DerbyDad03 writes:
On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 12:41:11 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
On 8/28/2018 11:05 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 11:42:02 AM UTC-4, Leon wrote:


You can't see it in the picture, but the back of my miter saw cabinet has
a ~2" x ~24" opening in the back. IOW the back panel is 2" shorter than
the cabinet height for both exhaust and less heat build up. I can feel the
exhaust when the vac is on. No "pressurization" issues that I am aware of.

Understood, but a DC is going to have much more volume than a shop vac.
Just something to consider, if you put the DC in there and it does not
perform as well as when out in the open. The less restriction, the
better it is going to perform. AND these bag type DC's want to blow out
from all of the bag surface area. If you cover any of that up you are
cutting down on the efficiency. The bag laying in the open on the floor
would not be as efficient as when the bag is hanging under the blower on
a wall.


Keep us posted!

Question: How do these things work when it comes to larger-than-dust objects?

Quite well.


Can it pick up nuts, bolts, small cut-offs like a shop vac can?

Yes.

The current
set-up, with the cyclone device, keeps all debris out of the vac itself. Would
I need to use that for larger-than-dust items? The debris doesn't go though the
impeller does it?

Question: What's the difference between the portable device we're discussing
and the full size ones with 2 bags, top and bottom? What's that upper bag for?

more filter surface area, particularly as the bottom bag fills.