General > General Technical Chat
Vacuum tube/cylinder
PerranOak:
Cheers all.
I have two probs:
1. SWIMBO wants one that "looks nice".
2. I want one that can do the whole job fast and efficiently as I often get lumbered with it - lesser of various evils!
Benta:
--- Quote from: Whales on July 07, 2020, 10:00:03 am ---I have been using an ordinary cheapie $50 AUD bagged vacuum cleaner with my own separator made from a bucket, PVC fittings, plywood and copious specialised vacuum sealant hot glue:
https://halestrom.net/darksleep/blog/037_thienbaffle/
Visualise this as similar to a bagless vacuum cleaner but with a much larger (read: not useless/clogging) cyclonic separator.
I use it for both sawdust collection and general cleaning. It takes a long time to lose suction and the bag stays almost spotless unless you stuff up (eg rotate the baffle into the wrong position).
N.B. Since taking photos I have re-arranged the unit so the vacuum cleaner is now horizontal, this lets me pull it around by tugging on the hose (as you can do with most/all vaccuum cleaners). The extra height of the bucket on top doesn't cause any issues.
--- End quote ---
WAF: -1000
SeanB:
I have a few, mostly ones I got as either broken or tossed out. some needed cleaning to make them work, as people think a cyclone filter does not have a back up finer filter for the dust, and toss the unit out when it clogs. Have one for car interiors, cheap and nasty, but small, and a few upright Hoover (real Hoover, though unfortunately all plastic) and cylinder ones for home and garage.
I even had to give some away, as having 5 sitting in the store was too much, and they went to good new homes.
ebastler:
--- Quote from: Whales on July 07, 2020, 10:00:03 am ---
--- End quote ---
I am missing something there. Where does the dirt come in? This looks to me like a device that creates negative pressure in a mayonnaise bucket, which I'm sure has its uses...
0culus:
--- Quote from: james_s on June 20, 2020, 05:45:24 pm ---I have a Dyson cordless vacuum that works really well, normally they're crazy expensive but I bought a refurbished one for about half the normal retail price and it has worked well. It's not as good as a proper mains powered vacuum but it's very convenient for cleaning up small spills, vacuuming the stairs and general "maintenance" cleaning between vacuuming the whole house with the big upright one.
--- End quote ---
I have one of the newer ones that I got with a coupon at costco. It's not the top end, but rather the one just below the most expensive model. It's awesome. I rarely need to get the real vacuum out (but my house is 98% tile and wood floors with only a little carpet). If you have mostly carpet it won't replace a proper mains powered vacuum.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[*] Previous page
Go to full version