I have a cyclone separator too, and I love it. Its paid for itself in the time and money spent on shop vac filters. It’s been 8 months and haven’t needed to change the collection bag inside the shop vac.
I didn’t make my cyclone, I bought the Oneida Dust Deputy. I did however design and build a way to have it piggy back on my shop vac. The coolest feature is the way you empty it, just lift the top and exchange the bucket.
Now I am looking into a dust collection system with a cyclone. Just need something better then a shop vac to run the hours needed with the X-Carve.