55 gallon metal drum from Rural King ($20) and lid with locking ring from McMaster for $70.
55 gallon metal drum from Rural King ($20) and lid with locking ring from McMaster for $70.
I got a 35 gallon barrel from a restaurant that they gave me for free
I've been using a Rubbermaid Brute. Bicycle tube works for a gasket.
A bag liner mitigates this. Of course you have to still wear a respirator, but it's only to pull out the liner and cinch up the trash bag. Easy-peasy(ish)
Beranek's Law:
It has been remarked that if one selects his own components, builds his own enclosure, and is convinced he has made a wise choice of design, then his own loudspeaker sounds better to him than does anyone else's loudspeaker. In this case, the frequency response of the loudspeaker seems to play only a minor part in forming a person's opinion.
L.L. Beranek, Acoustics (McGraw-Hill, New York, 1954), p.208.
A "quick fix" but not likely a permanent solution is to stack 2, or possibly 3 of your present style dust collection buckets together. Most plastic buckets are slightly tapered, so they stack together easily. Doing it will double or triple the wall thickness of the "in use" top bucket making it no longer implode.
I was never able to keep the plastic bags from trying to go up into the dust tornado. I ended up building a sleeve out of thin PVC to line the bag and keep it where it belongs. It pulls out easily before closing the top of the bag and dumping the sawdust. Then I put it back inside the new bag in the collection barrel.
Charley
Last edited by Charles Lent; 09-09-2019 at 10:32 AM.
Except it would make moving the dust to your dump site easier. Trash bags are easier to carry than bulky drums.
Why not dampen the contents of the dust bin/bag with a hose prior to moving it ?
Bill, would not some water make your dust bin pretty heavy?