This afternoon, while we waited for the glue to dry on the rafters, we carried on with the construction of a new vacuum system. It is a non-mobile system, using a vortex separator and twin motors to provide the suction power.
The first larger chamber has been made using the vortex column and this will collect all the bigger and heavier rubbish being sucked up and then a second chamber to collect everything else down to fine dust size. Today, we were building the second chamber that will have two cylindrical paper filters, two suction motors and a box to collect the smaller particles of rubbish.
Partially-made-vacuum-system
We will carry on when we have another loose moment in our work schedule to finish it off later in the week and install it into our saw table. We will also buy new quality extension pipes so we can clean the rest of the workshop too.