I did quite a lot of research into dust collection cyclones that would fit in a small workshop. This research involved some discoveries about the wonders of static electricity – of which more later – but in the meantime, here is what I decided to get:
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As you can see from the picture, it was designed to fit on top of a festool vacuum cleaner, although it will work with any vac.
The instructions are clear and it goes together very simply.
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You may just be able to detect in the blurry picture above a couple of metallic straps, and some adhesive backed metallic tape – these are both connected with the anti-static features of the dust deputy which I will explain in the next post.
The adhesive-backed rubber tape and the circular rubber gasket are to create an air tight seal between the lid and the collector and cyclone respectively.
![](https://smallworkshop.co.uk/content/images/2015/08/IMG_1593.jpg)
.. and in a rare action shot here is it working:
and here is where the dust ends up – there is nothing at all in the vac: