Adding a Cyclone Separator to Your Dust Collector

Does a cyclone dust separator make a difference? We test a dust collector with and without a cyclone separator. Take a closer look at the Rockler cyclone dust separators. Convert your single-stage dust collector into an efficient two-stage system and reduce the need for frequent bag emptying with our Wall-Mount Cyclone Dust Separator.

[tomasgulas]

Bought it couple months ago and just needed to empty the bag.
Emptying was very easy, at first I thought due to the smaller opening, the dust and wood chips would not come out easy, but it did. It does not weigh a lot even full of wood chips, so few chakes didi the job.
The bag was full to the see through window and the actual vacuum canister only had about 2 cup of very fine dust, WOW!
The dust collector cage did collapse on my twice when my hose got fully covered by accident when it sucked in a tarp cover. I had to squeeze the opposite sides to get it back to oval shape (could use some strengthening with 2 brackets in middle). Overall I'm VERY HAPPY, my wall vacuum's canister is too small and filter used to clogged up too much.

[BobGraves-gq]

Can I add a garbage liner to the collection tank? I don't want to have to dump the dust into a bag.

[rclipc]

Still seems like 1) and awful lot of dust in the collector bag after the filter, and 2) the cyclone's bag is small and will need emptying quite often. Why not extend that bag to the floor or make it bigger in diameter to reduce frequency of emptying?

[pinkeye]

You just wanted to say cyclonic ... lol