Recycling Shop Vac bags???
Before reinventing the wheel, has anyone tried recycling Shop Vac bags.
I use it in the workshop to clean up the area after turning, but it seems an awful waste because we all know how many chips are generated - The bags fill quickly and are tossed out. The dust collector gets some of the wood chips and dust. but the ol' Shop Vac is great for the general clean-up. I had an idea yesterday about cutting a slit along the bottom and using tape to reseal it after the bag was emptied. Maybe a slit down the side would be better. Either way the plan is to use that sticky silver colour duct tape or Tyvek to re-seal the slit. Any thoughts?? Keith P |
Recycling Shop Vac bags???
Hi Keith,
I do the same as you but slit along the top not the bottom. Works for me, I have been using the same bag for months now. Tpm |
Recycling Shop Vac bags???
Thanks...I haven't done anything with it yet...It was just an idea.
What do /you/ use to seal the slit??? Another good thing is this is the fact I can find some of the things that weren't supposed to be sucked in - (outside of course) :O) Keith |
Recycling Shop Vac bags???
On Wed, 7 Dec 2011 7:39:55 -0600, Keith wrote
(in message ): Before reinventing the wheel, has anyone tried recycling Shop Vac bags. I use it in the workshop to clean up the area after turning, but it seems an awful waste because we all know how many chips are generated - The bags fill quickly and are tossed out. The dust collector gets some of the wood chips and dust. but the ol' Shop Vac is great for the general clean-up. I had an idea yesterday about cutting a slit along the bottom and using tape to reseal it after the bag was emptied. Maybe a slit down the side would be better. Either way the plan is to use that sticky silver colour duct tape or Tyvek to re-seal the slit. Any thoughts?? Keith P well, my shop vac is actually a Jet dust collector with an enormous filter on top of it, and then a plastic bag underneath to collect whatever is picked up. The hose is about 4" diameter and I use it the same as any shop vac hose. Works great, is very quiet, and yes, I recycle the bag. The machine came with about a half-dozen bags of about 20 gallon size. The bag is exposed and held in place with an expanding spring clamp. I simply release the clamp and dump the bag into my trash barrel and then replace that bag. It has a couple of cuts or tears in it that I have simply repaired with duct tape. Works great! tom koehler -- I will find a way or make one. |
Recycling Shop Vac bags???
Keith I use ordinary masking tape. The kind painters and decorators use
I slit the top of the bag, emty it and fold the top half inch over, then use the tape to seal it Tom |
Recycling Shop Vac bags???
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Keith wrote: Before reinventing the wheel, has anyone tried recycling Shop Vac bags. Bags? My shop vac (crapsman noisemaker which incidentally makes a bit of suction with all the racket) does not have bags. Never did. It has a canister you dump, and a pleated filter you clean. I upgraded the filter to a cleanstream a while back, haven't bought a new filter since. -- Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by Please don't feed the trolls. Killfile and ignore them so they will go away. |
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