I'm in flux right now I have a generic Dust deputy attached to a 5 gallon bucket and a bucket head on top of a Matthias Wendel's
home made 2 bucket cyclone .
Plan is to maybe use the two bucket cyclone under my lathe bench sucking the dust down through a hole in the bench using 2" PVC.
Either way I'm going to remove the filter from the vac and just send the fine dust out through a hole in the outside door.
That works great till it's waaaaaayyyyyy too hot/cold outside to be wasting all the conditioned air.
I like David's setup as well ... it's got portability and keeps it in a fairly small package.
I bought a 2-tier metal cart at Harbor Freight... 16" x 30" ... Red enameled. My idea is to see if I can mount my Dust Deputy and the Shop-Vac I got 2 months ago on top (with a hole cut through the top "shelf" for the DD) and mount a bucket underneath that locks into place with a good seal directly under the DD ... I'ld probably re-use some type of bucket lid in order to get the best seal I could. The DD on top and the lid on bottom would be sealed all round with silicone gel.
The other half of the bottom shelf would be where I could store additional hoses, attachments, ect... But when I get my shop built, I'll build a large cabinet with some sound insulating materials where I can keep the entire unit and have it near my lathe, as that generates the majority of my dust and wood shavings.
I do plan to run a line over to my table saw too, if can ever get that thing out of the box, lol ... and the bandsaw and 4"x36" belt sander as well. Those are my really dusty work areas. I'm waiting for some connectors and a hose that I ordered so that I can put this DC to work dedicated to my lathe, at the moment. Also waiting on the bucket.
For everything else, I have an old vacuum (with the cyclone action and a dust bin to clean out) and I can just move that around and spot clean like a mini dedicated DC system. These locations will be ... power miter saw, drill press, and my small 1"x30" belt sander.