Dust Collection Research Cyclone Plans. Foreword. This web page provides general information on cyclone design, a detailed dimensioned drawing you can use to build your own cyclone from my plans, a spreadsheet that will let you design larger and smaller cyclones of this same design, and some of the details that led to developing this cyclone design. The following Build Cyclone web page provides more detail on the steps to build this cyclone. I believe most woodworkers can use these plans and building instructions to end up with not only the most affordable to install, but also the best fine dust collection system available today. By 2. 00. 4 thousands had already built their cyclones from these plans and building instructions. At that time Clear Vue Cyclones began making these cyclones for those who did not have the time or patience to build their own. In early 2. 01. 3 over 2. 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If you dont want to take the time to build your own cyclone and blower, then you should seriously consider buying a Clear Vue Cyclone or a kit from my son. One of my most frequently emailed questions is why should I use your cyclone design when virtually every other small shop cyclone gets high magazine ratings and praiseThe simple answer is my cyclone design moves more air, uses less power, and provides over five times better fine dust separation which is what we need if we are going to use filters fine enough to protect our health. Like most others I stupidly threw money at my dust collection problem and ended up very unhappy. I thought I did lots of homework and installed the top magazine rated cyclone with vendor designed and supplied ducting, plus vendor recommended fine filter upgrade. I admit initially contributing to the misinformation about cyclones by supporting and recommending this system and vendor. I had so much invested in this unit that I gave it praise on the Internet when in fact I should have just thrown this system away immediately. This system collected far worse than my existing dust collector which cost a fraction as much. Its cyclone cone and its filter clogged constantly making for nasty cleaning chores that left me and my shop covered in the very dust I bought this system to avoid. The vendor designed and supplied ducting regularly clogged as there was not enough airflow to keep the vertical runs from plugging and the horizontal runs from building up huge dust piles that posed a serious fire danger. I was so disappointed with this system that I immediately went to work to make repair and within three months had decided there was no way to save it, so I would get rid of it and buy a commercial system from a reputable vendor who provided systems to customers and guaranteed air quality. Feeling that this unit at least protected my health with its fine filter in the interim, I continued using it for the last of my 1. Christmas projects with plans to dump it in early 2. I had more time. Then this most expensive poorly performing cyclone system landed me in the hospital. My heart went into congestive heart failure because it could not get enough oxygen. My emergency room doctors and consulting respiratory physician determined I had a severe allergic reaction. Having a recent allergy test that showed no allergies, I refused to believe that diagnosis until new allergy testing proved that was what was happening. By the time I got over all the damage this fine dust did, I lost 4. I am very stubborn and did not want to give up either my three generations of tools or my favorite hobby in spite of my doctors saying no more woodworking until I did not have such strong allergic reactions. Unlike most, my engineering background allowed me to do some serious testing then come up with my own far better fine dust separating cyclone design. The airflow testing showed my expensive magazine top rated cyclone moved less than half its advertized air volume and its actual flow was far less than my dust collector it replaced. This low air volume reduced the airspeed in the ducts so much that my ducts plugged constantly. Particle testing showed that this expensive top rated cyclone separated no better than a 2. This of course meant all of the fine dust separation was left up to the filters. Digging into the engineering charts showed at typical dust loading and dust collection airflows my vendor used less than one quarter of the minimum filter surface area required. This way too small filter clearly explained why my filter clogged constantly. Worse, this same vendor designed ducting was not even high school quality. Everyone knowledgeable about dust collection ducting design knows that air at these pressures is like water and will barely compress at all. As a result any small tool port, overly restrictive tool hood, undersized duct or hose, or dirty filter will add enough resistance to all but kill the airflow we need for good collection. My vendor still uses a free computer ducting design program that specifies duct so restrictive in size it kills the airflow needed to keep the vertical runs from plugging. The particle testing showed the expensive filter upgrade I purchased freely passed the invisible 1. This inspired me to come up with a better solution. I designed a cyclone that moves more air with less power and provides more than six times better fine dust separation which is what we need to protect our fine filters that respiratory physicians recommend. Since I did that work in early 2. I oversaw the testing of every major brand and size of small shop cyclone during 2. Rather than admit in these tests that the true measure of a cyclone separator is how well it separates, these vendor dominated magazine tests ignored cyclone separation and focused on airflows. Airflow mostly depends of how big and good our blowers are. These tests did not even look at working airflow but instead focused on maximum airflows which are about double what we will get with ducting and tools hooked up and a filter that is no longer brand new. None except my cyclone provides much better separation than the inexpensive trashcan separator lids and one cyclone remains so bad it is only about 8. Most dust collector and cyclone vendors advertize and sell fine filters that freely pass the fine invisible unhealthiest dust. Finally, our small shop forums are filled with vendor paid shills and forum administrators who get paid to recommend the same poorly performing cyclones. I was kicked off a popular forum that I helped get going because one of the vendors paid that forum owner to advertise their products. Likewise, these same forums are filled with first time cyclone buyers that are still convinced that because they spent so much, they got a great product. Clearly, you should not believe most available cyclone testing and recommendations.