Blast cabinet vent

[Joevano]

What do you do with the exhaust vent to catch the dust? I've attached my shop vac to it but would rather have a filter or something.

 

[porschedude996TT]

I have a HF blast cabinet that i added a vacuum to it and it captures the media very well.

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=161302

 

[p0lar]

I actually just installed [sic] a Grizzly Cyclone Separator affixed to a 5 gallon bucket with some water in the bottom. I have mine affixed to the back of the cabinet with various adapters and some hose and it works great, suspending the dust in the water in the 5 gallon bucket.

It works better and collects less actual media than dust if it's affixed to the larger rear port that has some ducting within the cabinet rather than the smaller port on the side.

 

[astroracer]

I built a dust collector out of two kitty litter buckets. Bolted a shop vac filter into the top one and cut a hole in the side for a two inch shop vac hose to plug into. I use a Harbor Freight dust collector motor to draw dust into the collector. I can't find my pics of the set-up. I'll get new ones when I have the cabinet out.
Everything breaks down and stores inside the blast cabinet when I'm not using it.
And the cabinet is on casters so it is easy to roll around.
Mark