Shop Vac Air CLeaner

[ibreakemineedtobuildem]

I just have a shop vac for dust collection.I move it from tool to tool as needed.

What I noticed was there is very fine dust on the floor that I think is coming out of my vac.Was wondering if any one tried those shop vac air cleaners to get rid of the super fine dust?Or is there a better filter for my shop vac?

Edited September 3, 2004 by ibreakemineedtobuildem

[Lex Luthier]

The big red cylinder? I have it. I used it when doing the final fine sanding of the bare wood of the body and neck of my last instrument, it does work, kept the dust away, though I had it sitting right next to me on my work bench while working.

[Gorecki]

The question I have is are you using the fiber filter they usually supply (light blue filter) or just the regular filter (grayish) which is intended for water. The blue filter will filter down to a finer micron of dust but still sometimes dust is finer then even that filter.

[Lex Luthier]

What I noticed was there is very fine dust on the floor that I think is coming out of my vac.

You're right Gorecki, I didn't catch that. With my two shop vacs, I don't use the bags with them because I hate sucking up something and having to go look for it. I just have the foam and the blue micron filter. I find when there is too much sawdust built up on the filter, it begins to eject dust through the outtake, especially when I knock it - it's really annoying. You should open up your vac and clean out, or replace, the filter mediums it uses. I actually go out to my backyard and pull the filters out and use the vac to clean them, and all the sucked out dust just goes outside, so it's fine.