"David Peters" wrote in message

I want to catch the brick & plaster dust when I drill a hole in
the wall at home.

I usually use my ordinary vaccuum cleaner (held by someone
else) to catch the dust as I drill. It works really well. And
it extracts and remaining debris in the drill hole which might
prevent a wall plug going in.

However the brick & plaster dust block up the vaccuum cleaner's
bag. Yes, it's one of the older vaccuum cleaners with a bag.

How can I fix up something which will trap the dust before it
gets to the bag?

I was thinking of somehow using some filter material: perhaps
a bit of densely woven fabric, or perhaps a square cut fro m an
old vaccuum cleaner bag. Any other ideas of what material to
use?

How would this best be secured? Do you think the best
arrangement is to simply trap a piece of this filter material
between the nozzle attachment and the vaccuum cleaner pipe?

Maybe there is something economical I can buy here in the UK to
attach to the vaccuum cleaner to do this job. This Drill Mate
product looks a bit elaborate for infrequent home use and I
can't think it would trap enough of the dust. Does anyone have
any experiences with it?
http://www.mustget1.com/pages/drillmate.html

Any other ideas onhow to trap the masonry dust?

Maybe it is possible to somehow wet the brick with water to
control the dust? Or something else? Use a handheld water
mister spray on the drill bit while drilling?


On 03 Mar 2006, Mr Fixit wrote:

I usually hold get the better half to hold a dustpan against the
wall catches most of the bits
or http://www.ronhazelton.com/tips/Pape...st_Catcher.htm


I find that the brick & plaster dust goes further and wider than
the dimensions of a bag. Maybe I a extra-sensitive to it because
I might drill above my living room carpet whereas your interesting
pictures show you using a workbench and workshop.