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

Thanks Doug.

Miguel

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Doug Chartier <doug@c...>
wrote:

> At 03:06 PM 8/21/2004, you 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 use a Sears Craftsman. The model that the motor comes off to

make a leaf

> blower. Works fine. Only problem is cutting oil. Have to change

the

> plastic hose out a couple of times a year, and the filter almost

as

> often. Other than that it works fine. Hose gets plugged

occasionally with

> large bundles of chips. Usually stainless or something equally as
> "unfriendly".
>
> Another problem. If chips are small steel - the kind one is

SUPPOSED to

> make instead of the large bundles - enough can be picked up in a

relatively

> short period of time so that the vacuum is difficult to lift

because of the

> weight.
>
> Doug C.
> Houston, Tex.