Dust Right Dust Separator

Works great, will keep my shop vac clean

When set up right this baby works great. I find that the dust bags for the main shop vac also helps when cleaning up very fine particles like cement dust and drywall dust, as the fine stuff wants to bypass the separator. If you have room, it's a must in a woodshop.

I bought this to hook up to a planer and it did that job well. It filled up incredibly fast, though. But that is pretty much going to be any collector aside from the dedicated ones. The bad: If you expect this to collect fine dust you're probably out of luck. I had difficulty getting the lid off a few times, especially since the fine dust coated the outside and made it even more difficult. It would be nice to have some sort of very obvious alignment tabs instead of just spinning it until it lines up by chance. I'd like a clear view window to see the level inside - sometimes the blue makes the level a little obscure. Overall for what I really needed it for it worked great.

It was delayed in arrival, at no fault of shipper. And this has been wait the worth. If you are looking at this, wondering if it's really worth it, don't wait any longer. This is a solid product. Built to be used in a shop, and solid enough to handle use. The fill line is pretty easily visible. And best of all it WOKS! Amazingly. Just like the YouTube demo showed. I use mine in my poultry barn. As you can imagine the dust and dander is way beyond what most woodworkers deal with. I have killed many shop vacs over the years from the find dust getting through the filters, any filter. This is a life saver for shop vacuums, and owners. Easy to empty, and see fill line. And did I mention it works? All that hits the vacuum is feathers! Which makes it easy to collect them. I had toyed with making one from the kirs that are sold. But the more I thought the more I figured the small savings wasn't worth my time. If you're thinking about this, don't hesitate! It's great. And it works!!!!

Bought this a while back and used it for the first time today. I was impressed how easy it was to use. I hooked up my wet/dry Rigid shop vac to it (using duct tape as I still can't find all the reducers required) and it stopped my HF bench sander - sucked the darn thing to the metal so hard it stopped turning. I left the wheels off as I'm planning on building a box for the shop vac to keep the noise down and mounting the separator on top (vertical saves valuable garage floor space) - UPDATE: box completed and cuts the noise down where I can have a normal conversation while it is in use - however - the lid cracked from the vac intake side and about 1/3 around - I checked my hose and even though I have 15ft of it to my tools it was clear - to be fair I live in CO and it has been very cold here even though the day I was using it was in the mid 60s in an insulated wood working shop (a.k.a. garage) - asked Amazon to process a refund (on a wild outside chance I might get at least the lid replacement) and they (Rockler I think) approved the entire refund for the whole product - problem I have is do I simply replace it or look for another solution (make a plywood lid)? Shop is not 100% without it, but I'm very happy with the very fast (one day) reply and outcome/support. Well another update - it has been pretty hot here in CO of late and I have found several new cracks around the replaced lid (so cold was not a main factor and maybe not a contributor at all) - asking for another replacement just today. Here is my take on all of this - it is better to find something more stout maybe for a little more money - this is a good product but it just does not stand-up to my use. I ran 2.5 inch pvc pipe to all my machines (6 ft of pipe with 4 angled sweeps not 45s or 90s). I have found I really don't need this and if the lid gets replaced I'm going to use it right off the bucket (currently tool hose to pvc run to dust right to 5 or 6 hp rigid shop vac with a filter bag before the canister vac filter). The vac box does cut down on the noise considerably - and I found not connecting it directly to the exhaust port helps keep the motor cooler- that is the internal pressure builds up until it can push out the exhaust port with a hose attached and end capped off with a vac muffler (really it is a defuser)- I removed a star as this is the 2nd lid that needs replacing - however last time customer service was great - just more hassle than I want. Well customer service said no dice as it was well past the 90 day limit and they already replace it once past the 90 day limit. Bad for me and them as I'm moving on to the dust deputy. I really did like this product (outside of the lid) and I wanted it to work but not in the cards for me. I might try a plywood/MDF lid - gives me a reason to practice my router skills and I'll get to use my home made router circle jig. Because it only lasted a short time I'm taking another star off - however customer service was great and very timely. I implore Rockler to address this issue and fix the problem.

I had a large industrial type dust collector last year until it started spewing dust all over my shop. I got rid of it and have only been running small dust collectors that haven't captured much of the debris from my table saw. It got to a dangerous point where I could only run a few pieces of wood and then have to stop for several hours. I don't have a lot of time off so this was becoming ridiculous. I had talked to a couple woodworkers and then researched online. I thought I would give this company/product a try, And boy was I glad I did! From saw table hooks into one part of the drum/canister, then the shop vac hooks into other side. Creates something similar to a cyclone machine on a much lower scale. It does a fantastic job. Heavy stuff swirls around bottom, harmful dust sucked into the vac. Room is clear from what I can tell. I am not coughing anymore like I was previous to this, so that is the test!

After reading a few of the positive reviews for this item I decided to buy it for my small shop (220 sq ft). I primarily use it for my planer. I originally had it attached to my old ridgid shop vac, but I had so many shavings coming out of the planer that I decided it must be the shop vac that needed replacing. I bought a new craftsman that came highly rated in wood magazine. It didn't make much of a difference. Pros - it is nice and small. It fits into my shop well. Cons - IMPOSSIBLE to open. I have to put a 2x4 on the ground underneath it to jam the wheels and wrestle it open. After 6 months this is still an issue and now, when I close it, I can easily turn the top all the way around and it never catches on the stops. This thing leaks wood chips all around the top. There are concentric circles of shavings around the collector. I have resorted to using bungee cords to hold the top down tighter - that has helped some. My vaccum still gets filled up and clogged up - now it just takes longer to fill it up. Overall - I would NOT recommend this to someone. Buy something more expensive and get something that works, because this one doesn't

Works really well. Easy to install