It has been a long time coming, but I needed to upgrade my
dust collection. It wasn’t hard to do
since it was a shop vacuum that I used occasionally to clean up. I could hook it up to most of my tools but it
was a pain to do so. Cleaning the
container and filter out was also cumbersome and dusty. It seemed easier to just sweep it up at the
end. That is what I have done since I
have started.
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| Inside the shop vacuum |
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| Inside the bucket |
I have been looking at several dust collections. I don’t have the area for a stationary system
or the ability to run fixed line so I settled on another shop vac. I like that I can use it to clean out the
cars and for a duct collection system.
The addition was the dust stopper that goes on a Home Depot bucket. The idea is that the bucket collects the
majority of the dust and the large particulate.
The vacuum stays pretty clean.
I have not had a lot of opportunity to use it. I am in a finishing cycle right now. I did hook it up to the belt sander when I
was sanding blocks. It was doing a great job on collecting the dust in the
bucket, so I am happy.
The one thing that I did notice is that I cannot plug the
vacuum and the tool in the same circuit. The current draw is too great on a 15
amp circuit. Good think I have two lines
in the garage. For the small shop this
is has been a great addition and would recommend it.
