Best Shop Vac?
Newbie hand fired coal stocker needs to know which shop vac the veterans would recommend.
I've returned a red devil hand held, and am boximg up a craftsman shop vac for return so far.
I do have a central vac system in the house, but don't like the idea of sucking up the coal dust through it. I'd rather have a portable next to the stove for the periodic cleaning up after I've emptied the ash pan etc..
Any suggestions?
I've returned a red devil hand held, and am boximg up a craftsman shop vac for return so far.
I do have a central vac system in the house, but don't like the idea of sucking up the coal dust through it. I'd rather have a portable next to the stove for the periodic cleaning up after I've emptied the ash pan etc..
Any suggestions?
- gitrdonecoal
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i use a big 16 gallon craftsman, works great for the dust
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The auto on switch is very nice when sanding, routing and rozipping wall board!
Cough!CapeCoaler wrote:FEIN http://www.feinus.com/p/newdustfree/vacmain.htm
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I'll buy two craftsman's for that price. I use the snot out of my craftsman. It has a bad bearing and "squeals like a pig". But its been going for 6 years strong.
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I use a cheapo Home Depot vac with the best dry wall dust filter I could buy. And it works well.
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I use a standard 6gal Shop-Vac with both the bag & cartridge filter. You really cannot depend on just the cartridge filter to catch the ash in the tub. With the bag, no problems until it is too heavy or full. Use it everyday.
Any of the shop vacs that have a drywall dust bag available for them work very well. The Rigid and yes the Craftsman are very good vacs. Just be sure it is large enough to accept a drywall dust filter bag. I even reuse the filter bags several times. (I am cheap, tighter than bark on a tree)bksaun wrote:I use a cheapo Home Depot vac with the best dry wall dust filter I could buy. And it works well.
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You can get a filter both a Hepa and fine dust drywall filters for the larger Craftsman vacs, that's what I use.
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00917907000P?mv=rr
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- gitrdonecoal
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i have the cloth type filter, I guess thats what you would call it. its the one that came with it. im a contractor, so I use it on jobs, drywall, ect. every once and a while I gotta clean it out, just go outside and shake it/beat it on the ground or something to get the dust out
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I use the loveless and have to say it's great. I have the coal insert right in the living room and have no dust problems at all. I use it as soon as I open the door and after I take the ashes out to clean-up. It does such a good job I use it to dust around the house, It's a better picker upper, lol.