On 13 Dec 2006 20:57:20 -0800, wrote:

Can you recommend a good shop vac for an at-home puttering type not a
pro............price a consideration too!

This is slightly off-topic but I have been considering using a shop
vac - not the portable one but a "chip vac" or central unit, I guess
it would be, for my house.

It would, I think, be cheaper and much more powerful than the "name"
household vacuums.

I suppose it would be noisier than the domestic setup - but if
anchored in solid concrete and enclosed in a sound -deadening
arrangement, this would be largely overcome.

The other thing is I don't understand why I should bother with
filters. What if I simply piped the outlet outside to my compost
pile? That should give it better performance - less back-pressure.

Anyone done something like this?