What to do with this Shop Vac?

[moparfreak]

So, I got one of these Hoover Shoulder Vac units free from my Dad. Had a business that closed up. It's a nice vac machine, but such a wonky format that I'm not sure how to put it to best use. Designed for janitorial duties. Pretty light and not too loud. Kinda overkill and not practical for in the home, so I'd like to repurpose it for the shop.

http://hoover.com/products/details/c2401/back-pack-bagless-w-1-tools/

It has a nice flexible hose, a bunch of attachments. I'm wondering if it could be used for dust collection duties somehow in my shop. I don't have a big DC system plumbed in yet (though plan to put in a big cyclone DC in the near to medium future).

Any ideas? Right now all I'm thinking is I could mount it underneath a workbench and snake the hose up to be able to "sweep up" any messes or handle bench-top duties.

Thanks,
Adam

 

[guy48065]

Link just landed on the Hoover homepage.
Any specs on that? I think it's cool and would probably mount it on a wall & put a "Dust Deputy" separator ahead of it to increase capacity and keep the filter clean.

Or...assuming it's quiet...mount it near/under a tablesaw as a dedicated collector for a tool that you should never clutter up with hoses to trip over.

 

[firworks]

Yep, I agree. Looks like a good candidate to wall mount. Are those accessories compatible with a standard 2-1/2" Shop-Vac hose? That metal floor sweeper attachment is pretty neat. I haven't seen one before.

 

[QwikKotaTx]

I recently sold a backpack vacuum on Craigslist for $175 but it was a more professional model with a ton of filters, a Hepa model as well. SuperQuarterVac. Most of the hoses on the backpack models are much too short to make good wall vacs. I had one of those as well with a 30' hose but it took up too much outward wall space, did not want to keep bumping into it.