Cyclone

[hunter27]

Seems fine on my Henry which is only 650 watts.

Ordered one, a few bad reviews but more good ones and it's cheap enough to risk. My Henry is 950w and + the circ saw comes in at around 2.3KW so hopefully within range.

 

[indy4x]

@hunter27
Try one of these for switching you vacuum on & off automatically.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Master-a...TRE-MAINS-Extension-Lead-RRP-18-/142692654433

Just ordered one, don't have a cyclone but do hook up an old Vax to my power tools when making wood chips

 

[dobbslc]

It's been ok for me so far...
I've got the Henry and my Bosch compound mitre saw on it. I think it only switches the Henry, the saw is permanently on so should have no problems as long as it's not over the max loading.

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

It's been ok for me so far...
I've got the Henry and my Bosch compound mitre saw on it. I think it only switches the Henry, the saw is permanently on so should have no problems as long as it's not over the max loading.

Only reason I went for an internal is I'm running 110v tools or I'd have done the same

 

[dobbslc]

Yeah I don't think it would like switching on a 3kva transformer!

 

[Turbo]

@hunter27
Try one of these for switching you vacuum on & off automatically.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Master-a...TRE-MAINS-Extension-Lead-RRP-18-/142692654433

So how does this work? Is this correct?
You plug your sander into the master socket & your extractor into the slave.
When you press the trigger on the sander it senses the power draw & sends power to the slave, switching it on.
When you release the trigger on the sander it switches off the slave.

My festool extractor has a system like this, unfortunately its 110v & I don't have any 110v sanders.

 

[dobbslc]

That's it exactly but it also has a few seconds overrun after you turn off the tool.

 

[KimB]

Excuse the mess. I have so much on the go right now. I’ll sort it tomorrow, honest!
I needed to finish the cyclone mostly today because the old Henry hose I had going to the top was crushing a fair bit when sucking so I picked up £10 worth of plastic pipe bits and made a new tube which is great and not so restrictive.

Then to keep the hoover in place I put some little Packer blocks in place and made a Corner bit to retain it where it is. I can just lift it over if I need to get it out now which is nice.

All I need to do now is put some steel uprights on to secure the hose when I wrap it around the barrel. Also I plan on doing a switch on the side so I don’t need to keep switching it at the wall. I’ll have a little think before I do that though.

 

[James1979]

Mount a switched socket on the side and plug the Henry into that if you see what I mean

it’s looking good.

 

[KimB]

Mount a switched socket on the side and plug the Henry into that if you see what I mean

it’s looking good.

That was my plan to be honest. Just wanted to use it a bit and make sure it’s the right plan haha.

 

[dobbslc]

Looks like Henry's in prison

 

[KimB]

Looks like Henry's in prison

Looks quite happy though

 

[Parm]

Looks quite happy though

Nice job there, giving me encouragement to make one too

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

So how does this work? Is this correct?
You plug your sander into the master socket & your extractor into the slave.
When you press the trigger on the sander it senses the power draw & sends power to the slave, switching it on.
When you release the trigger on the sander it switches off the slave.

My festool extractor has a system like this, unfortunately its 110v & I don't have any 110v sanders.

I went for a RF setup like the one I posted here previously.

My extractor is also 110v bit didn't have a pto.

No real aftermarket options for that in the UK and getting something from Canada to modify with UK 110 sockets was prohibitively expensive.

Found a RF switch that would accept 110v and fitted it inside the body.

Buttons live on my keys hanging off a belt loop
Changing tools just means popping the hose in the new tool and hitting the fob

 

[KimB]

Nice job there, giving me encouragement to make one too

If I can give any advice it would be to get a smaller barrel, other than that it's great I could've made the cart narrower if I did that. It's still not huge but it could be just a bit smaller.

 

[Parm]

If I can give any advice it would be to get a smaller barrel, other than that it's great I could've made the cart narrower if I did that. It's still not huge but it could be just a bit smaller.

cheers, I haven’t got much space and I wont be able to stack it like you have as it needs to live under the bench

I’m gonna shamelessy Nick a bit of your design and the idea of a wooden box customised to fit it where it needs to go, then a long hose at the business end

 

[KimB]

cheers, I haven’t got much space and I wont be able to stack it like you have as it needs to live under the bench

I’m gonna shamelessy Nick a bit of your design and the idea of a wooden box customised to fit it where it needs to go, then a long hose at the business end

Post pics . The henry hose has worked well for me. I don't think I will bother changing to anything else.

 

[MattF]

Excuse the mess. I have so much on the go right now. I’ll sort it tomorrow, honest!
I needed to finish the cyclone mostly today because the old Henry hose I had going to the top was crushing a fair bit when sucking so I picked up £10 worth of plastic pipe bits and made a new tube which is great and not so restrictive. View attachment 270609
Then to keep the hoover in place I put some little Packer blocks in place and made a Corner bit to retain it where it is. I can just lift it over if I need to get it out now which is nice. View attachment 270610View attachment 270611 All I need to do now is put some steel uprights on to secure the hose when I wrap it around the barrel. Also I plan on doing a switch on the side so I don’t need to keep switching it at the wall. I’ll have a little think before I do that though.

Jesus woman. Give that poor vacuum a clean.

 

[mtt.tr]

My only complaint would be that all the fine and damaging dust will be blown straight through Henry

 

[KimB]

My only compliant would be that all the fine and damaging dust will be blown straight through Henry

That’s fine. I have another three backups