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Workshop Vacuum Advice

Vic Perrin

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I have recently brought the Dust Deputy Cyclone and looking for advice on the best shop vacuum to team it up with.

:thinks::thinks::thinks:
 

Phil Dart

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I've been very happy with my twin motor Camvac Vic. I can only speak from experience, but I did do quite a bit of research when I first bought it, and I'd buy the same again if it ever needed to be replaced. which because it's a Camvac, I'm assuming is a long way off yet.
 

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Mine is linked up to a camvac Vic but I am reluctant to recommend it as loads of people think it to noisy I can live with it and it could suck a golf ball down a hose pipe
 

Jim

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Camvac's are noisy, or at least when i had one it was, but they are a super machine .. :thumbs:
 

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It is ideal if the vac is placed in another area regardless of the cleaner used but shop vacs over here are cheap as now an advantage is to have that in between chip collector. I learned that a whole of house vacuum was a waste of money died in the orifice and dammed dificult to empty.

Peter.:fingers::fingers:
 

Bill Mooney

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A 21/2" hose on the exhausts of a camvac can reduce the noise quite a bit. The camvac isn't as noisey as the Axi neumatic I used to have.
 

Doug

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Just had a look on the Rutlands site & saw the new dust deputy, as it has a 63mm tapered outlet it would be good to get a vacuum with at least a 2" inlet. Just because the hose on a vacuum isn't 2" doesn't mean the inlet on the vacuum won't be 2", my set up is here http://www.penturners.co.uk/off-topic-forum/6659-ta-billy.html I used 2" waste pipe between the Dust Deputy & the Vacuum

I'd also want the finest filtration I could get, 1 micron would be good but 0.5 would be better.
If you are going to be using it attached to power tools as I do then a vacuum with a power take off is a real boon.
All vacs are noisy, if you want a brand name then by all means go for one but any powerful, low filtering machine will do, you don't even need a large waste capacity because the deputy is collecting that, ideally you want the smallest vac that suits your needs.

Google is good as you can bring up lots of options & compare the noise levels & other specifications, I only know because I just googled "power take off vacuums" & there's a lot more brands than I'd imagined
 

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Vic, have a look at Bill Pentz web site, Dust Collection Research - Home

It's the most comprehensive place for dust control for small workshop anywhere on the web.

Bill is over the pond, but the same rules apply no matter what country it's from.

The most important thing to remember is if you are putting in ducting to feed all machines or are you just providing it for one machine. The airflow for the ducting needs to be right to prevent dust build up and the risk of fire.

The Vacuume units are good but limit you to airflow, the cyclone efficiency will be effected with how much airflow you put through it as well.

The wood chip units are also good but they don't protect you from the PM 10 and below. That's why they say it's no good to collect dust. So you need to change the collection method to protect you by fitting a cartridge filter or install a 100mm cyclone unit.

Prob not much help to your original question, but it's all down to your finances and what system you want to install.
 


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