Thank you Lee. The (barnyard engineering) is fun and keeps a challenge going in your mind. It is exciting to figure things out. Even if they do not work the first (or tenth) time. Glad you are enjoying this project. Take care my friend.

Thank you again Robert. LOL!! It was fun building the housing and seeing it work. Glad you are enjoying this project. Take care.

Thank you Dave. I got very excited as this project progressed and really enjoyed building it. It is so much fun to see something come together. Glad you are enjoying this project brother. Take care.

Thank you Donald. Glad you are enjoying this project. The next is coming as soon as it is edited up. Take care.

Thank you Ann. It came along quite nicely and works very well. Glad you are enjoying this project.

Thank you Jack. Glad you are enjoying this project. Take care.

Thank you Frank. I really appreciate it my friend. Take care.

Thank you Ron. LOL! Glad you are enjoying this project my friend.

Thank you Doug. Glad you are enjoying this project. Take care.

Thank you and I agree that having the intake at the center would make better flow, but (my thoughts were) it would also become a choke point to catch your leaves and grass and actually plug up the impeller as the debris passes through it instead of around it (again, just my thoughts). Glad you are enjoying this project and Thank you very much for your suggestions. Take care.

Thank you Tybo. I really like challenging my thought process while building things. It is exciting to try working things out and designs change constantly as you work through the problems. My Plasma cutter uses a lot of air and kicks on my compressor after about 20 to 30 seconds of use. Although the compressor itself can keep up with the plasma cutter I generally stop cutting until it has built up full pressure because it is hard on my limited power in the shop. Glad you are enjoying this project my friend. Take care.

This gives me a good idea for cleaning rock mulch. -) thanks!

11ga for the impeller and the rear housing. 16ga for the outer housing and chute. I hope this helps. Take care.

Thank you SK. Glad you are enjoying this project. I actually build my own dust collector a few years ago and have the intake at the center. My thoughts were that while it works very well for dust, that it would cause problems with plugging up as grass and leaves try to move through the impeller itself with all the flat surfaces and edges. That was my thought. I could be wrong, but it works really well. Take care my friend.

@@StephenOgle I agree with you, having center input may choke leafs and other lawn debris. But I saw others mitigate that issue by having tractor multch it in in its deck using its regular blades. Glad to hear your design is working effectively.