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Thanks everyone for your kind words. Its nice to have your work appreciated by such a talented group of people. I sent a picture to my uncle who is also a keen wood worker, he described it as a piece of "practical art"

When I started out building the cyclone (12 months ago )it was only going to be a timber cyclone with a plastic bin and have flexible hose connected from the blower.

If I had planned this end result I would have taken lots of photos, I found one of the strips layed out to roll up the funnel.

peterm wrote:Marty

JUST WOW!

Did you follow a published plan?

I didn't have a plan to work off, I read somewhere a while back that 11 degrees was the best taper to have on a cyclone, not sure if that is true but I aimed for that. It consists of 35 (should have been 36 but I miss measured a little bit) strips cut on a 5 degree angle on the edges and tapered along the length to get my 11 degree funnel ended up pretty close. I made a simple jig with a couple hold downs on it, this allowed me to secure the thin strips and keep my fingers at a safe distance from the blade. The strips are 10mm thick.

It has some support rings inside that are cut to fit the angle and tapered as best I can to give some support. Hopefully they will hold up ok. Given that is sat for almost 12 months assembled and no gapes appeared in my joins I think it will be just fine.

JPG wrote:Ever made wooden barrels?

I think that cyclone is more difficult!

That took a lot of patience.


Kudos!!!

Nope never made wooden barrels, hadn't thought of how similar this is....gives me some ideas

Cheers

Marty

Remarkable, Remarkable! Outstanding craftsmanship! and many more congratulatory adjectives.

AND IT WORKS!

You deserve a big;
ATTA BOY MARTY!!

That is simply amazing Marty. Wow. I am an ardent believer in build your own tools but yours takes it to an amazing level.
Paul