This has been weeks in planning. I had a turbocharger from a large truck sitting around and finally found a use for it.
This is pretty much common in shops and as a pre-filter for shop vacs in home shops. They remove all of the debris from getting into the shop vac and remove most of the dust... how much remains to be seen.
Google dust separators an Dust Deputy to get a better idea what they do.
Took a while to find the rest of the parts to connect it all together.... Pots and pans from a Goodwill store and some sheet metal to make a cone for the dirty air to swirl in.
Here's my start. Got the cone made... took a while to figure out how to do that.
The image showing the unit set on the plywood will be what sets on an old shop vac container.
Dirty air goes into the turbo inlet on the side an exits out the top, with a second hose going to my shop vac with the filter.
More will go on inside the unit, but I have a good start.
This is pretty much common in shops and as a pre-filter for shop vacs in home shops. They remove all of the debris from getting into the shop vac and remove most of the dust... how much remains to be seen.
Google dust separators an Dust Deputy to get a better idea what they do.
Took a while to find the rest of the parts to connect it all together.... Pots and pans from a Goodwill store and some sheet metal to make a cone for the dirty air to swirl in.
Here's my start. Got the cone made... took a while to figure out how to do that.
The image showing the unit set on the plywood will be what sets on an old shop vac container.
Dirty air goes into the turbo inlet on the side an exits out the top, with a second hose going to my shop vac with the filter.
More will go on inside the unit, but I have a good start.