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

on 2004-08-22 00:54:13 UTC
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.

Discussion Thread

miguel_cubillas 2004-08-21 13:06:39 UTC Can anyone recommend a vacuum for the machine shop? Tom Hubin 2004-08-21 13:54:41 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Can anyone recommend a vacuum for the machine shop? miguel_cubillas 2004-08-21 14:59:50 UTC Re: Can anyone recommend a vacuum for the machine shop? Jon Elson 2004-08-21 21:46:59 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Can anyone recommend a vacuum for the machine shop? miguel_cubillas 2004-08-21 23:04:23 UTC Re: Can anyone recommend a vacuum for the machine shop? Doug Chartier 2004-08-22 00:06:48 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Can anyone recommend a vacuum for the machine shop? miguel_cubillas 2004-08-22 00:54:13 UTC Re: Can anyone recommend a vacuum for the machine shop? josef wagner 2004-08-22 01:10:09 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Can anyone recommend a vacuum for the machine shop? miguel_cubillas 2004-08-22 01:54:39 UTC Re: Can anyone recommend a vacuum for the machine shop? JanRwl@A... 2004-08-28 19:34:10 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Can anyone recommend a vacuum for the machine shop? Stephan Kotze 2004-08-29 23:41:14 UTC Re: Can anyone recommend a vacuum for the machine shop? miguel_cubillas 2004-08-30 12:58:45 UTC Re: Can anyone recommend a vacuum for the machine shop?