On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 22:06:18 GMT, Phisherman wrote:

On 13 Mar 2005 08:17:15 -0800, "
wrote:

I'm going to try having a stationary vac in the shop with a long hose,
Craftsman makes a couple of models along those lines. The only ones
they make are 5-gallon models, which means they'd have to be emptied
pretty often. Before I go to the trouble of putting the vac head on
a piece of plywood over a 40-gallon garbage can, I'd like to know if
anybody has tried this. Probably wouldn't have enough pressure, right?
If all I can get out of the group is, "gee, it might work," I'll try
it. If someone tells me it won't work, I'll take their word for it.

There is a few things wrong here. First, a long hose, especially if
it is corrugated, will have a lot of turbulance and pressure (suction)
loss. Second, a shop vac does not move the volume of like
conventional dust collectors. However, your idea might work for some
tools. You need to think about purchasing a 2 or 3 HP DC, perhaps one
on wheels so you can hook it up to one machine at a time. A 5 HP DC
can service a good sized shop with piping & blast gates to several
machines.


he never said he was going to use it as a DC.