i have a small workshop and can't afford a good shop vac system. i get
tired of buying expensive shop vac bags - i sweep up the larger wood
matarial the old fashioned way. i was wondering if there is any harm in
using the shop vac without the bag and just dumping it as it fills.

Does you vac have a large filter, mine has no bag just a large paper
filter. Without either the dust will just blow back out

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i have a small workshop and can't afford a good shop vac system. i get
tired of buying expensive shop vac bags - i sweep up the larger wood
matarial the old fashioned way. i was wondering if there is any harm in
using the shop vac without the bag and just dumping it as it fills.


I've never used a bag. I did buy one of the paper filters for about $20 and
it catches the fine stuff the old filter would miss.

Depending on the type of shop and tools you have. look into a good dust
collector. If you get one, the 100 cfm is about the best for a small shop,
the portables are just not powerful enough, IMO.
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Ed
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i have a small workshop and can't afford a good shop vac system. i get
tired of buying expensive shop vac bags - i sweep up the larger wood
matarial the old fashioned way. i was wondering if there is any harm in
using the shop vac without the bag and just dumping it as it fills.


I feel like I am feeding a Troll but just in case you are for real.

The only bag you need on a shop vac is the filter bag to keep the fine
particles from being blown back into the air. This is attached with a band
and covers the motor. A better system uses a pleated filter.

Frankly I have never seen any other bag used on a shop vac. I infer from
your message that yours uses some kind of liner that collects the sweepings.

Or is it just that that little bag fills up so fast?


Colbyt

My Sears has a large horseshoe shaped bag. Holds a lot of stuff and well
worth using.


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wrote in message
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i have a small workshop and can't afford a good shop vac system. i get
tired of buying expensive shop vac bags - i sweep up the larger wood
matarial the old fashioned way. i was wondering if there is any harm in
using the shop vac without the bag and just dumping it as it fills.


I feel like I am feeding a Troll but just in case you are for real.

The only bag you need on a shop vac is the filter bag to keep the fine
particles from being blown back into the air. This is attached with a
band
and covers the motor. A better system uses a pleated filter.

Frankly I have never seen any other bag used on a shop vac. I infer from
your message that yours uses some kind of liner that collects the
sweepings.

Or is it just that that little bag fills up so fast?


Colbyt

ive used the drywall ones with great success.

randy

My Sears has a large horseshoe shaped bag. Holds a lot of stuff and well
worth using.


"Colbyt" wrote in message
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wrote in message
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i have a small workshop and can't afford a good shop vac system. i get
tired of buying expensive shop vac bags - i sweep up the larger wood
matarial the old fashioned way. i was wondering if there is any harm in
using the shop vac without the bag and just dumping it as it fills.


I feel like I am feeding a Troll but just in case you are for real.

The only bag you need on a shop vac is the filter bag to keep the fine
particles from being blown back into the air. This is attached with a
band
and covers the motor. A better system uses a pleated filter.

Frankly I have never seen any other bag used on a shop vac. I infer from
your message that yours uses some kind of liner that collects the
sweepings.

Or is it just that that little bag fills up so fast?


Colbyt

On 10 Mar 2005 15:00:38 -0800, wrote:

i have a small workshop and can't afford a good shop vac system. i get
tired of buying expensive shop vac bags - i sweep up the larger wood
matarial the old fashioned way. i was wondering if there is any harm in
using the shop vac without the bag and just dumping it as it fills.

If I understand correctly, you're talking about the bag that goes
inside the container, and not the filter that attaches to the bottom
of the motor. The filter has to be there, or you'll just blow the
dust back into the air. I don't use a bag at all, just the pleated
filter. It works fine without the bag. The filters can be cleaned
with a soft brush when they clog.


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