Is the shop vac REALLY necessary? - Page 2 - Woodworking Talk

Davet · 01-10-2009, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Fox E

In response to the shop vac filter clogging up. I use my brides old panty hose around the filter. Easy clean, much better then that foam collar. Air 'em out 1st!!

And just downright sexy, especially if you use a black and red garter to hold it on!

soniferry · 02-28-2009, 03:11 AM

That is an excellent product and does all it's asked to do. Lives up to the ShopVac name

johnnie52 · 03-01-2009, 03:24 PM

As long as we're on this subject, can anyone direct me to a link on how to lay out the PVC plumbing for two machines that sit side by side? For right now I have to use my 16 gal, 3.5 hp craftsman wet/dry vac. Or can I just run one pipe with a "T" fitting?

johnnie52 · 03-01-2009, 03:31 PM

~ OR ~ I could continue to use my current system....

rrbrown · 03-02-2009, 03:58 AM

1st off a tee will work but a y will work better. You will also need blast gates so that only one machine at a time is on because if not it will not work.

Here is a link from another thread
http://www.woodworkingtalk.com/attac...-aug28-005.jpg

johnnie52 · 03-02-2009, 05:20 PM

Thanks Richard.

Itchy Brother · 03-04-2009, 06:10 PM

I just put pantyhose over my head,seems to work pretty good except for bumping into walls and such! Seriously tho you cant ever repair your lungs after the damage is done.I've probably breathed more chemical and dust than any of ya so I now cough continually.I worked aircraft repair breathed almost everyday the likes of Methel ethel keytone,acetone,naptha,freon,trichlorethylene and dust such as fiberglass,asbestos,carbon, plus smoked for 40 years.Really I dont know why I'm still kickin!I once got pulled out of an aircraft fuel tank, overcome by acetone,by my feet.My friend got pulled out several months later but didnt make it.That is when osha stepped in and made us wear masks with breathing air supplied to it.I know I get long winded but take care of your lungs because you may have a tendancy to get CANCER.

Davet · 03-05-2009, 04:21 AM

Amazing ain't!

For years many Industries washed parts in buckets of trichloroethylene, that stuff was the best cleaner for grease ever made, The stuff would let you know where every cut in your hands and arms was for sure.

Cleaned / strained dirty mercury through rags by hand to make it usable again.

Wire brushed asbestos gasketing off of parts, there would be clouds of white asbestos dust floating in the air for hours.

Times sure have changed, back then none of us knew that
stuff was that nasty.

rrbrown · 03-06-2009, 02:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Itchy Brother

I just put pantyhose over my head,seems to work pretty good except for bumping into walls and such! Seriously tho you cant ever repair your lungs after the damage is done.I've probably breathed more chemical and dust than any of ya so I now cough continually.I worked aircraft repair breathed almost everyday the likes of Methel ethel keytone,acetone,naptha,freon,trichlorethylene and dust such as fiberglass,asbestos,carbon, plus smoked for 40 years.Really I dont know why I'm still kickin!I once got pulled out of an aircraft fuel tank, overcome by acetone,by my feet.My friend got pulled out several months later but didnt make it.That is when osha stepped in and made us wear masks with breathing air supplied to it.I know I get long winded but take care of your lungs because you may have a tendancy to get CANCER.

Hey Itchy you should take those off before entering any banks, especially in this economy.

glassyeyes · 04-08-2009, 01:00 PM

I worked for the Social Security disability program for 26 years, and my dad was a judge for the "Black Lung" (pneumoconiosis, or (Coal Miner's Disease") program for years. If you'd read a few dozen of these cases, read the descriptions of people unable to walk up a half flight of stairs without being winded, or of those who have to sleep using 3 pillows -- or can only sleep in a recliner -- you'd take filtration more seriously. It's an old saw that our generation did all sorts of dangerous things and weren't harmed by them. Why do you think men die 6 or 7 years sooner than women?

And put on some safety glasses, too.