Julio Navarro
05-12-2006, 8:00 AM
Finally got to download some pics from my camera on to my comp so here is the latest on my cyclone.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38286&d=1147394962
This is welding the main body of the cyclone.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38287&d=1147394971
Painting it: Note the "official" SMC color scheme, :)
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38288&d=1147394980
I attached the motor and impeller and moved the blower and cyclone up under them. This was a BEAR...my son and daughter helped move the contraption I built under the cyclone.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38289&d=1147394992
this is the contraption. Its on wheels.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38290&d=1147395007
Here it is all installed!! Finally got there!!
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38291&d=1147395419
A side view
I will need to rotqte the cyclone towards the wall a bit as you can see the inlet is pointing to the middle of the shop. I thought it might be more efficient to go directly to the machines but after giving it some thought I've decided to run the ducts along the wall and then extend out towards the middle of the shop. I will experiment a little with bending the plastic pipe instead of using connections. I have an idea of how to heat the pipe to make sweaping bends using the heating elements from old toaster ovens. Wish me luck.
And of course I will also need the transition from 6" dia duct to 4x10 inlet. I will be getting the steel tomorrow and using the transition calculator on Bill Pentz' site links page. This is a nifty little tool!
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38292&d=1147395427
The bracket holding the motor. I got such good welds! This thing is solid!
The screws that seem to stick out of the top of the blower are extra holes I did not need, I will seal them when I do the ducting<!-- / message --><!-- attachments -->
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38286&d=1147394962
This is welding the main body of the cyclone.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38287&d=1147394971
Painting it: Note the "official" SMC color scheme, :)
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38288&d=1147394980
I attached the motor and impeller and moved the blower and cyclone up under them. This was a BEAR...my son and daughter helped move the contraption I built under the cyclone.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38289&d=1147394992
this is the contraption. Its on wheels.
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38290&d=1147395007
Here it is all installed!! Finally got there!!
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38291&d=1147395419
A side view
I will need to rotqte the cyclone towards the wall a bit as you can see the inlet is pointing to the middle of the shop. I thought it might be more efficient to go directly to the machines but after giving it some thought I've decided to run the ducts along the wall and then extend out towards the middle of the shop. I will experiment a little with bending the plastic pipe instead of using connections. I have an idea of how to heat the pipe to make sweaping bends using the heating elements from old toaster ovens. Wish me luck.
And of course I will also need the transition from 6" dia duct to 4x10 inlet. I will be getting the steel tomorrow and using the transition calculator on Bill Pentz' site links page. This is a nifty little tool!
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=38292&d=1147395427
The bracket holding the motor. I got such good welds! This thing is solid!
The screws that seem to stick out of the top of the blower are extra holes I did not need, I will seal them when I do the ducting<!-- / message --><!-- attachments -->