Hooking up a shop vac to suck up dust coming off a wood-cutting machine works for all of 3 minutes before the vacuum’s filter ... as a cyclone-style. [Dror] built his own cyclonic dust collector ...

Shop Fox's wall dust collector is only 44 inches tall ... Another upgrade to your shop vac is a cyclone separator to keep the filter cleaner and make it easier to dispose of sawdust.

A cyclone separator can get the job done ... But as [Daniel Bauen] explains in the latest Engineerable video, his two-stage dust collector is able to keep the cabinet clear while separating ...