A dust collection query.

[hockey1]

Hello everybody,
I'm a new guy here to this site. Let m start off by saying that this is a great site. It is finally nice to go to a forum site and not feel as though people have giant egos.

Now on to the question at hand.

I have been thinking on this dust collection (more like managing) problem that I have and a resolution to this problem. This has all happened to us and maybe this can resolve the problem. I'm looking for others input to this. Like many others I pefer to hook up my shop vac when I'm using my power sanders and just when I get to the meat and potatos of the work the filter clogs up with the fine dust.

What I am proposing is the use of a bucket utilizing sealed lid with water in the bottom of it where the hose from the tool goes down into the water meanwhile the vacuum hose goes into the top of the bucket finishing the circle of suction. Pretty much making this just like a huge water bong. If a bong can filter out particles in smoke, I think to myself "I can use this concept" and use it in my workshop.

Has anyone ever tried this? If so, does it work? I would rather not waste my time or money on a project like this especially if anyone else has tried and failed. Also just to clear things up I do not use nor condone the use of bongs for any puroposes. Then again if it works in dust collection I might change my mind.

[Rob]

Originally Posted by Travis Porter

I have a water vac for the house. It is a rainbow brand. We fell for one of the sales gimmicks and paid an exorbitant amount of money for it. It does vacuum very well and it doesn't lose suction, but the pan gets totally filthy and is a royal pain to clean out. You have to dump and rinse, dump and rinse, over and over again to get all the gook out. In the house, hair is really bad in it. We still have it (paid waaaayyy too much money for it to ever recover) and use it occassionally.

I had one of these, I hated it, wife loved it. It's gone now, never to return. Over priced POS.

[CarvedTones]

Welcome to the board!

I am making something based on this:

http://www.cgallery.com/jpthien/cy.htm

Short of a full cyclone (literally, as a small/medium can fits under a tall workbench), that seems to be the most successful unit.

I actually hope to get that done this weekend. I just put a portable A/C in and I don't want to destroy it. I have been wearing a mask and I do have an air cleaner, BTW. There is a lot more at risk than equipment if you don't get the dust under control.