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Shop vacuums which one do YOU like???
I'm looking for a vacuum for the shop, I'm looking at a Milwaukee 8912
about $700 and the Hitachi Uh I forget model # for about $300 from Amazon, any good ideas?? Any opinions on these 2??? |
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Shop vacuums which one do YOU like???
"Ernie Leimkuhler" wrote in message ... In article , Larry Capelis wrote: I'm looking for a vacuum for the shop, I'm looking at a Milwaukee 8912 about $700 and the Hitachi Uh I forget model # for about $300 from Amazon, any good ideas?? Any opinions on these 2??? You want a really nice vac get a Tornado Vac. No idea what they cost new. I got mine at Boeing Surplus. They are made in Ohio. Where a Shopvac brand vac has a 3 inch diameter stamped sheet metal impeller, mine has a 10 inch diameter cast aluminum impeller. Very powerful. Many years ago (10-12?) I bought the largest biggest "commercial grade" shop vac Craftsman made at the time and have never looked back. But I'm sure I would probably take Ernies Tornado if I had a chance. :^) Lane |
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Shop vacuums which one do YOU like???
We sell the Fein Turbo series of vacs at work. They are very powerful, very
quiet (you can actually talk to someone when you're both standing right beside the machine). Not the cheapest machines, but if you have the opertunity to mess around with them, you may like what you see. Look for the orange tank with a black motor on the top. Fein vakua seien gemacht in Deutschland. Guten abend, Robin "Larry Capelis" L nowayspam wrote in message ... I'm looking for a vacuum for the shop, I'm looking at a Milwaukee 8912 about $700 and the Hitachi Uh I forget model # for about $300 from Amazon, any good ideas?? Any opinions on these 2??? |
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Shop vacuums which one do YOU like???
I have a Porter Cable shop vac that I like a lot. Quiet, powerful, activated
by power tool plugged into it (i.e. turn the sander on, vac comes on; Turn the sander off, vac shuts off), good filter system. A lot nicer than my old Black & Decker industrial model, but I can't offer a comparison with the Milwaukee or Hitachi. I think Fine Woodworking did a shop vac comparison fairly recently. Mill I'm looking for a vacuum for the shop, I'm looking at a Milwaukee 8912 about $700 and the Hitachi Uh I forget model # for about $300 from Amazon, any good ideas?? Any opinions on these 2??? |
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Shop vacuums which one do YOU like???
Subject: Shop vacuums which one do YOU like???
From: "Larry Capelis" Lnowayspam Date: 8/27/2003 7:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time Message-id: I'm looking for a vacuum for the shop, I'm looking at a Milwaukee 8912 about $700 and the Hitachi Uh I forget model # for about $300 from Amazon, any good ideas?? Any opinions on these 2??? We love our Hitachi....it does wet or dry and has stainless container that doesn't rust....plus this one sucks, and for a vacuum that's what you want....had it for two years now and use it most everyday for cleaning up machine shop chips, and wood shop sawdust, even soil when setting concrete forms. Regards...Walt |
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Shop vacuums which one do YOU like???
I bought a WAP turbo 1000 used from Hertz rental in Bothell, WA for about $400.
It was a bit knackered, but still a good deal on a $1000 vac. It is a dream to use. This one has a 17 gallon stainless cannister. It will suck anything I've tried to suck up. Mostly swarf, sawdust, drywall dust, etc. Best of all, you can hold a conversation while it's running. The Alto SQ10 is made by the same company. It is also a great vac. I was going to buy one, but they had this used 1000 for slightly cheaper, so I bought it. Now I only need to figure out how to get the damn thing up on my roof to suck up the pulverized mortar from a chimney demo... JLD |
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Shop vacuums I think I'm gonna buy the FEIN thanks all
Thanks to all. I think I've settled on the FEIN, for cost (around $300) as
well as size (small), switched outlet (8amp), decibel reasons (57), plus cfm120/water columnyou have all been VERY informative. Now if I could get you all to work the phones for the PHONE companies!!!! "Hion solar" wrote in message ... Subject: Shop vacuums which one do YOU like??? From: "Larry Capelis" Lnowayspam Date: 8/27/2003 7:08 PM Pacific Daylight Time Message-id: I'm looking for a vacuum for the shop, I'm looking at a Milwaukee 8912 about $700 and the Hitachi Uh I forget model # for about $300 from Amazon, any good ideas?? Any opinions on these 2??? We love our Hitachi....it does wet or dry and has stainless container that doesn't rust....plus this one sucks, and for a vacuum that's what you want....had it for two years now and use it most everyday for cleaning up machine shop chips, and wood shop sawdust, even soil when setting concrete forms. Regards...Walt |
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Shop vacuums which one do YOU like???
I've got a Fein and like it a lot more than the Sears shop-vac that it
replaced. It's quiet and powerfull enough for me and the hose and power cord are both long which allows the working end to reach just about any of the machines in my shop from one location. "Robin S." wrote in message .. . We sell the Fein Turbo series of vacs at work. They are very powerful, very quiet (you can actually talk to someone when you're both standing right beside the machine). Not the cheapest machines, but if you have the opertunity to mess around with them, you may like what you see. Look for the orange tank with a black motor on the top. Fein vakua seien gemacht in Deutschland. Guten abend, Robin "Larry Capelis" L nowayspam wrote in message ... I'm looking for a vacuum for the shop, I'm looking at a Milwaukee 8912 about $700 and the Hitachi Uh I forget model # for about $300 from Amazon, any good ideas?? Any opinions on these 2??? |
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Shop vacuums which one do YOU like???
Gottum at work, and you can get parts to repair them. We use them in
process applications where they run 24 hr per day. lg no neat sig line "Mike Henry" wrote in message ... I've got a Fein and like it a lot more than the Sears shop-vac that it replaced. It's quiet and powerfull enough for me and the hose and power cord are both long which allows the working end to reach just about any of the machines in my shop from one location. "Robin S." wrote in message .. . We sell the Fein Turbo series of vacs at work. They are very powerful, very quiet (you can actually talk to someone when you're both standing right beside the machine). Not the cheapest machines, but if you have the opertunity to mess around with them, you may like what you see. Look for the orange tank with a black motor on the top. Fein vakua seien gemacht in Deutschland. Guten abend, Robin "Larry Capelis" L nowayspam wrote in message ... I'm looking for a vacuum for the shop, I'm looking at a Milwaukee 8912 about $700 and the Hitachi Uh I forget model # for about $300 from Amazon, any good ideas?? Any opinions on these 2??? |
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Shop vacuums which one do YOU like???
In article , steamer says...
--IMO the best shop vac is the one that lives *outside* the shop, with ducting in the ceiling, as in woodshops. No noise, no hassle. That, and a broom and a good dustpan is all you really need. Make sure you locate it on the downwind side of the shop and you can use it for fume extraction, too. Taco Bell anyone? Jim ================================================== please reply to: JRR(zero) at yktvmv (dot) vnet (dot) ibm (dot) com ================================================== |
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