Re: Can anyone recommend a vacuum for the machine shop?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jon Elson <elson@p...> wrote:
> miguel_cubillas wrote:
>
> >Can anyone out there recommend a vacuum cleaner for the home
machine
> >shop? I'm mainly interested in being able to suck up metal chips
out
> >of hard to reach places on my lathe and milling machines. Is a 2-
> >stage model required for this type of application?
> >
> >
> I've used several shop vac machines over the years (wore them
out). They
> have all been single-stage vacuum motors. I use the crevice tool
that
> came with them a lot for small places like the table slots on the
mill.
> If you
> do it right, you can put your hand or a piece of material over the
slot
> and vacuum
> out the whole slot without moving the nozzle.
>
> It doesn't work so well on long, stringy lathe curls, as they wad
up and
> block
> the hose. Otherwise, though, it works great on all the sorts of
debris that
> machining creates.
>
> Jon