Ridgid Stor-N-go vacuum

[l_bilyk]

This thingie here

Does anyone here have one of these? I just bought one and mounted it up in the garage... seems to work great for cleaning the car
And since it has lifetime warranty on it, I will probably use it to extract dust out of the blast cabiner

 

[-lecroix-]

my dad has that same exact vacuum but it has the Craftsman name on it.

 

[toms73novass]

I have that unit and I use it to extract the dust out of my blast cabinet.... However, I would still put in a clean stream hepa filter or a water trap otherwise you will be returning them way too often.

I have a watertrap that catches 85-90% of the dust and a clean stream filter to catch what remains. I retired my old shop vac to the basement after 6+ years of blast cabinet duty and it is till fine using this method. I switched to the rigid because I could wall mount it and it is a bit quieter!

I do like mine quite a bit.

 

[l_bilyk]

How long do you think it will last without any other filters?

 

[toms73novass]

it depends on how much you blast. For me 6mo. w/out on my first shop vac.

 

[boiler7904]

I have that unit and I use it to extract the dust out of my blast cabinet.... However, I would still put in a clean stream hepa filter or a water trap otherwise you will be returning them way too often.

I have a watertrap that catches 85-90% of the dust and a clean stream filter to catch what remains. I retired my old shop vac to the basement after 6+ years of blast cabinet duty and it is till fine using this method. I switched to the rigid because I could wall mount it and it is a bit quieter!

I do like mine quite a bit.

Can you explain the water trap or provide a link? I have a 14 gallon 5 or 6 hp Ridgid Pro Series Vac that I use to collect dust from woodworking power tools on a fairly regular basis. The really fine dust clogs filters in no time which means I have to clean out the filter [a lot]. Replacing filters gets expensive. I'd like to find a way to prolong their life.

 

[john300k]

I have one and it works great! I bought it about 5 years ago...it will pick up everything!

 

[toms73novass]

Can you explain the water trap or provide a link? I have a 14 gallon 5 or 6 hp Ridgid Pro Series Vac that I use to collect dust from woodworking power tools on a fairly regular basis. The really fine dust clogs filters in no time which means I have to clean out the filter [a lot]. Replacing filters gets expensive. I'd like to find a way to prolong their life.

I use a 5 gallon bucket w/lid and 2 holes for tubes. Fill it with about 3-4" of water. The inlet tube sits about 1/2" above the water level. This way when the fine dust enters it sticks to the waters suface (and then with blasting dust it sinks to the bottom). The outlet to the vac is at the top. I initally tried to stick the tube in the water and it was a mess. Some one else on the board suggested the mod to raise the tube and it works well.

Also the clean stream filters alone work great for wood dust, I have them in my dust collector and they can be pretty caked on the filter and it still had good suction.

Here is a sketch:

 

[icnsltmfg]

It looks like a few people are referring back to the old day's of an implement bought at a head shop. The same basic principle.

 

[Uncle Buck]

This thingie here

Does anyone here have one of these? I just bought one and mounted it up in the garage... seems to work great for cleaning the car
And since it has lifetime warranty on it, I will probably use it to extract dust out of the blast cabiner

No, I do not have one; but you can add it to the list of stuff I would like to have!

 

[toms73novass]

It looks like a few people are referring back to the old day's of an implement bought at a head shop. The same basic principle.

However, the difference I believe is that you do not draw the intake air thru the water. There is a definite loss in vac suction and it causes the water to "boil", which ends up sucking up water into the vac. By not being in the water, there is no loss of vac suction and there is very little moisture that is transferred down line.

 

[icnsltmfg]

ahhhh...will have to try this as the plaster dust is killing the filters.

 

[-lecroix-]

hee hee ... Harbor Freight strikes again ...

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=9586

 

[toms73novass]

to make that work for fine dust you have to add a tube that sits just above water level otherwise most of the fine dust will get through.

 

[Freejack]

For woodworking, I think a simpler solution would be a cyclon rather than a water trap. This will knock many of the big and little chips and dust out of the air. before it gets to the vac.

There is a really good web site on home dust collection systems. As long as you can get past the fella's strange paranoia, there is some great info about sizing a system: http://billpentz.com/woodworking/cyclone/index.cfm

Jake