Here's a filter housing I designed today. I'm going to try and prototype it this weekend:



I want to be able to cold filter my collected oils without having to constantly monitor and attend to the activity like I currently do. I'm thinking that I can gravity feed a couple of bag filters in housings on a manifold and, as long as I don't try to put more in the top tank than the bottom tank can hold, it should be a set and forget situation.

I've searched the net and come up with nothing when it comes to an inexpensive bag filter housing so, here's my idea for a home-grown filter housing. It's made from standard 6" PVC tubing pieces and some home machined goodies. The cover plate and retaining flange could be cut (with a sabersaw) from 3/4" thick nylon kitchen chopping board. It isn't shown in the drawing but, depending on the bag filter used, an adapter ring made from the same material would be cut to fit on the inside top edge of the 6" tubing with a hole in it for whatever size bag you were using. A homemade bag support that fit against the top edge of the 6" tubing would function the same way too.