Super Shop Vac - Cheap Automated Vac With Special Powers
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
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Our shop vac is a cheap and powerful vacuum on wheels that you can use for any sawdust-producing tool in your shop. It has a dust separator, translucent sawdust bucket that shows you how full it is, electronics to automatically start and stop the vacuum when needed, and it is tiny. Did we mention it is also portable? This little vacuum cart can follow you anywhere and has all the power you need to capture saw dust at the tool before it gets all over your shop. SUBSCRIBE for more videos if you like this one!
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i-Socket Intelligent Autoswitch - www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Power Lid Vacuum - www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
Dust Separator - www.homedepot.com/p/Dustopper...
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I don't know why I have never thought to sand the decals off those buckets! I love the simple elegance of your design.
Many thanks! Sanding the buckets really cleans them up and it was a lot easier than we thought it would be. Just use high-grit sandpaper so you don't tear out too much bucket material.
Nice compact, low profile system. The "i-socket" not only lets the vacuum continue to run to clear the hoses after the tool is turned off, it also delays the vacuum's start-up so that the tool and the vacuum aren't starting at the same time causing a circuit overload and tripping your electrical breaker. A couple of small and economical vacuums positioned around the shop are far less costly than a single central dust collection system and the associated ducting throughout the shop. You just have to empty a couple of small buckets rather than hauling out a big container or bag.
It works great even a year later!
Awesome little cart. Better than any of the others I’ve seen on YT.
Glad you like it! We use the heck out of this thing and still love it!
First I saw the Go Fly Navy and then you broke out a crainial, that’s when I lost it😂😂😂!
We aim to please! Plus that flight deck helmet makes a GREAT shop hearing protector.
Love the NavAir Cranial. I wore a lot of those.
They are GREAT hearing protection and it doesn't matter if I whack my head when I am wearing it!
Excellent setup and loved the humor!
Thanks! This vacuum still gets regular use and we love it!
Great video 👍 2stage dust collector works great
We can't believe we ran shop vacs for so many years without dust separation. We'd never do that again!
Superb in every way!
Thank you!!!
I like this guy! Thanks for the info.
Thanks! And thanks for joining us!!!
Subbed. Something about content and delivery that’s appealing.
Many thanks! Glad you enjoy our way of sharing build projects!
Thanks. Like your project.
Thanks for watching! We still use this vac all the time!
Awesome , wow i should have seen this earlier , i bought me a 5gal vac cost so much
We like cheap!
Nice build. I REALLY like the small form factor. Problem with using that with my SawStop Jobsite table saw is that I can't run the saw and shop vac on same 15a circuit or I continually trip my breaker. But for router table and chopsaw it should work great.
We like it too. It's easy to store out of the way and comes out and does the job when we need it.
This is great 👍
Thanks! We still use it all the time!
Amazon is out of stock but I am happy to report hone depot has a vacuum for $25. Will be making one of these carts in 3 days!!!
Yes!!! You will find it to be incredibly useful!
The is a channel here on UA-cam called Slow and expensive. He has a video on making short vacuum hoses; no duct tape needed , worth the watch. Thanks for the great ideas!
Thanks! We will check that out!
Great project. Wondering about making the i-Socket Switch cost effectively without an MCU. Current sense to switch a relay with an MCU or am I over thinking where can just use a relay that will switch with whatever is plugged in maybe via a transformer or custom rolled transformer? Dunno offhand... UA-cam fatigue and other projects on hand. Cool triple play of your projects! Thinking can homebrew the dustopper also. Making a DIY PAPR for welding, I found a neat idea that isn't as messy as plastic welding for connecting plastic hoses... using old plastic bottles and a heatgun. That's all. Maybe some duct tape on the seam if you'd like. Will have to look into the headgear. Military surplus like university surplus can be handy. Testing the gloves and genIII level 7 extreme cold weather stay puff marshmellow man gear and is working great. Have to see how the gloves stand up though.
We thought about making the switch ourselves but the cost of parts was so close to the cost of the one we could buy we just used the purchased one. Same for the dust separator. There are many great designs out there but the Dustopper was too simple to try to replicate.
Nice build! I like how you kept the connection hose short, but I'm wondering if the 2 90° elbows negatively affects the efficiency.
We thought the same thing but we needed a short cart and the distance is so short that we figured the efficiency loss would be small enough to be acceptable. So far it's been working great.
we like to use our own stickers, thank you very much. LOLOLOLOL
Gotta customize the shop!
That's a nice setup and it's too bad Shop Vac folded last week since their bucket top vacuum was the best I had used. I bough the one from the Orange Box Store and it's float didn't work and it blew water other through the motor and only a 1.25 inch inlet so I couldn't use any other hoses. Also aware that you used stuff you had but instead of hose pvc pipe and elbow are an idea.
I hadn't thought of using PVC. I may use that for a future vacuum project.
I've been wanting to do something very similar, only smaller.
It works pretty well in our small shop. With everything on one cart we can move it wherever we need it and stash it out of the way when we don't.
@@AtomicDairy I am going to try something smaller as a mobile vac I can keep in my van a hustle in to retail stores etc where I'm working.
Hi Amazon says they’re unavailable and don’t know if they’ll get more in..can you recommend another product like this that will work like that one please
Lowe's has a version that also fits 5 gallon buckets.
Thanks for this! Do you think the Home Depot Bucket Head would be as powerful/sufficient? I am using only a bandsaw and shavings from a plane, any help would be much appreciated.
Ours is 1-2 horsepower and it works fine for us, so if the Home Depot one is in that range you should be good to go!
Atomic Dairy Thanks for your response! The Home Depot Bucket Head is 1.75hp, seems like it might be sufficient. Thank you.
@@toldey what about the size of the dust collection hose?
Haze gray...haze gray and underway
Navy influence everywhere!
Lmao we should get a beer 🤣
Agreed!
Can you please list the link or part number for the baffle? I am trying to price out what this would cost to build. Thanks for the great vid!
Oops, sorry. Just added the Dustopper dust separator link in the parts list above. It's from Home Depot and has been very effective in our shop. We have this one plus a dedicated one on our miter saw. They have all but eliminated our need to change the filter on our shop vacs. You will have pretty much zero dust in your shop vac after you start using one of these!
@@AtomicDairy I just bought one today and I did not have that experience. I had more than half of the dust of a normal sized pile go in the vacuum. It went right back to home Depot. I have the big Ridgid vac. Not sure why I got such bad results. Thanks for the video though. Very thorough. Cheers
@@fern9234 oh no! Sorry that happened to you. I've heard it is sometimes hit or miss with these things. I hope you find one that works better for you.
Fern I can address your issue of the saw dust showing up in you vacuum side, you have a leak some where in either the Thein Baffle side or the vacuum side, a way to trouble shoot for leaks is buy some incense sticks I use 3 at the time to generate smoke then move the sticks around joints and connection points. I have built many dust collection systems from home brew cyclones to baffles. Anytime saw dust was found on the suction side it was because of a leak. I hope this helps. Oh if you can use smooth hose in the inside and as few bends as possible to keep the parasitic drag to minimum.
My 5hp shop vac looses a lot of suction with dust stopper type devices. I’d be wary of a 1.75 peak hp bucket motor
Make sure bucket is well sealed for a closed system (and the bucket is tough enough not to implode).
Could you tell me what is the name of the vacumn you're using in your cart? I purchased one from Amazon but it is a craftsman and the hoses are entirely
different.
We used a PowerLid vacuum. Here's the link: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FVZ91D6 It uses the bigger tubes but the one that comes with it plugs into the larger hole but uses a smaller tube.
I purchased one of these and noticed that it comes with a 1 1/4 inch hose did you get the 2 inch hose separately?
Our dust separator came with a 2-inch hose that we shortened and used for this project. The vacuum came with a 1 1/4-inch hose but we didn't need it since we had the larger hose from the dust separator.
@@AtomicDairy thank you I just wanted to make sure that there was not a change in the product, great video and I appreciate your work
@@mattmerriam187 Thank you for the kind words and glad you enjoy the videos! We're having a ball making these and currently have more than fifty on the future list.
what is the HP ???? I know it has 6.5 AMPS
There has been some discussion on that. We were told 3HP but others have pointed out that 6.5 AMPS puts in in the 1-2 HP range. I believe the commenters with 1-2 HP, but so far it has been powerful enough for the jobs we have used it for. Maybe not for something that generates a lot more sawdust, like a planer, though.
you have a lot of stickers.
We like stickers. And we like turtles.
$35 for that bucket "shopvac"? It sounds like a good deal, but I picked up my 5.5 or 6.5hp (can't remember now. But it's a nonsense number anyway) stainless 12 gallon bucket Shop-Vac brand shopvac for $5 more. And it included casters, attachments, etc. Not to mention a far greater capacity and durability. Last Black Friday at Lowes, normally $99, on sale for $40. But don't misunderstand me, I'm not trying to piss vinegar on your project, I only wanted to say that with a little patience, one could score a solid shopvac at very little cost
Agreed, there are deals all the time. We went with this one because it was cheap, had a very low form factor that we needed for the shop, and was powerful enough for what we needed. But we agree there are lots of ways to do this right.
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The only downside to those vacuums is they're the loudest things I've ever heard in my life.
True. Very true. That's why we wear our flight deck helmets in the shop.