Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question about a shopvac

2008-04-16 Thread Bob Kennedy
58 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Question about a shopvac Hi, How do shop vacs deal with the dust and such that comes into them? Do they blow it back out through a hole in top? That is the feeling I am getting. I am using an old plastic one I have had for years. I mainly used it for ou

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question about a shopvac

2008-04-16 Thread spiro
I had both a sleeve that wrapped around the motor housing and the cloth in a ring that sat atop the tub. I think there must be something finer as the exhaust smelled dusty, and it did bow a fine mist when working on floods. On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, Victor Gouveia wrote: > Hi Matt, > > The shop vac

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question about a shopvac

2008-04-16 Thread Dan Rossi
Matt, Without a filter on it, a shop vac is just a really good blower. *GRIN* -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:(412) 268-9081

Re: [BlindHandyMan] Question about a shopvac

2008-04-16 Thread Victor Gouveia
Hi Matt, The shop vac does require a filter, which usually looks like an accordion style round tube that fits over the cage with the ball in it, otherwise the dust and sand will pop right out the exhaust hole on top of the unit. There are different types of filters you can buy, depending on the

[BlindHandyMan] Question about a shopvac

2008-04-16 Thread Matt
Hi, How do shop vacs deal with the dust and such that comes into them? Do they blow it back out through a hole in top? That is the feeling I am getting. I am using an old plastic one I have had for years. I mainly used it for outdoor use, and I intend to try and clean some drains with it today. An