I have a Jet DC 1200 with a canister filter from Wynn environmental. The top of the separator ring is beveled such that it is lower in the center where the hole is. See 1st photo.
When the canister sits on this surface, a wedge shaped gap is formed between them. The problem with this is that the air does not exit the separator ring straight up through the hole as you'd first expect. Instead it swirls out at a very shallow angle, and is forced right into that gap.
To cover this gap, I bought a 10" to 8" reducer from the local big box store for about 7 bucks. The hole in the bottom of the canister is 12" but this is not critical to match. The hole in the separator ring is 9.25". Probably a 12" to 9" reducer would be best, bu these are not readily available. I cut the reducer down to length and used some good weather stripping to make a good seal. See 2nd photo
To keep the ring in place, I cut 2 notches to accept a cross bar located on the bottom of the canister, which is part of my flapper. The 1" bar fits in the notches shown in the 3rd photo. The bottom of the canister is shown in the 4th photo.
The canister holds the spacer in place. With the gap eleminated, the air flows easier up into the canister. I experimented briefly with different length spaceers. If the spacer is flush with the hole in the separator ring, the air flows the easiest. If it is longer, then is acting as an extended outlet pipe, and turbulence is increased. You caould speculate that this improves separation, but with Phil Thien's baffle, I don't think I need better separation.
David