Thread: Repco Wet & Dry vac as a third vac?

I reckon a magnetic broom is better than a vacuum cleaner for magnetic swarf especially if there is cutting lube and coolant mixed in with it. The rest can be swept up with a dust pan and broom.

Thanks Bob,
I'm thinking more about cleaning the swarf off the lathe itself. It seems to get into every nook and cranny. Also, most of my turning is non-ferrous metal and plastics, so the magnetic broom would be ineffective.
Chris

I use a Vax 2000 for my metal lathe and mill. It doesn't use the paper filter cartridge like many of the wet and dry vacs use, such as the Aldi one which I use for my woodworking area.

I picked it up second hand and find it the best vac for metal, both ferrous and non-ferrous, and plastics which I turn a lot.

I also use the Vax for vacuuming out our wood heater, after burning out a paper cartirdge!

The filter is easy to take out and wash and relatively cheap to replace.

Originally Posted by jack620

Thanks Bob,
I'm thinking more about cleaning the swarf off the lathe itself. It seems to get into every nook and cranny. Also, most of my turning is non-ferrous metal and plastics, so the magnetic broom would be ineffective.
Chris

Good point.

I'm just averse to use any vacuum cleaner or DC etc that vents inside a the workshop because I know how much dust they let through and also generate - yes they actually break up bigger bits into smaller ones which go straight thru the crappy filters they use on these things

One possibility that I have thought if is putting a vacuum cleaner inside a air tight chamber that is in turn vented to a DC that vents outside the shed. I'll put that on my todo list.