Dust Deputy / Oneida

[richard poitras]

http://store.oneida-air.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/dd-diy-cat.jpgAny body see the new Dust Deputy from Oneida? What do you think? Any coments? www.oneida-air.com (http://www.oneida-air.com)

[Vaughn McMillan]

I like the concept, but the fact that the 1 1/2" ports would not easily fit my 2 1/2" Shop Vac hoses ruled it out for me. The price was a bit more than I was willing to spend, although is seems fair, considering the materials and fabrication necessary.

I did recently add a cheap plastic "separator" lid to a 5-gallon bucket, and I am seeing a noticable reduction in filter clogging on my Shop Vac, and thus more consistent suction from the vac. (For now, the Shop Vac is all the "DC" I have.) After looking at all the different prices available for essentially the same molded plastic product, I bought the $8.00 Harbor Freight mini-separator (http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=9586).

- Vaughn

[Jim Becker]

Interesting...looks like they are leveraging the mini-cyclone they developed for the floor sanding market a few years ago in another way. I don't think this would have appeal to me, however, as I don't use the CT22 or the old shop vac in situations that the pre-separation would be any kind of advantage.

An acquaintance of mine build something like this years ago (http://www.mgsweb.com/woodworking/cyclone/minicyclone.htm), so I can say that it likely works as advertised.

[Jim O'Dell]

Another option is Clear Vue has come out with a version recently that does hook up to a 2 1/2" shop vac hose. IIRC it is about 180.00. Neat idea, but more than I want to spend for something I won't use that often. There is a video of it working and showing the empty shop vac after gobbling up a bunch of saw dust. Jim.

[ROBERT ELLIS]

My first view of this little guy was in the latest issue of Wood mag. I could see where shops that use the shop vac alot could benefit from one of these. What I liked the most was Oneida's claim in their ad that 99% of the dust goes into the drum before your filter. Anything that would eliminate having to clean that wretched shop vac filter everytime you use it IMO is worth looking into...

Robert