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   geedubbee | Jul 12, 2020 03:58pm | #1

   Separators rely on an air tight pathway for best performance. A gasket would be my first step. After that if too much spoil is still getting by I would vent the vac a bit to reduce the suction. The vac may be overpowering that separator design. I use a pair of Dust Deputy's and a pair of 6.5HP Ridgid vacs. The separation is so good I tossed the barrels and build small filter boxes to reduce the footprint. I get about a shot glass of spoil past the DD and into the filter box every six months or so.

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   sans | Jul 12, 2020 04:51pm | #2

   Thanks for the feedback. I will try the gasket.

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   joshkarat | Jul 12, 2020 07:28pm | #3

   I have the same setup. Wiping the lid and the bucket of dust helped me.

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   rob_ss | Jul 13, 2020 02:34am | #4

   Where do you get a 6.5HP Shop vac? Are they three phase?

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   stantheman | Jul 13, 2020 09:25am | #5

   A too powerful shop vac can pull stuff right through.

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   john_c2 | Jul 13, 2020 09:59am | #6

   440, 441. Whatever it takes.

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   towef | Jul 13, 2020 10:10am | #7

   thx

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   geedubbee | Jul 13, 2020 10:16am | #8

   I made this simple cuff-type vent/bleeder out of some shop-vac sized parts. It is installed before the separator. In my case it is just to reduce the vacuum when using the system with my ROS. There is so much suck it will slow the sander or the sander will actually pick up small parts when I am working. In your case it may reduce things so that the spoil falls out of the air stream inside the separator better.

   
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   sans | Jul 13, 2020 01:12pm | #9

   Good ideas here. It is a 6.0 not 6.5 peak HP from Rigid. It may be too much for the Dust Stopper. Thanks for the photos- these are big help. I will try some of these ideas.

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    CSilk82 | Jul 13, 2020 02:11pm | #10

    @Rob: most shop vacs sold nowadays (in the US, anyway) use "Peak" HP ratings - which should be interpreted pretty loosely as it will only create that power for a very brief time. This "Peak" is probably 2-3X its normal, sustainable power level.

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    sans | Jul 13, 2020 04:55pm | #11

    Hi everyone. Wanted to let you know I sealed up the bucket and things are working much better. Thanks for the help.

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    geedubbee | Jul 13, 2020 09:29pm | #12

    Great. Thanks for closing the loop.

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    _mj_ | Jul 13, 2020 10:45pm | #13

    Gotta get me a 3-phase 220V shopvac.