There is a homemade system that vacuums ( using a shop vac ) through a pail
of water. I've never tried it, but I would guess that the details can be
found in the 'spridgets' archives.
Here's one:
"
Dust from the cabinet gets drawn out via a shop vac and a bucket of water.
the dust hits the bucket with 1/3rd water, the vac creates a vacuum in
the bucket, dust hits the water in the bucket saving the shop vac.
Just a vac will last maybe a week if the fine dust went right to it.
The filter would last 5 minutes. Now the water catches the dust but you
do have to dump the mud out of the bucket every 20 hours of use or so.
--
Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
"
I think that there is a site somewhere with pictures.
RD
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark LaPierre
Peter, the small units are OK but a good vac system is essential for all
units for a good healthy blasting environment. When I purchased my small
blast unit I didn't see any vac systems for sale.
I bead blasted in my garage 2 years ago and I'm still trying to clean up the
air and timbers in my 3 year old
garage. I had hooked up what I thought was a good idea, a shop vac. Not
good enough.
Any time I use a fan now I get a continuous smell on my clothes. It has to
be in the frame work
cause I have washed the floor several times since.
My point is when buying a blaster look for a vac that is effective with
your blaster. Also remember that
big and powerful is not always the best. The vac that I was using kept
sucking the gloves off of their
platform, not a good deal.
FYI, Mark
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