My new dust collection system is easy to build*, *easy to use*, and *low profile compared to other Dustopper setups. No need for a cart to hold an external bucket that dramatically increases the height or footprint of your shopvac, taking up valuable space in your woodworking workshop. Hoping this DIY video helps my viewers with ideas on building the smallest, most compact, space-saving Dustopper setups!
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00:00 Preview clips
00:16 General Overview
00:46 Choosing the Dustopper (vs. Dust Deputy)
01:23 How does it work?
01:59 Collection canister capacity
02:59 Components & Assembly
06:35 Final Assembly
07:26 Testing - Does it Suck?
09:02 Conclusion
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What do 2-Stage, Dust Separator, or Dustopper mean? The Dustopper dust separator (available at Home Depot for US$50 or CAD$65) is super effective at getting all the coarse dust to drop into the bin before the air gets sucked into the filter, so only the finest dust actually makes it to the filter stage. Similar to the Dustopper is Oneida Air's Dust Deputy - also great at separation, but its height prevents me to building it into low-profile setup.
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Edit: I did mention the Dustopper was expensive in my video, but in hindsight, it's really good value for a highly effective separator, the elbows (now includes 2), and the hose.
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Trivia: I bought this Craftsman vacuum back in 1990 for my woodwork workshop's dust collection when I was in high school and it still runs awesome!

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