Ready to start on my Coalvac!
Thanks to a few of you fellow who have helped me out with some PM's. I am starting to gather the necessary bits and pieces to put my Coalvac system together.
I already have a Dust Deputy attached to a 3 hp vac that I use for clean up so just need to get a bigger vac.
Found some 4" PVC under my barn do just need a few fittings. Rummaged around and found a bunch of 2" fittings and a short length of pipe so Home Depot here I come.
A few details I am still trying to work out. The "flapper" where the 4" PVC empties into the hopper. Also I am thinking of enclosing the hopper so that when the rice coal dumps into it any dust will be contained.
The other item is my pick up point. I store my coal in 5 bins in my basement that I moved about with a pallet jack. Each has a sliding door to access the coal. My thought is to just use a length of vac hose attached to the 2" PVC as a "flexible" pick up?
Some any ideas or thoughts would be great!
Oh, the" elevated bin" will be constructed out of 3/4" play with the sloping bottom.
I already have a Dust Deputy attached to a 3 hp vac that I use for clean up so just need to get a bigger vac.
Found some 4" PVC under my barn do just need a few fittings. Rummaged around and found a bunch of 2" fittings and a short length of pipe so Home Depot here I come.
A few details I am still trying to work out. The "flapper" where the 4" PVC empties into the hopper. Also I am thinking of enclosing the hopper so that when the rice coal dumps into it any dust will be contained.
The other item is my pick up point. I store my coal in 5 bins in my basement that I moved about with a pallet jack. Each has a sliding door to access the coal. My thought is to just use a length of vac hose attached to the 2" PVC as a "flexible" pick up?
Some any ideas or thoughts would be great!
Oh, the" elevated bin" will be constructed out of 3/4" play with the sloping bottom.
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I was lazy and used a piece of cardboard on the outlet of the vacuum bin. You can pull it off and the cut power to the suction and coal will drop. After hopper empties I will turn vac on for a few seconds and that will suck up a bunch of dust.
Flex hose would probably work, I would prefer smooth wall. Too much friction for corrugated IMO
Flex hose would probably work, I would prefer smooth wall. Too much friction for corrugated IMO
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Hope you post some pics, I want to build a vac transfer also and like to see the different ways people come up with to do it! I made one years ago to move corn and worked very well but not sure how different buck will transfer.
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I just started using straight buck this year and it seems to work just as well as when I used a rice/buck mix. I do use a new 6.5 HP shop vac that has a high CFM rating
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How do you guys think this would work instead of using a shop vac? I only question because I have read (and done myself) used multiple shop vacs hooked in series for more power. This coupled to a 4" dust deputy then reduced down to 2 1/2" by the numbers would seem to be a beast?
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I would be hesitant with it being only 2 HP which probably works great for saw dust and other light weight material. I'm not sure it would have the power to lift and pull coal though... Just my unedumacated opinion..swyman wrote: ↑Sun. Oct. 14, 2018 1:28 pmHow do you guys think this would work instead of using a shop vac? I only question because I have read (and done myself) used multiple shop vacs hooked in series for more power. This coupled to a 4" dust deputy then reduced down to 2 1/2" by the numbers would seem to be a beast?
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I was thinking about doing the same thing. At 4" is would be a no go,but reduced to 2" I think it would work. Probably do some math to see if it will give you enough cfm to move your product.swyman wrote: ↑Sun. Oct. 14, 2018 1:28 pmHow do you guys think this would work instead of using a shop vac? I only question because I have read (and done myself) used multiple shop vacs hooked in series for more power. This coupled to a 4" dust deputy then reduced down to 2 1/2" by the numbers would seem to be a beast?
As a woodworker I have a Dust collection system with a 4' tall cyclone in my shop. My main run is 6or8,", it is in the attic an it has been a while since I have been up there, and it transitions to 4" at the tools. Not sure what would happen if you reduce it down to 2".
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You will need a balance of CFM and lift. IDK how the dust collector will do under load like a vacuum. The shop vac has something like 70wc. I don't recall what the dust collector will produce.