Mac McAtee
02-28-2004, 9:04 AM
Can anyone tell me the effect of changing the length of the tube that goes down through the cylindrical part of the cyclone.
If you make it longer so it extends down into the cone area, I would assume that it would start sucking the dust that you want to drop out, back into the air stream. What happens if you make that tube shorter? Right now mine is cut even with the transition point between the cylinder and then cone.
I get small pieces of wood that are in the cone going roundy roundy and they don't drop, I hear them hitting the wall of the cone. If i leave the blower on for 20 min. they are right there the whole time. I can make them drop by closing all the air gates or by shutting the blower off.
Just wondering if I shorten that tube an inch or two if that will allow them to drop. Any ideas? I don't want to rebuild my cyclone but if a simple tweak will get that annoying racket gone it would be nice.
If you make it longer so it extends down into the cone area, I would assume that it would start sucking the dust that you want to drop out, back into the air stream. What happens if you make that tube shorter? Right now mine is cut even with the transition point between the cylinder and then cone.
I get small pieces of wood that are in the cone going roundy roundy and they don't drop, I hear them hitting the wall of the cone. If i leave the blower on for 20 min. they are right there the whole time. I can make them drop by closing all the air gates or by shutting the blower off.
Just wondering if I shorten that tube an inch or two if that will allow them to drop. Any ideas? I don't want to rebuild my cyclone but if a simple tweak will get that annoying racket gone it would be nice.