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I took apart my highschool’s shop vac to see the dirtiest filter I have ever seen. Going to order a brand new one and I took the whole thing apart and cleaned it all just waiting for the filter .
Wow! couldn’t have been much suction there at all.
Hahahaha what? It looks fine!
ChrisK wrote:
13 minutes ago, ChrisK said:Hahahaha what? It looks fine!
Lol ??
tugnut1 wrote:
32 minutes ago, tugnut1 said:Wow! couldn’t have been much suction there at all.
Yeah there wasn’t any at all really
that is typical for a shop vac without a bag or dust deputy, buying filters is a waist of money as far as I’m concerned
Just tap it on the ground and you will be ready to go.
rfwjr wrote:
3 minutes ago, rfwjr said:Just tap it on the ground and you will be ready to go.
lol nah its done for its the one that came on the vac 10 years or so ago :0
comp56 wrote:
15 minutes ago, comp56 said:that is typical for a shop vac without a bag or dust deputy, buying filters is a waist of money as far as I’m concerned
what do use then ?
CATERPILLAR wrote:
1 minute ago, CATERPILLAR said:lol nah its done for its the one that came on the vac 10 years or so ago :0
LOL I am glad you got the humor in my post. I was afraid people might think I was serious.
rfwjr wrote:
4 minutes ago, rfwjr said:LOL I am glad you got the humor in my post. I was afraid people might think I was serious.
lol nah your all good 🙂
I forgot what I was going to say. CATERPILLAR’S avatar is very distracting.
CATERPILLAR wrote:
11 minutes ago, CATERPILLAR said:what do use then ?
you put bags in the shop vac saves the filter they are cheaper
comp56 wrote:
2 minutes ago, comp56 said:you put bags in the shop vac saves the filter they are cheaper
nice but a filter is 10 bucks new better then the one it came with and with free shipping .
CATERPILLAR wrote:
3 minutes ago, CATERPILLAR said:nice but a filter is 10 bucks new better then the one it came with and with free shipping .
your right but it last 10 minutes as soon as you start sucking up fine saw dust it gums up
comp56 wrote:
1 hour ago, comp56 said:
how good are they i have an 15 year or more ol shop vac and it always getting clocked up with dog hair and shit
tpamatmat wrote:
1 hour ago, tpamatmat said:I forgot what I was going to say. CATERPILLAR’S avatar is very distracting.
lol :rolleyes:
CATERPILLAR wrote:
13 minutes ago, CATERPILLAR said:how good are they i have an 15 year or more ol shop vac and it always getting clocked up with dog hair and shit
with the bag nothing gets to the filter, you empty the bag and go again filter stays relatively clean always
comp56 wrote:
2 hours ago, comp56 said:with the bag nothing gets to the filter, you empty the bag and go again filter stays relatively clean always
On a more serious note. Never knew they had reusable filter bags? I picked up a Gore CleanStream filter at HomeDepot and love the thing. A little pricey, but two years later it still cleans up just like new.
I’ll have to try one of these reusable bags with it, thanks for the tip.
Thats probably the original filter
in my shop class one time there was this one kid vacuuming out the cabinet table saw and he didn’t realize the vac was full and all the saw dust was shooting out the back just as fast as it was sucking it up after he was done there was a good 1/2 inch of dust spread 10 feet back and 3 feet wide looked like it just snowed
comp56 wrote:
8 hours ago, comp56 said:your right but it last 10 minutes as soon as you start sucking up fine saw dust it gums up
Cement or drywall dust too!
I use the M18 vacuum whenever possible in houses, and that has a washable filter that doesn’t collapse like a shop vac filter…. it doesn’t take much to dry it out, either.
CATERPILLAR wrote:
10 hours ago, CATERPILLAR said:Yeah there wasn’t any at all really
If there was any, it was all bypassing the filter!! Like the seal was sucked right in…
KnarlyCarl wrote:
6 minutes ago, KnarlyCarl said:
If there was any, it was all bypassing the filter!! Like the seal was sucked right in…
No I meant with the filter like that
CATERPILLAR wrote:
1 minute ago, CATERPILLAR said:No I meant with the filter like that
Oh wow, it looks like the top of the filter seal was sucked in….the poor motor
KnarlyCarl wrote:
1 minute ago, KnarlyCarl said:Oh wow, it looks like the top of the filter seal was sucked in….the poor motor
Lol yea it sounded like shit when the vac was turned on
Makes the Vacuum look good in that it didn’t blow up with a filter that clogged up.
comp56 wrote:
On 1/19/2017 at 9:39 AM, comp56 said:that is typical for a shop vac without a bag or dust deputy, buying filters is a waist of money as far as I’m concerned
self cleaning vac with dust deputy should work. Might not ever have filter clogs haha.