Quick Click Dust Collection Separator

I ended up attaching this to my smaller shop vac for the laser engraving area since my system is in the shed and get very dusty and leaves get in with all the trees around. The setup is very easy and used a reinforced cover on a 30 gallon HDPE drum that's also easy to take off with the plastic ring. It ended up bigger than I liked but also wanted minimal duct length. I used an elongated 90 degree PVC pipe to make sure I'm not losing a ton of CFM. It's working well so far and the suction hasn't slowed down. While the shop vac has it's own filter, it's hardly dirty and keeping it nice and clean. The filter at least filters out any fine dust and particles which I've seen a huge difference. The unit is also very well made and seems durable. I almost didn't catch this product and maybe the way the product photo was shot so something the vendor can keep in mind and perhaps, more visuals for the actual product being used. But, I'm glad I found this product!

I’ve run with a similar popular cyclone for quite a few years. It has served me well, but I found the connection ports to be a bit restricting. As I moved more of my system over to 2.5”, that was going to become a problem. This cyclone has full-size 2.5” ports that present less impediment to airflow. The cyclone has worked well so far, and I’ve noticed the improved airflow means better pickup on machines that use open horns for collection, such my table saw and compound mitre saw. Machines that don’t have close-quarters pickup need particularly good airflow to capture and entrain dust and chips that go everywhere. So, unrestricted ports are what I consider the winning element of this cyclone as compared to my old one, and the rest works just fine, too.

This Assembled Quick Click Dust Separator with 5 Gallon Locking Collection Bin from Cen-Tec Systems was my choice, after researching the different types and prices. It works great right out of the box, as no assembly is required. To make it mobile, I mounted it on the top shelf of a small-ish tool cart from HF by first screwing down a spare 5-gallon bucket to a piece of plywood and affixing that to the cart. A small shop vac sits nicely on the bottom shelf. I reasoned that that arrangement would allow me to drop the dust separator into the additional bucket (for stability) but be able to remove it for emptying. As it turned out, the fit was so close the dust separator wouldn't lift out easily, but a few "breather" hole drilled into the bottom edge of the sides of the affixed bucket broke the vacuum and allowed the dust separator to be removed with no issue. This separator works very well and isn't very noisy. If you also add a hose holder of some kind below the handle of the shop cart, you can hang up a 20-foot vacuum hose. With ease of movement and that long hose, I can quickly hook up any of my shop tools that need dust extraction. I think you would really find this Cen-Tec separator a good addition to your shop. It might seem a little pricey but with the locking 5 gallon "bin" it is a perfect option for me. Very highly recommended. Hope this helps!!

Really works great.. it does what it says. 99% of the dust is caught. Saves your back filter for sure and keeps room clean while cutting wood. Well worth it good quality fair price. Beware ⚠️ of the other ones different design, the more flat type. You need the high version like this To get the cyclone effect and dust seperation. I bought the longer hose and attachment kit separate.

I really like this thing. If I were to do it again, I’d use a metal canister that seals. It works well enough to invest a little time and effort in it. I’ll echo what others have have said about frustration finding connections. Kentec is what I’m using.

I love this! I looked at the dust deputy but this being less than half the price I decided to give it a try. So far it's working great - I have it attached to a fiber drum with a plastic lid. My vacmaster shop vac hose with the little locking nub fits male into this no problem. I also have an adapter to hook up my wall mounted dust collector from harbor freight, though I haven't tried it out yet. One thing I'm really excited about is that this thing has solved my problem with my DeWalt 735 planer. It has a chip blower with I thought I'd love when I bought it, but I found that the blower is actually able to overpower both my shop vac and my dust collector, and was blowing the separator lid off my old dust collection setup. Some what amazingly, I'm actually able to just attach the planer to this with no vacuum or dus collector connected at all, and it separates the chips and blows clean air out top! Best $40 I've spent in recent memory.

The Quick Click Dust Collection Separator has been working great for the month since I put it into service. Other DIY cyclonic dust separator builders have had issues attempting to use 15-16 gallon plastic buckets as a dust receptacle because they collapsed under vacuum. I went with a 16 gallons VEVOR Fryer Grease Bucket (also available on Amazon). This strong metal bucket does not have that problem. It provides an ample volume for dust and has a very good soft rubber seal with clips holding the lid down. The included mobile base makes it easy to move the separator around the shop. A 4" hole saw provided a perfectly sized hole in the cover to mount the Quick Click Dust Separator. The 4 machine screws and rubber seal provided with the separator mount it to the bucket and provides an excellent seal. I like the option to connect 2-1/4" shop vac hoses or 2-1/2" hoses. The overall construction seem better than other plastic separators. I'd buy is again.

Works great. After using, it left my shop vac clean. I attached it to the top of a standard ammo box.

muy buen producto

Good

Bien fait avec couvert facilement dévissable.

Fonctionne très bien. Très satisfait du produit.

Very impressive delivery, well made. Yet to use it.