Meet the new sucker

[John Schreiber]

. . . The total cost was around $20!!

Did you already have experience with sheet metal work? How much time did it take?

[mreza Salav]

Did you already have experience with sheet metal work? How much time did it take?

I should say almost none. Soldering (using a gun) wasn't bad. You must make sure you use acid core solder. Also make sure there is no oil or other residue on the metal before soldering.
I didn't count how many hours as it was an hour here or there in between other things; plus half the time calculating measurements and thinking how to mount things and what to use. If I want to do it again it is doable in a weekend I'd say.

[Al Barale]

Nice one mreza Salav it looks really good, I am also in the process of building a mini cyclone.

[gary Zimmel]

Great job Mo.

Looks like that is going to come in very handy.

Now that you have a small one out of the way how about a full size one

[mreza Salav]

Thanks all.

Yes Gary, I will likely build the large one too.

[Chris Padilla]

This is SO COOL, Mreza!!

I actually built the large BP version so this one should be a piece of cake, right?!

However, I used a pre-cut kit but I think I could manage with the smaller one. $20 + time sounds good. Thanks a lot for sharing.

[Gary Redden]

Kind of looks like this one from Clear Vue

[mreza Salav]

Kind of looks like this one from Clear Vue

Yes, I got the idea from this; as I said in my first post:
"The clear-vu version is $200USD plus shipping and it wouldn't fit my smaller vac."

[Gary Redden]

and all I said was it kind of looked like it. geez...

[mreza Salav]

No hard feeling Gary,
Just wanted to clarify I am not trying to get too much credit for the design where it's not due.

[Steve Leverich]

That "loose lid" is the float for wet pickup - it keeps water from getting into the motor, etc, when you get the cannister full.

If you're only going to use the vac with DRY stuff, you can just use a plastic tie wrap across the bars of the "cage" to keep the float from moving up and stopping flow - all that's necessary is that the float isn't allowed to move toward the vacuum motor, so it's not necessary to get the tie very tight as long as it's trapped by the cage bars to keep the tie from falling out... Steve

[Bill Blackburn]

Nice. Mucho nice. I'd love to attempt one someday. Won't after seeing this one either - be to ashamed

[Alan Schaffter]

One note about reproducing the BP design to make a mini cyclone (and a large cyclone for that matter) is that the dimensions for the spiral inlet ramp are a mathematical approximation. You can't generate a helix shape from flat material. It doesn't require too much effort, but you must warp the plastic or metal to achieve the helix shape. In case inquiring minds want to know.

[Aaron Wingert]

Neat modification! I looked on the Clearvue site and found that he no longer offers the $200 version.
http://www.clearvuecyclones.com/Ridgid_Conversion.htm

[Joe A Faulkner]

Nice Job! I take it you are now ready to build the full scale version, yes?