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Modify the 5-Gallon Bucket for Cyclone Intake

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got maybe like a jigsaw or something alright folks let's talk dust separation the majority of systems out there include a dust deputy or a cyclone basically a funnel when the vacuum is sucking that sawdust is coming in from a side port pushing through a cylinder creating a vortex of dust the heavier stuff going towards the bottom of the bucket or the chamber whatever doesn't get pushed down is small enough to get sucked into your vacuum with a filter now how do we recreate that vacuum how do we recreate the vortex more importantly without taking away of the internal space or putting another obnoxious thing on top this is the best way i've come up with by the way i don't think the desk deputies obnoxious or the cyclone I just think it's we're putting this on top of a vacuum and then something else on top of that that's a tower the best way I've come up with is if we cut a hole down side of her bucket and feed the one through almost towards the very end cut a taper off towards the end and then till the slightly down creating a vortex around the barrel that the deaths will be going and then on the very top would be the regular vacuum that would create the suction power and take away the small particles that don't make the cut I think we got it all right peep sees the name of the game we need to create an oval now in order to do that you got to get a two inch hole saw with a drill take your bucket put it in the middle find the left edge make a little mark and take your drill and your hole saw and go to a very straight parallel angle into the bucket you have now created an oval our folks so let's actually create the vortex so take your wand put a 45 degree miter on it stick it in through the oval dode created and secure it against the edge of the bucket be a small paper screw so now every time the dust comes in its gonna ride the inner rim of the bucket and allow gravity to pull it down hotdog it work you see a little bit of eighth inch cracks but that's not an issue and then I took a small screw and then connected it to make sure the Warren doesn't wobble it doesn't leave and it looks like it's really tight in there what I will do to make sure we don't have a good we don't have a leak from the inside or the outside or maybe even both I'm gonna take 100 cent silicone and go around her to create a nice good seal but man in the meantime this worked out so good so so so good now we're

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