Comments on: Reader Find: Clear Vue Cyclones http://toolmonger.com/2006/11/22/reader-find-clear-vue-cyclones/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:25:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Irving Washington http://toolmonger.com/2006/11/22/reader-find-clear-vue-cyclones/#comment-4730 Irving Washington Sat, 25 Nov 2006 03:05:48 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/11/22/reader-find-clear-vue-cyclones/#comment-4730 Sweet! I didn't know that my comment would get a whole post dedicated to my new favorite clean up tool. I looked at some of the can lid systems that some mentioned in the comments, but I was not convinced that they'd seperate the ultra fine mortar dust that my remodeling is generating. I am convinced that the CV-06 *does* seperate out the fine dust extremely well. I just finished stripping a 34' L x 10.5' T wall in my house that was covered with 3/4"+ of mortar. Needless to say this activity generated a massive amount of cleanup and starting with a new RIDGID level 2 filter (one below their HEPA filter) in my vac, I vacuumed up about three 5 gal buckets of mortar with zero loss of power. Opening the vacuum, the filter was covered a fine layer of dust, but being that I'd been vacuuming for over an hour, it was nothing compared to how quickly the vac would have packed it in without the CV-06. Expensive but my time is worth it. Sweet! I didn’t know that my comment would get a whole post dedicated to my new favorite clean up tool. I looked at some of the can lid systems that some mentioned in the comments, but I was not convinced that they’d seperate the ultra fine mortar dust that my remodeling is generating. I am convinced that the CV-06 *does* seperate out the fine dust extremely well. I just finished stripping a 34′ L x 10.5′ T wall in my house that was covered with 3/4″+ of mortar. Needless to say this activity generated a massive amount of cleanup and starting with a new RIDGID level 2 filter (one below their HEPA filter) in my vac, I vacuumed up about three 5 gal buckets of mortar with zero loss of power. Opening the vacuum, the filter was covered a fine layer of dust, but being that I’d been vacuuming for over an hour, it was nothing compared to how quickly the vac would have packed it in without the CV-06. Expensive but my time is worth it.

]]> By: Myself http://toolmonger.com/2006/11/22/reader-find-clear-vue-cyclones/#comment-4628 Myself Fri, 24 Nov 2006 06:28:10 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/11/22/reader-find-clear-vue-cyclones/#comment-4628 $37.50!!! Bolt some PVC flanges to a regular trashcan lid, people! Seriously, watch out for the fine dust here: The first-stage bucket will get most of the big stuff, so when you open the shop vac itself, you'll find its bin nearly empty, but this belies the amount of fine stuff the filter's clogging itself up with. Even if the shop vac doesn't look like it's catching much, be sure to bang the dust out of the filter regularly! Also, if you're planning to use a setup like this on a large (30-gal plus) can, consider metal instead of plastic. The Rubbermaid ones like to collapse under vacuum if there's any sort of asymmetric force on them. $37.50!!! Bolt some PVC flanges to a regular trashcan lid, people!

Seriously, watch out for the fine dust here: The first-stage bucket will get most of the big stuff, so when you open the shop vac itself, you’ll find its bin nearly empty, but this belies the amount of fine stuff the filter’s clogging itself up with. Even if the shop vac doesn’t look like it’s catching much, be sure to bang the dust out of the filter regularly!

Also, if you’re planning to use a setup like this on a large (30-gal plus) can, consider metal instead of plastic. The Rubbermaid ones like to collapse under vacuum if there’s any sort of asymmetric force on them.

]]> By: RobinB http://toolmonger.com/2006/11/22/reader-find-clear-vue-cyclones/#comment-4448 RobinB Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:36:23 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2006/11/22/reader-find-clear-vue-cyclones/#comment-4448 $165!!! How about this one - http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=30282&cat=1,42401&ap=1 $165!!! How about this one - http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=30282&cat=1,42401&ap=1

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