On Jun 18, 8:30 pm, "aemeijers" wrote:
Thanks, all! It'll have to wait for this weekend before I can take the thing
outside and feildstrip it enough to blow the dust out with leaf blower from
upwind side, measure the guts, and go to the store and see if any of the
cloth bag or paper disc filters will fit. Lowes web site looked promising.
None of the industrial supply houses around here are open after my normal
working hours. I'm pretty sure none of the cartridge filters that look like
truck air filters will fit- mine has no fittings for that locking disk or
ring the pictures show.

The one I have is OLD. 600C model number is not even listed on their web
page. Metal can, not plastic, looks about 6? gallons. Intake and outgo holes
in top, not in side. 1.5 hp. From the styling, early 80s at the newest.
Yeah, I probably need a new one, but as long as this one still sucks, and I
can rig some sort of dust filter up, well... It works great on normal dirt,
it is just the fine stuff like rust/drywall/concrete powder that put it in
smoke generator mode.

And as to the carpet- hiring someone is looking better and better.

aem sends....

I have some really old mini shop vac (actiually Genie Jet Vacs) they
sell filters with "bottoms" rather than the sealing disc.

The ones wil the sealing discs have too large ID to fit my vacs

check out this filter....they give the ID as 5 3/4"

if your filter receiver is about that size (or slightly smaller) a
friction fit will work great.

http://www.cleanstream.com/store/3313209067.html

as long as you can get good filters for your shop vac why get a new
one?

cheers
Bob