appearance. But this is only at first glance. Working in a room with a lot of dust can harm the respiratory system and cause serious illness. Yes, and the tools will deteriorate from the endless stream of garbage. There may be several reasons:

Dust gets into the tool and onto the lubricant inside it. As a result, it overheats and fails.
If the device has moving parts, then dust may well impede their operation, and also lead to breakage in the future.
Dust can clog special ventilation holes, which are designed to cool the tool. As a result - again overheating and breakdown.

The cyclone filter will ensure the collection of any debris in the workplace without harm to the vacuum cleaner.

Principle of operation

Using the aerodynamic air flow, the filter will bind the dust particles together. In turn, centrifugal force begins to act, pressing them against the walls of the container. And then gravity causes the debris to settle to the bottom.

There are many diagrams showing the operation of cyclone filters. One of them can be seen below.

Cyclone filter device

You can make such, or a similar filter yourself. There are a huge number of options for execution, but one thing unites them - the principle of operation. Any design will consist of:

A conventional vacuum cleaner (preferably powerful);
cyclone filter;
Containers that collect garbage.

throughout the structure. In normal condition, it is designed for cleaning the house, suction of small debris and dust. In this case, a cyclone filter appears, which means that the length of the duct will be increased by almost three times, respectively, and the load on the device will be greater. The design turns out to be quite massive, unlike a conventional vacuum cleaner, so such a trick is necessary to ensure that the length of the hose is enough for comfortable cleaning.

Do-it-yourself construction vacuum cleaner: what you need

As mentioned above, you can use a regular household vacuum cleaner. But this option does not attract many masters, so a home-made unit becomes the best solution.

In order to make such a device, even if it has been preserved since the time of the distant Soviet past. This is the advantage that homemade vacuum cleaners can be made from unnecessary old units.

So, from the vacuum cleaner we extract such elements as:

Motor;
Cord connecting the device to the network;
Power adjustment device;
Suction corrugation.

Prepare for the body:

A plastic pipe with a diameter of 5 cm;
Container with lid;
A sheet of plywood about 0.5 cm thick;
14 nuts and bolts M6;
Galvanized sheet metal strip;
Car filter (from a minibus);
Switch - 220 V;
sealant;
Sandpaper;
Glue gun rods;
Corrugated hose (possible from a washing machine);
Threaded stud with nuts and washers;
Wiring corrugation PND32.

It is worth immediately preparing the tools:

Drill;
Glue gun;
Sealant gun;
Locksmith keys;
Screwdrivers;
Electric jigsaw;
Wire cutters.

Manufacturing

At about a distance of 10 centimeters from the top of the container, we make a hole into which we connect the pipe. The hole should be an oval even shape. The branch pipe is placed in it slightly at an angle downwards, tightly adhering to the wall. With a glue gun, you need to fix the result, as in image 2.

A pipe inserted into a pre-drilled hole in a barrel

From the inside we fasten the adapter to connect the suction hose.

We cut out two circles about half the size of the cover, drill holes for the bolts. Parts are attached on both sides. After other circles are drilled, and with sandpaper, their surface is cleaned of burrs. We cover the products around the perimeter with sealant, after that, they are installed and finally fixed. The hole for the pin is made in the center. A little to the left there will be a larger hole for air intake.

Location of stud and air outlet

We will need an air filter without a mesh (it will be clogged with debris, which is extremely unprofitable) in which it is placed. It must be removed with clippers. One side of the cylinder should be closed with a plywood plug. The filter is attached to the stud with a nut.

By the way, the filter will help not only get rid of dust, but also prevent the inhalation of dangerous small particles, such as toner. If you use a conventional vacuum cleaner in this case, the bags are easily clogged with toner dust. In this case, all particles will settle in the collection container.

In order to make it more convenient to mount, it can be cut out along with the plastic parts. To fix it on the lid, you will need a clamp, which can be made from a strip of tin.

The switch and regulator are placed side by side. After that, all parts are connected to each other with wires, and a wire with a plug is connected.

Make sure that everything is connected correctly and there are no bare wires, and only after that check the operation of the device.

Location of motor, switch and power regulator

The length of the suction hose is usually not enough, so it is extended with a corrugated pipe.

Standard nozzles from a vacuum cleaner will help to put things in order in any workshop. They can also be used to connect to equipment, for direct collection garbage, with the help of simple adapters.

So, a home-made cyclone-type construction vacuum cleaner is ready!

What to do if there is no way to make a vacuum cleaner with your own hands?

Of course, not everyone wants to make a vacuum cleaner from scratch, and the necessary parts may not be there. In this case, a regular household vacuum cleaner is perfect, preferably with high power. Next, you just need to make a cyclone filter for it, which will not require large expenditures. Most often it is made from a traffic cone or bucket. Let's consider both options.

Drawing makeshift cyclone can be seen below.

Cyclone drawing

Road cone cyclone

Simple and fast way to build a cyclone on a vacuum cleaner directly with your own hands is to make it from a traffic cone.

What is needed for work?

Since the manufacture of the cyclone will be carried out with my own hands need to prepare necessary tools and expendable materials. So we are preparing:

traffic cone;
Plastic pipes (about 40 mm)
45 degree angle;
Plywood;
Pieces of chipboard;
Glue gun and rods;
A container with a lid, it is possible from under the paint.

Let's start manufacturing

To begin with, we take plywood to make a cover from it that closes the cone. We cut out a circle of the desired diameter, and cut two holes in it. One will be in the middle, the second parallel at the edge, as in Figure 6.

Plywood circle with holes for air inlet and outlet

Pipe inserted into one of the holes

It is also necessary to insert a pipe into the second hole, but a 45-degree angle is put on top of it. It is moving along it that the air will twist into a whirlwind. The angle is inside the cone.

Corner location for proper air circulation in the cyclone

After the pipe is glued as in the case of the first. The lid is ready. Then it is glued into a cone.

The tip of the cone must be cut off. After, it is inserted into the bucket lid in the center into a pre-prepared hole. The place of attachment is glued. From the inside, the cover must be reinforced with pieces of chipboard. After they are pulled together with self-tapping screws.

The result is a product as in Figure 9.

Ready product

Bucket cyclone filter

Another simple material for making a cyclone filter will be an ordinary bucket, you can even use paint. The volume must be calculated based on the power of the vacuum cleaner - this is approximately 1 liter of capacity for every 80-100W.

The bucket must have a hermetically sealed lid, and the shape of the container itself must be round!

For manufacturing you will need:

A bucket with a lid (can be from under construction mixtures);
Compass;
2 knees 90 and 45 degrees;
plastic pipe;
Silicone;
Rubber or o-rings;
Stationery knife;
Glue gun.

Manufacturing

We make holes in the lid. You can use a factory compass, or you can make a homemade one. Screw two self-tapping screws into the wooden rail at a distance of exactly 2.7 centimeters from each other.

The center of each hole is marked 4 cm from the edge. Next, circles are cut out for pipes at the marked places.

We insert the knee tightly into the socket, having previously applied silicone to its side. From the inside of the product, a sealant is pulled onto the socket. If necessary, crimp with a clamp. It will turn out as in Figure 10.

We insert the pipes into the bucket lid, turning the corner correctly

From the outside, the inlet pipe is almost flush with the cover. On the reverse side, the knee is directed by the rotary part to the center of the bucket. But for the desired effect, it is supplied with a 45-degree turn, which is directed obliquely down as in Figure 11.

View from the back

The second branch pipe, which will draw air, is located in the opposite direction. A knee is inserted into it so that air is taken from the wall of the bucket. O-rings must be used in each case, they will securely fasten the pipes and prevent them from turning.

We conclude that you can make a cyclone for a vacuum cleaner with your own hands quickly and easily, using improvised means. At the output, you should get approximately the same device as in the figure below.

Cyclone filter connected to a household vacuum cleaner

Difficulties you may encounter while working

Create your own cyclone filter, or even homemade vacuum cleaner, as we have seen, it is not difficult, if you have the necessary materials.

In some cases, it is recommended to take metal containers for collecting garbage, as they are considered more durable. In the presence of a vacuum cleaner with huge power, a plastic bucket can “collapse” so to speak. It is drawn in due to the strong flow of intake air. This happens extremely rarely, but it is better to immediately provide for such an option. It can be leveled, but damage to the product will be on the face. So you always need to consider the quality of the plastic and the power of the device. In the case of a traffic cone, this problem does not arise.

About filters.
The cyclone filter does not retain more than 97% of dust. Therefore, additional filters are often added to them. From English, "HEPA" translates as High Efficiency Particulate Air "- a filter for airborne particles.

Agree that even you cannot imagine your life without such necessary equipment as a vacuum cleaner? They cope not only with dust, but also with dirt.

Of course, vacuum cleaners can be used not only at home, but they are also different: rechargeable, washing, pneumatic. As well as automotive, low-voltage industrial, knapsack, gasoline, etc.

The principle of operation of a cyclone vacuum cleaner

James Dyson was the first inventor of the cyclone vacuum cleaner. His first creation was G-Force in 1986.

A little later in the 1990s, he applied for the manufacture of cyclone apparatus and already assembled his center for the creation of vacuum cleaners. In 1993, his first vacuum cleaner, known as the "Dayson DC01", went on sale.
So after all, how does this miracle of a cyclone type work?

It looks like the creator, James Dyson, was a remarkable physicist. Thanks to centrifugal force, it is involved in dust collection.

The device is two-chamber and it is divided into two types - external and internal. The air that swirls inside the dust collector moves upward as if in a spiral.

By law, large dust particles enter the outer chamber, and everything else remains in the inner chamber. And the purified air leaves the dust collector through filters. This is how vacuum cleaners with a cyclone filter work.

Vacuum cleaners with a cyclone filter, features

Do not opt for those models that require little power. You will definitely not like such cleaning and most likely want to throw away such a device.

Do not waste money in vain, but approach the purchase of a vacuum cleaner more seriously. One has only to contact the sales consultant and he will help you with the choice of one or another vacuum cleaner.

The device should be chosen, which is 20-30% more powerful than a bag vacuum cleaner. It is best to take the one with a power of 1800 watts. Almost all manufacturers of vacuum cleaners produce models with this filter, which is good news.

Advantages of cyclone dust collectors

1.Skazhdym, probably, it happened when you accidentally found the item you needed in the dust collector? Now this is not a problem because it is transparent! And you will always be able to notice the items that you need to get out of there as soon as possible.

This is one of the most important pluses.

2. The power of such vacuum cleaners is maximum and does not slow down the speed and power, even with a clogged container. Cleaning is much more pleasant, power does not drop, cleaning is cleaner.

Such a vacuum cleaner is capable of detaining much more than you imagine. Up to 97%!!! Not likely, right? Although some are dissatisfied with this result, as they prefer vacuum cleaners with a water filter.

3. Buying a cyclone vacuum cleaner, you not only make bargain purchase, but also save space for storing it, as its weight is quite light. You don't have to carry heavy things.

4. No need to constantly change paper bags for vacuum cleaner.

5. Power. She is not lost from fullness.

6. It can be washed well with water and dried.

Cons of cyclone dust collectors

1. One of the disadvantages of these vacuum cleaners is not very pleasant. This is washing and cleaning the filter. Of course, you don’t have to clean the container every day with a brush, but still, this is one of the minuses. Laziness is present in every person. Yes, it is certainly unpleasant to face the fact that you need to get your hands dirty.

2. Noise. The noise from this type of vacuum cleaner is much greater than from a conventional one.

3. Power consumption. It is also much higher than from a conventional vacuum cleaner. This is a small tornado.

Buy this little miracle or not, it's up to you. In fact, all its advantages cover those not many of its shortcomings. Cleanliness in the house is much more pleasant than not fully completed tidy, agree?

Personal impressions

Compared to the old vacuum cleaner, the cyclone dust collector looks quite modest in size. It is impossible to believe that such a little one is capable of something serious. Now the old vacuum cleaner can only be used for wet cleaning.

I take out the accessories, at the first use, I insert a pipe that is not large in diameter, I turn on the device, and what really surprises me is that the brush cleans carpets much better than my previous assistant.

He cleans everything. Dirt, the hair of our pets. Previously, it was necessary to make no small effort to cope with such “little things now”.

I have laminate flooring in the hallway and it was just as easy to clean. The fact is that I have another brush in stock, harder than the previous one for carpets, so I just coped with this task. You know, and the sound of this vacuum cleaner is not as loud as they wrote about it on the Internet.

I am pleased with this device because it is light and not so loud. I also liked the compartment for storing all the necessary nozzles, it is very convenient that it is built into the vacuum cleaner itself.

Once I knew what this little tornado was capable of, it was time to clean the container. Thank God, when I began to shake out the garbage from the dust collector, it fell in dense large lumps.

Since the debris was tamped down by the air flow. There are no balls of dust to be seen, and it did not rise into the air! So I finished my first cleaning with my cyclone vacuum cleaner. I washed the container and that was the end of the cleaning!

Cyclone for vacuum cleaner photo

All vacuum cleaners are designed for one purpose - cleanliness. It's about about all vacuum cleaners
Industrial and construction vacuum cleaners usually used on machines or for cleaning any premises. These vacuum cleaners are expensive, since the principle of operation of the cyclone filter vacuum cleaner must be selected carefully.
You should also know that most often industrial devices are used during repair and construction. Leave your workplace need to be clean.

Cyclone with your own hands, from transparent plastic video

Construction work is carried out after its preparation and surface cleaning. As you understand, General cleaning cannot be done with a conventional vacuum cleaner. In other words, it is fraught with damage to the device.
Even small debris, such as: sand, oil, dry mixes, powdered abrasives and wood shavings, is designed only for an industrial vacuum cleaner.
If you suddenly go to choose a vacuum cleaner for construction works, then be sure to specify the types of pollution that it will encounter.
Have you thought about using a vacuum cleaner in repair conditions? Then consider the option of a do-it-yourself cyclone for a vacuum cleaner. There are many examples of how to make this kind of vacuum cleaner.

Do-it-yourself cyclone for a vacuum cleaner

1. In order to make such a vacuum cleaner on your own, you will need a Ural PN-600 vacuum cleaner, a plastic bucket (even out of paint), a pipe 20 cm long and 4 cm in diameter.
2. The nameplate is also unscrewed, and the holes must be sealed.
3. The pipe is quite thick and will not fit into the hole, so you need to grind off the rivets with a grinder and remove the pipe fasteners. Before that, remove the springs with clamps. Wrap electrical tape around the plug and insert onto the plug.
4. At the bottom, make a hole with a drill in the middle. Then expand it to 43 mm with a special tool.
5. Gaskets with a diameter of 4 mm are cut out to seal it.
6. Then you need to fold everything, the bucket lid, gasket, centering pipe.
7. Now we need self-tapping screws 10 mm long and 4.2 mm in diameter. Self-tapping screws will need 20 pieces.
8. From the side of the bucket, cut a hole along the suction pipe. The cutout angle should be 10-15 degrees.
9. We try on and edit the shape of the hole using special scissors that cut through metal.
10. Do not forget that you also need to try on inside. Also leave strips for self-tapping screws from the inside.
11. With a marker, mark the hole in the bucket and cut off the excess material with scissors. Fasten the pipe from the outside to the bucket.
12. To seal everything, use a 30x bandage. From an ordinary first aid kit and glue like "titanium" for foam. Wrap the bandage around the nozzle and saturate with glue. Preferably more than once!
13. While the glue dries, you can check how this vacuum cleaner will work. Turn on the vacuum cleaner and load it by blocking the nozzle with your palm. When checking the operation of the vacuum cleaner, the sealing process and connection with the nozzle are improved. It is unlikely that he will soon become obsolete.
14. Vacuum cleaner is best stored in a case.

From the very beginning of work in the workshop, I faced the problem of removing dust after work. The only opportunity available to clean up the floor was to sweep it. But because of this, just an incredible amount of dust rose into the air, which settled in a tangible layer on furniture, on machine tools, on tools, in hair and lungs. The concrete floor in the workshop exacerbated the problem. Some solution was to spray water before sweeping and use a respirator. However, these are only half measures. In winter, water freezes in an unheated room and you have to carry it with you, in addition, the water-dust mixture on the floor is difficult to collect and it also does not contribute to workplace hygiene. Firstly, the respirator does not block all 100% of dust, some of it is still inhaled, and secondly, it does not protect against dust settling on the environment. And not all back streets can be climbed with a broom to pick out small debris and sawdust from there.

In such a situation, the most effective solution it would be to vacuum the room.

However, using a household vacuum cleaner will not work. Firstly, it will have to be cleaned every 10-15 minutes of operation (especially if you work on milling table). Secondly, as the dust container fills up, suction efficiency decreases. Thirdly, the amount of dust, greatly exceeding the calculated values, will greatly affect the resource of the vacuum cleaner. Something more specialized is needed here.

There are many ready-made solutions for dust removal in the workshop, however, their cost, especially in light of the 2014 Crisis, does not make them too affordable. Found on thematic forums interesting solution- use a cyclone filter in conjunction with a conventional household vacuum cleaner. All of the listed problems of household vacuum cleaners are solved if dirt and dust are removed from the air to a standard vacuum cleaner dust collector. Some collect cyclone filters from traffic cones, others from sewer pipes, others - from plywood and everything that is enough for imagination. But I decided to buy a ready-made filter with fasteners.

The principle of operation is simple - the air flow is twisted in the cone-shaped filter housing and dust is removed from the air under the action of centrifugal force. In this case, the dust falls through the lower hole into the container under the filter, and the purified air exits through the upper hole into the vacuum cleaner.

One of common problems in the work of cyclones is the so-called "carousel". This is a situation where dirt and sawdust do not fall into the dust container, but swirl endlessly inside the filter. This situation arises from too high a speed of the air flow created by the turbine of the vacuum cleaner. It is necessary to reduce the speed a little and the "carousel" will disappear. In principle, it does not interfere - the next portion of garbage pushes most of the "carousel" into the container and takes its place. And in the second model of plastic cyclones, this carousel practically does not exist. To eliminate air leakage, I smeared with hot glue the junction of the filter with the cover.

I decided to take a larger dust container so that I had to take out the garbage less often. I bought a barrel of 127 liters, produced, it seems, in Samara - the size is right! I'm going to carry the barrel to the trash can like a grandmother carrying a shopping bag - on another cart, so as not to overstrain.

Next is the choice of layout. Some install the dust collector permanently and lead channels to the machines. Others simply put a vacuum cleaner and a barrel next to each other and drag them to the right place. I wanted to make a mobile unit on wheels to move everything around the workshop in one block.
I have a rather small workshop and the issue of saving space is very relevant. Therefore, I decided to choose a layout in which the barrel, filter and vacuum cleaner are located one above the other, occupying a minimum area. It was decided to cook the body of the installation from metal. frame from profile pipe determines the dimensions of the future installation.

With a vertical layout, there is a possibility of tipping over. To reduce this probability, you need to make the base as heavy as possible. For this, a 50x50x5 corner was chosen as the material for the base, which took almost 3.5 meters.

The tangible weight of the trolley is offset by the presence of swivel wheels. There were thoughts, if the structure is not stable enough, to fill the cavity of the frame with lead shot or sand. But this was not required.

In order to achieve the verticality of the rods, it was necessary to use ingenuity. The recently purchased vise came in handy. Thanks to such a simple equipment, it was possible to achieve accurate installation of angles.

It is convenient to move the trolley by holding on to the vertical bars, so I strengthened their attachment points. In addition, this is an additional, albeit not large, weighting of the base. In general, I like reliable things with a margin of safety.

The barrel will be fixed in the installation frame with the help of clamps.

At the top of the rods is a platform for a vacuum cleaner. Further, holes will be drilled in the corners in the lower part and wooden planks will be fixed with self-tapping screws.

Here is the whole frame. It seems to be nothing complicated, but for some reason it took four evenings to assemble it. On the one hand, I did not seem to be in a hurry, I worked at my own pace, trying to complete each stage with high quality. But on the other hand, low productivity is associated with the lack of heating in the workshop. Goggles and a welded mask fog up quickly, impairing visibility, bulky outerwear hinders movement. But the task is done. Besides, spring is only a couple of weeks away.

I really did not want to leave the frame in this form. I wanted to paint it. But on all the cans of paint that I found in the store it is written that they can be used at a temperature not lower than +5, and on some even not lower than +15. The thermometer in the workshop shows -3. How to be?
Esteemed thematic forums. People write that you can safely paint even in frost, as long as the paint is not water-based and there is no condensation on the part. And if the paint is with a hardener, then do not bathe at all.
I found an old, slightly thickened can of Hammerite in the stash, which I used to paint a horizontal bar at the dacha in the summer -. The paint is quite expensive, so I decided to test it in extreme conditions. Instead of the expensive original thinner, Hammereit added some regular degreaser to make it a little thinner, stirred it to the desired consistency and began to paint.
In summer, this paint dried in one hour. It is difficult to say how long it dried in the winter, but when I returned to the workshop by the evening of the next day, the paint had dried. True, without the promised hammer effect. Probably the degreaser is to blame, not the negative temperature. Otherwise, no other problems were found. The cover looks and feels secure. Perhaps it is not for nothing that this paint costs almost 2,500 rubles in the store.

The body of the cyclone is made of good plastic and has fairly thick walls. But fastening the filter to the lid of the barrel is rather flimsy - four self-tapping screws screwed into the plastic. At the same time, significant lateral loads can occur on the hose, which is attached directly to the filter. Therefore, the attachment of the filter to the barrel must be strengthened. People approach this problem in different ways. Basically, they collect an additional stiffening frame for the filter. The designs are varied, but the idea is something like this:

I approached this a little differently. A holder for pipes of a suitable diameter was welded onto one of the rods.

In this holder, I clamp the hose, which accounts for all the twists and jerks. Thus, the filter housing is protected from any stress. Now the unit can be pulled behind you right by the hose without fear of damaging anything.

I decided to fix the barrel with tie-down straps. When choosing locks in a hardware store, I made an interesting observation. A five-meter tie-down strap with a foreign-made ratchet lock cost me 180 rubles, and a naked frog-type lock lying nearby Russian production would cost me 250 rubles. That's where the triumph of domestic engineering and high technology.

Experience has shown that this method of fastening has an important advantage. The fact is that on the forums dedicated to these filters they write that barrels like mine, when connected to a powerful vacuum cleaner, can be crushed due to the vacuum that occurs when the inlet hose is clogged. Therefore, during the tests, I deliberately blocked the opening of the hose and, under the influence of vacuum, the barrel shrank. But due to the very tight grip of the clamps, the barrel did not shrink completely, but only in one place below the hoop a dent appeared. And when I turned off the vacuum cleaner, the dent straightened itself with a click.

At the top of the unit is a platform for a vacuum cleaner

As a household vacuum cleaner, I bought a bagless almost two-kilowatt monster. I was already thinking, and at home I would need such a thing.
When buying a vacuum cleaner on an ad, I encountered some inexplicable human stupidity and greed. The people sell used things without a guarantee, with a depleted part of the resource, shortcomings in appearance at prices below the store by some 15-20 percent. And okay, these would be some running things, but second-hand vacuum cleaners! Judging by the period of placement of ads, this trade sometimes drags on for years. And as soon as you start haggling and calling an adequate price, you come across rudeness and misunderstanding.
As a result, after a couple of days, I still found a great option for myself for 800 rubles. Well-known brand, 1900 watts, built-in cyclone filter (already the second in my system) and another fine filter.
For its fastening, I did not come up with anything more elegant than pressing it with a tie-down strap. In principle, it holds securely.

I had to fiddle a bit with the hose connections. As a result, we have such a setting. And she works!

Usually when you read reviews from the first use of such gizmos, people choke with delight. Here is something similar and I experienced the first time I turned it on. It's no joke - vacuuming in the workshop! Where everyone walks in street shoes, where metal shavings and sawdust fly everywhere!

I have never seen this concrete floor, impossible to sweep due to dust stuck in the pores, so clean before. Persistent attempts to sweep it only lead to an increase in the density of dust in the air. And such purity was given to me in a couple of easy movements! I didn't even have to wear a respirator!

In the barrel, we managed to collect what was left after the previous cleaning with a broom. During operation of the device, due to the translucence of the filter, you can observe dust wisps swirling inside. There was also dust in the dust collector of the vacuum cleaner, but it was a small amount and these were especially light and volatile fractions.

Very pleased with the result. No more dust storms in the workshop. You could say I'm entering a new era.

Advantages of my design:
1. Occupies a minimum area, due only to the diameter of the barrel.
2. The unit can be dragged and pulled by the hose without being afraid to pull out the filter.
3. The barrel is protected from crushing when the inlet pipe is clogged.

After some time of using the installation, I still ran into the problem of a lack of barrel rigidity.
Bought a more powerful vacuum cleaner. Household, but sucks like a beast - sucks stones, nuts, screws, tears off plaster and pulls bricks out of masonry))
This vacuum cleaner slammed the blue barrel even without clogging the inlet hose! Tight girth of the barrel with clamps did not help. I didn't have my camera with me, sorry. But it looks like this:

Thematic forums warn of such a possibility, but still I did not expect this. With great difficulty he straightened the barrel and sent it, fairly dented, to the dacha to store water. She is not capable of more.

There were two ways out of this situation:
1. Buy instead plastic barrel metal. But I need to find a barrel of a very specific size so that it fits exactly into my installation - diameter 480, height 800. A superficial search on the Internet did not give a result.
2. Self-assemble a box of the desired size from 15 mm plywood. Here it is more real.

The box was assembled on self-tapping screws. The joints were sealed with double-sided foam tape.

The trolley had to be altered a little - the rear clamp was digested for a square tank.

The new tank, in addition to strength and volume increased due to right angles, has another important advantage - a wide neck. This allows you to install a trash bag in the tank. It greatly simplifies unloading and makes it much cleaner (I tied the bag right in the tank and took it out and threw it away without dust). The old barrel did not allow this.

The lid was sealed with foam insulation for windows

The lid is held in place by four locks. They create the necessary tension to seal the cover on the foam gasket. A little higher, I wrote about the pricing policy for these frog locks. But I had to fork out.

Well done. Nice, functional, safe. How I love.