I am looking for a source for a cloth filter cover, to use as a prefilter, over
the pleated paper filter in my 16 gal Craftsman shop vac. It's not a Sears
part. It was on the Craftsman vacuun when I bought it used, to replace the same
model, I had been using for over 25 years! I can't say enough about this model
vac. The old one still sucked, but all the screws holding it together were
rusted out, and stripped.
I can't locate a source for these. Does anyone know what type fabric should be
used to make a bag?
FYI: I use a 5 gal. Shopvac brand vacuum, for chip collection, on my
Powermatic, portable thickness planer, RAS, and jointer, as well as around the
shop and house, and truck.
Thanks for any help, Cliff

I buy shopvac bags, big ones, cut in half, and slip them over the
cartridge filter. I tuck them in hold it in-place or use a rubber
band.

It helps. The whole cartridge thing is an interesting. Works great
while it's clean, works better when when it's a bit used, starts to
not work as it gets more dirty. And with a shopvac, a small one, it'
gets dirty almost immediately. I run one in my garage -- pick up
dirt, cat hair, etc, and it's plugging up after a few mins.

Cyclone shop vac anyone???

On 04 Feb 2005 15:29:32 GMT, ospam (Over40pirate)
wrote:

I am looking for a source for a cloth filter cover, to use as a prefilter, over
the pleated paper filter in my 16 gal Craftsman shop vac. It's not a Sears
part. It was on the Craftsman vacuun when I bought it used, to replace the same
model, I had been using for over 25 years! I can't say enough about this model
vac. The old one still sucked, but all the screws holding it together were
rusted out, and stripped.
I can't locate a source for these. Does anyone know what type fabric should be
used to make a bag?
FYI: I use a 5 gal. Shopvac brand vacuum, for chip collection, on my
Powermatic, portable thickness planer, RAS, and jointer, as well as around the
shop and house, and truck.
Thanks for any help, Cliff

wrote:

dirt, cat hair, etc, and it's plugging up after a few mins.

Cyclone shop vac anyone???

I don't know if it would help all that much. You'd still have to have some
kind of pleated paper to get the fine stuff, as I think most of the HEPA
cyclone home vacs do. I have a trash can cyclone on my shop vac, and it
helps me have to dump it less often, but it doesn't do anything about the
rapid clogging with fine, smoke-like dust. I got a brand new filter from
new to completely useless in about 47 seconds vacuuming my shop.

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