CLearVue Mini or Dust Deputy?

[Phil Thien]

Make your own!

http://www.cgallery.com/jpthien/cy.htm

Works great, costs less, and is more compact.

[Jerry Booher]

I received a Dust Deputy and was surprised that the inlet was a non-standard small size. Nothing fits it and certainly not a 2.5" shop vac hose.

[Paul Williams]

I have been using a clear vue mini for about a year now. Works great. doesn't stop everything form getting to the shop vac, but sure cuts down on the frequency of filter cleaning. Works perfect on my lunchbox planer.

[Peter Quadarella]

If it wasn't for the weird size of the dust deputy inlet I would say go for that and save yourself the trouble of finding and attaching a bucket/barrel. I bought the Clearvue for that reason and it works great, just took a little bit to cut a bit off the top of a bucket, put the cyclone on it and silicone the gaps.

[Bartee Lamar]

I got a really good deal on a dust deputy about a year ago.

It does have an odd size intake ( 1 1/2" ). I found an adapter ( I think at HD )

Here are pictures of my setup. The adapter makes standard 2 1/4" inlet size work.

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This is a 2 1/2" DC hose from my router table. The adapter is for 2 1/2" hose. the actual size of the inlet is 2 1/2" which is standard for the rigid shop vacs. IMG_1756-1.jpg


Here are all the pictures in a Web Album

[Kevin L. Pauba]

Make your own!

http://www.cgallery.com/jpthien/cy.htm

Works great, costs less, and is more compact.

I built Phil's separator and must agree; it works great, cost me about $25 and has a lower profile. I use mine with a 20 gallon metal trash can so have plenty of room for dust and chips.

Oh, and his circle cutting jig for the router table is great too.