"nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul" (nfamouscj)
02/16/2020 at 08:25 • Filed to: None
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"nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul" (nfamouscj)
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I have a simple one, not name brand but same wet/dry vac concept.
What do I need to do to make it blow everything out of the exhaust rather than collecting in the body/tank/whatever you want to call it? I figured hooking up a hose to the exhaust port would so it but not enough force to blow everything out.
Ideally I want to run an exhaust outside so all my wood dust can just get blown outside my shop instead of collected. Plus I’m dealing with blown in insulation in a bathroom remodel and would rather pump it into the adjacent knee wall attic instead of removing 10 trash bags worth.
Every time I search online I just get problems about the exhaust blowing debris out and needing to change the filter blah blah blah.
Oppo I need your help.
Nibby
> nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
02/16/2020 at 08:35 |
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they all suck
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nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
> Nibby
02/16/2020 at 08:45 |
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DipodomysDeserti
> nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
02/16/2020 at 08:52 |
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If you remove the filter it should blow almost everything right out the exhaust.
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nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
> DipodomysDeserti
02/16/2020 at 08:57 |
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Thats what I thought too but I'm only getting maybe 1/4 out the exhaust. Times like these make me wish I had a 3D printer to make a shroud that blocks the tank and funnels it to the exhaust port
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DipodomysDeserti
> nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
02/16/2020 at 09:15 |
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Yeah, only the lighter particles are going to make it out. You could try to make a baffle out of some wood or plastic.
benjrblant
> nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
02/16/2020 at 10:46 |
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Apart from the problems caused by spreading fine wood and fiberglass particulate, you’d likely be looking at shorter vacuum life. The fans in them aren’t designed to push dust and small bits and would probably be damaged a bit more quickly.
Removing the filter is the easiest way. The container would fill with some amount of material until it became ‘full’ and then the vac would start blowing out whatever didn’t fit inside it.
Could you look at something like a leaf sucker or leaf blower with a suction funciton? It might not have the duty cycle you’d need for dust collection, but this would work better.
shop-teacher
> nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
02/16/2020 at 11:00 |
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A shop vac is really not capable of doing what you want it to do. For saw dust I recommend getting a cyclone collector. It will do a much better job of collecting the dust, without constant filter changes/ cleaning.
As for using a shop vac and t o basically “pump” blown in insulation outside , that’s definitely not gonna happen. That takes a much bigger unit, I had an insulation contractor with a truck mounted gas powered pump do that. I don’t know if you can rent units like that or not, but look into that if you don’t want to do the garbage bag parade.
XJDano
> nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
02/16/2020 at 11:32 |
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I think you want something more like a leaf blower / vacuum.
I have one like this and it works great for mulching leaves and making them more compact to put into bags and such.
If the image comes through, the “fan” on the leaf blower is made of a metal and made to not clog: chew and spit.
Shop vac motors on the other hand are designed to move only air, and catch the debris in the container and at the filter before getting to the fan or blades
That shot vac motor & fan seems it would clog the blades and be less efficient at what you want. It’s why it doesn’t move the stuff it vacuums.
Then there is dust collectors that also move air on a bigger scale. http://www.billpentz.com/woodworking/cyclone/equipment.cfm
This is my 2˘.
VincentMalamute-Kim
> shop-teacher
02/16/2020 at 12:16 |
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I seem to remember that you can rent the blower from the
place
you buy the
insulation
. Some places
anyway.
GLiddy
> nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul
02/16/2020 at 17:09 |
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These things are built to a price point. If you remove the filter, you’ll likely find that all the dust and garbage will collect in the motor. If its sacrificial, then fine, otherwise its like running your car engine without a filter. What I did when I was doing remodel work was to construct a water-catch prefilter. I took a 5 gallon pickle bucket from Firehouse Subs (food buckets have a O-ring gasket) and put a couple PVC connectors in the lid. It collected and trapped a bunch of dust in the water. Similar to this:
https://www.instructables.com/id/Drywall-Sanding-Dust-CollectorSeperator/