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From: Bob La Londe <none@none.com99>
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Subject: Re: Small cyclone separator bins
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 14:00:24 -0700
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On 11/9/2024 9:32 AM, bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
> Apologies if this is considered off topic, but maybe a shop
> worker knows where to find what I'm looking for.
> 
> For several years now I'ved used a small cyclone separator and
> shop vac in an over-the-shoulder arrangement for outdoor cleanup
> and sometimes confined space excavation in soil. Here's an image:
> http://www.zefox.net/~bob/dustdeputy/portabledustdeputy.JPG
> 
> The problem is the lid on the plastic bucket: The buckets, despite
> being throwaways, hold up fine. The lids, not so much. Usually they
> crack at the outer edge. Even a tiny leak below the cyclone totally
> disrupts the separation process and the lid has to be replaced.
> 
> I've looked for a better container for a few years and found nothing
> suitable. A stout, wide mouth plastic jar with either a flat side or
> a lid big enough to mate to the 5" bottom flange on the cyclone is
> what I've sought to no avail.
> 
> Does anybody know of such a thing, or a workable alternative?
> 
> Thanks for reading,
> 
> bob prohaska
> 


I've found buckets seem to come in "grades."  Drywall buckets only hold 
up marginally better than retail buckets.  Paint buckets are a mixed 
bag.  The buckets I get from industrial suppliers full of coolant and 
way oil seem to be quite good.  Both lid and bucket.  The problem with 
coolant buckets is the pour spout in the lid.  That being said I save 
the buckets,  to be reused all the time, but the lids tend to go in the 
dumpster except for the buckets I use for waste oil.

I have two way oil buckets in the freezer in my shop full of ice right 
now.  When I go fishing I dump one of them in my cooler and slide the 
full one over, and put the newly empty one under the ice maker.  They 
have held up quite well inspite of the cold, and the ones laying around 
the shop have of course held up well enough to the heat.

The lids on retail buckets are terrible.  So are the buckets.

-- 
Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff

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