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CV1800 Impeller

Plate side of 14" impeller -- it is flat. Note 1/2'' diameter drill points at right and left created when unit was balanced.
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- Jan 10, 2008
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CV1800 Impeller

Blade side with tapered hub. Note tack welds and solid welds on 3/16'' plate. Blades are curved.
- McRabbet
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- Jan 10, 2008
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ClearVue Impeller

Impeller on shaft through tapered hub, ready for balancing
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- Jan 9, 2008
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CVC-01 CV1800 Ready to Ship

ClearVue Cyclone Unit ''Ready to Ship''. The 5 HP units are carefully packed in three sturdy cartons by the ClearVue team and include everything needed for installation (filters are available from Wynn Environmental).
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- Oct 10, 2007
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CVC-18 ClearVue Max Cyclone

This is the largest ClearVue unit with a 16" impeller, an 8" intake and an 18" diameter cyclone body of PETG. It draws up to 1900 CFM.
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- Oct 10, 2007
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Visit to ClearVue Cyclones

On Tuesday, three of "we Westerners" (Jerry Grant = Purple Thumb; Steven Keull of Mountain Sawyers; and I) drove down to the shop facility of ClearVue Cyclones, near Pickens, SC. All of us are considering upgrades to our dust collection systems and we wanted to see these very efficient units "in...
- McRabbet
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- Oct 10, 2007
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- Forum: Workshop Discussion
CVC-16 Wood Lathe Pulleys

Even the drive pulleys are turned wood! An amazing accomplishment!
- McRabbet
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- Oct 10, 2007
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CVC-12 Large CNC Router

The leftover MDF piece after the CNC Router has cut out one of the round partition plates for a Cyclone. All of the chips have been removed by the powerful suction of the CV Max Cyclone that services the main shop area.
- McRabbet
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- Oct 10, 2007
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CVC-11 Large CNC Router

This machine is in the main shop and is used to cut out the blower bodies, motor mounts and other parts. The units has a dust hood connected to 6" flexible duct to an 8" duct main running through the shop. A remote control below the CNC computer console controls the cyclone.
- McRabbet
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- Oct 10, 2007
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CVC-10 6" Blast Gate

A completed blast gate. These are made to fit over the outside diameter of 6" PVC S&D pipe, thus not restricting airflow at the junction like many conventional plastic blast gates.
- McRabbet
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- Oct 10, 2007
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CVC-09 Blast Gate Form

The larger ClearVue Clyclones are supplied with 6" Blast Gates. This heater and form is used to mold the blast gate body in a few seconds from pre-cut PETG sheets. A second sheet is added and a gate inserted for the final product, shown in CVC-10
- McRabbet
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- Oct 10, 2007
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CVC-08 Mini CV06 ShopVac Clyclone

This small cyclone accepts 2-1/2" Shop Vac Hoses and is mounted on top of any convenient container like a 5-gallon dry wall compound drum. It captures nearly 100% of any dust coming through it. See the ShopVac video at http://www.clearvuecyclones.com/Videos.htm
- McRabbet
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- Oct 10, 2007
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CVC-07 MINi-CV06 Bracket

Here is one of the small brackets used to support the conical section of the Mini CV06 Cyclone shown in the next picture.
- McRabbet
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- Oct 10, 2007
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CVC-06 CNC Router at Work

One of the CNC Routers is used to cut out brackets for the Mini CV06 ShopVac Cyclone. The router quickly cuts a dozen or so from a sheet of MDF. The dust hood is a 6" diameter suction line that has to be throttled back to avoid sucking finished parts into the Cyclone!
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- Oct 10, 2007
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CVC-05 MDF Blower Housing

The Blower Housings are machined on a CNC Router (designed and built by Ed and his son Matt) and pre-assembled before shipping.
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- Oct 10, 2007
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CVC-04 Blower Impeller

Here is a close-up of a 15" impeller showing the high quality gas welding used.
- McRabbet
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- Oct 10, 2007
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CVC-03 Blower Impeller

ClearVue makes the impellers for their blowers from plate steel. Edges of the curved, reverse angle vanes are ground smooth and welded in their shop onto the back plate and a tapered bushing attached for the motor shaft. Units are then static balanced.
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- Oct 10, 2007
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CVC-02 Cyclone Form

Pre-cut sheets of PETG are heated in a simple oven and bent around this form.
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- Oct 10, 2007
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CVC-00 Ed Morgano

The owner and founder of ClearVue Cyclones, Ed Morgano, is an accomplished woodworker and machinist. Ed is holding one of a dozen or so solid wood bar clamps he designed and built of oak.
- McRabbet
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- Oct 10, 2007
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Clearvue Cyclone Dust Collector?

One of my quests at the IWF will be comparing dust collection options. Clearvue is one of the cyclones I'm considering but they are not participating in the show. Does anyone have one of these? Can you share your opinion please? Thanks! Mark
- Tarhead
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- Aug 18, 2006
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- Forum: Power Tools and Their Use