Oneida Dust Deputy

[Erik Eitel]

I purchased the Dust Deputy.

My dust collection system consists of a 16 gallon Craftsman shop vac hooked to my table saw.
I am working on a bookcase made of MDF for a job I am doing. As you know, MDF produces an extreme amount of dust.
I recieved the Dust Deputy today and hastily hooked it up to a 5 gallon spackle bucket.
I purchased a 1.25" hose and a new filter for the shop vac. I used a 1.5" fernco fitting to adapt the hoses, and away we went!
Today I had to cut 16 dados, 5/8" wide by 1/4" deep in approximately 6.5' long cabinet sides.
Once complete, I opened the shop vac. There was not an once of dust in the vac!
The 5 gallon spackle bucket was full!

I was amazed!

This product works as advertised. I am very pleased!

[mac_daddy]

Sounds excellent! I was thinking of purchasing since I too utilize a Ridgid shop vac for dust collection...everytime I rip a board, I have to shake out the filter. Did you have to do any mods with duct tape to keep it air tight? How was the fitting on the basic 5 gal bucket?

[Erik Eitel]

Sounds excellent! I was thinking of purchasing since I too utilize a Ridgid shop vac for dust collection...everytime I rip a board, I have to shake out the filter. Did you have to do any mods with duct tape to keep it air tight? How was the fitting on the basic 5 gal bucket?

To get the shop vac hose to fit on the top port, I used a 1.5" Fernco fitting with a shop vac 2.5" - 1.25" adapter cut down to the first step, 2.5".
I used a 10', 1.5" hose to go from the saw to the side input of the cyclone. I used the part cut of of the shop vac adapter and some RTV sealant and wrapped it in duct tape.
Oneida sells all the sleeve adapters on their site and they have a PDF explaining how to make up the connections.

I used a 5 gallon bucket lid that has a rubber seal in it for the top, and cut a 3" hole in it. I cut a piece of 3/4" ply to go under the lid to have something to screw into. The lid is then sandwiched between the ply and the cyclone.

Everything was RTV'd and then I screwed the cyclone down.

It looks a little ghetto, but it works great.

I was in a hurry to get the thing in service as I knew cutting all those dados in MDF would pruduce a ton of dust.

[radhak]

while majority of the dust collecting in a bucket is really great, any setting like this would only be really effective (for long-term health) if the final filter is minute enough - 2 micron at the least, as i understand it.

anybody know what is the micron rating for an average shop-vac? say a craftsman or ridgid?

[Anna]

Did you buy it from the Oneida site? I've been thinking about getting one of these, too.

[Erik Eitel]

Did you buy it from the Oneida site? I've been thinking about getting one of these, too.

Yes, got it right from their site.

They are offering free shipping right now. http://www.dustdeputy.com/index.htm

[LCHIEN]

wow, $130, they're really proud of those, aren't they?
"Seam welded steel construction"... maybe that's why.
Someone willing to mold these from plastic could make a fortune.

[cgallery]

wow, $130, they're really proud of those, aren't they?
"Seam welded steel construction"... maybe that's why.
Someone willing to mold these from plastic could make a fortune.

I agree. The Clear Vue mini is similarly expensive (actually, I think they are MORE expensive). At least the Clear Vue has 2.25" ports.

My Cheerio test demonstrated a fairly drastic reduction going from 2.25" to 1.25" ports.

[Erik Eitel]

while majority of the dust collecting in a bucket is really great, any setting like this would only be really effective (for long-term health) if the final filter is minute enough - 2 micron at the least, as i understand it.

anybody know what is the micron rating for an average shop-vac? say a craftsman or ridgid?

The website states "The Dust Deputy captures 99% of the waste before it gets to your shop vacuum and the Cleanstream® HEPA filter captures 99.97% of particles down to .3 microns of the remaining 1% before it can get to your shop air."

[havighurst]

I have been thinking about getting one for awhile now, but the cost is too much. Would one of those separator lids and a five gallon bucket work? Has anyone tried it? I have seen them at Rockler and the price is better. I wouldn't expect the same performance, but if it was in the ballpark I would spend the $20 for the lid. Any information is appreciated.

[Thom2]

here's another more cost effective option that I stumbled upon recently ...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cyclone-Separato...QQcmdZViewItem

The guy also has a website, but for the life of me I can't remember the name of it right now. I had emailed him regarding shipping charges on one of his larger units and he replied quickly and courteously with really reasonable shipping rates.

I have no dealings with the guy except for that instance of asking for a shipping quote.

[Kristofor]

Shoot Thom, I was just going to wait until you were done building your rocket, or dust collector, or whatever it is, then copy the tutorial you were going to write

Kristofor.

[Anna]

I have been thinking about getting one for awhile now, but the cost is too much. Would one of those separator lids and a five gallon bucket work? Has anyone tried it? I have seen them at Rockler and the price is better. I wouldn't expect the same performance, but if it was in the ballpark I would spend the $20 for the lid. Any information is appreciated.

I got the Woodcraft version (which is probably the same one anyway; HF has it for about $7, too) and used it with a 5-gallon bucket. Not worth it IMHO. It hardly separates anything. I think my vacuum suction is strong enough to suck up almost everything without giving it a chance to settle in the bucket at all.

[Thom2]

Just for reference, the name of Gary's site is http://www.cycloneseparator.com/

Kristofor, you may be waiting awhile, weekend before last I got overzealous and did quite a bit of welding in the shop with all the doors closed, that was a mistake and I doubt it'll happen again. That coupled with the fact that it's barely been making it out of the single digits here means the garage door won't be going up anytime soon ..... probably not until it's at least in the 40's outside