geoffbeaumont Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I use the cloth bags in the George. Never had any problems, even though a lot of what I've cleaned up with it has been plaster dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyw Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I have a Karcher WD3. It has a power tool power outlet, which is very handy when woodworking. Had it several years and it's been excellent, even used on the blast cabinet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddy Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Skip diving and a pack of fuses has won me many workshop hoovers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UdderlyOffroad Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 On 9/8/2020 at 8:28 AM, Bowie69 said: Just be a bit careful, the modern Henry's are not what they were thanks to the EU wattage restrictions. Much more lightly built, completely different animal. I have a 'modern' Henry, no complaints so far, though it is mostly in the house on pet hair duty. Left the previous 'old' Henry the house I now let out. An ex-submariner told me that the navy uses Henrys on their nuke boats - bagless. If it's good enough for them... In the garage is a Lidl special - works quite well but noisy as a noisy thing. Do yourself a favour and spend the coin on a Henry and a set of bags. All you people getting vacuums consistently blocked with bits of tree meat: have a look on Youtube, it's full of people building cyclones to separate the wood shavings into a bucket. If the shavings are getting stuck in the hose, you can get smooth bore hoses from the usual merchants. But honestly, for serious wood working, you need an extractor, rather than a workshop vacuum. There is a difference (flow versus pressure). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nonimouse Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 I've got a vacmaster and a draper - both wet and dry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 I also have a Henry which dates from 2005 - which I guess makes it an 'old' one? It has refused to die despite continued abuse. The only thing I don't use it for is cleaning my lathe / mill (which killed a previous vacuum in a few days). For that, I have a pneumatic venturi-vacuum which you connect to an air compressor. It's not the most sucky of vacuums but having no moving parts, it's never going to die due to ingress of anything. Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 Was in Tesco the other day and saw they had new Henrys on offer for £100 - might be worth a punt as they seem to go for at least £50 second hand and are all 200 miles away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenc Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 I built a cyclone vac using a 25l metal paint tin and a standard vac. The tin takes all the carp and the vac only has to deal with the finest of dust. Having done it I wouldn't go back. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger110 Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 14 hours ago, Stephenc said: I built a cyclone vac using a 25l metal paint tin and a standard vac. The tin takes all the carp and the vac only has to deal with the finest of dust. Having done it I wouldn't go back. I saw those cyclone's for a standard vacuum and they look brilliant. A smaller version of a standard workshop extractor idea, they save on clogging up expensive vacuums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escape Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 I have been using an old standard vacuum (that 'accidentally' ended up in the Workshop after moving out from my ex) for over 10 years. It copes amazingly well, despite the abuse. I do have an external cyclone type canister to attach as a prefilter when doing metal flakes etc. Last week I was given a big old chimney vac. I've been using that on the rough concrete of the first floor storage and it works a treat! The place has never looked so clean. I'm thinking of painting it white with some colorful LEDs and calling it R2D2. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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