Recommend a small Vacuum for use with Dust Commander Vortex?

[Millatime16]

Thanks.

I'm not sure what the power of the Henry is, but that looks more substantial. Cheers :)

[cropwell]

I have been using the same one as Neale and it IS noisy. Domestic vacuum cleaners have recently been subject to legislation to limit the power, but that doesn't seem to apply to workshop vacs. The one mentioned is 1250W as is this one https://www.aldi.co.uk/workzone-elec...80727177603400 which is currently on sale. I would buy one, but I have already spent my pocket money this week

Brushed motor vacs are not really intended for long switch-on periods and the brushless motor ones are much quieter and designed to run continuously. I have thought about buying something like this http://www.power-motor.com/Products/...uumCleane.html and building my own canister using the remains of my old vac when it burns out (hopefully not literally!).

My current setup is this

[Boyan Silyavski]

The Henry i believe is a 2 stage motor, so miles better. I use 2 stage motor and it sucks incredibly well. Not always needed, but sometimes i cut in a way that brushes could not be used, so then it sucks small particles from air above cut.

[Millatime16]

The Henry i believe is a 2 stage motor, so miles better. I use 2 stage motor and it sucks incredibly well. Not always needed, but sometimes i cut in a way that brushes could not be used, so then it sucks small particles from air above cut.

The Henry I have is 680w. Is a 2 stage better than the Wikes one?

I see Henry do a more powerful 1060w industrial one.

[Boyan Silyavski]

I personally use Lavor vac and its a 2 stage Italian made motor. 2 stage matters, if you can afford it. It makes very serious vacuum.

[Millatime16]

I personally use Lavor vac and its a 2 stage Italian made motor. 2 stage matters, if you can afford it. It makes very serious vacuum.

I just checked Lavor VAC 20 on ebay (£64,99). Do you use it with a Vortex?

[magicniner]

Lidl have one in now for under £40, use with a vortex ash collector and you should be good.

[Neale]

My current setup is this

What's the cyclone setup you are using, and how well does it work? I keep thinking of having a go at knocking up something but can't quite get it to the top of the to-do list.

[cropwell]

Hi Neale,

In answer to your query -----

One of the problems with the cyclone is that - if it picks up any greasy dust, it sticks to the wall of the cyclone and kills the effect. Also it does not seem to separate fine MDF dust very well.

The actual setup is one of these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Plastic-C...sRqlROdF1V_Abg and an ash can which I bought some time ago for £10 - ish. Then there were a couple of 3D printed hose adapters and blanking plates.
If it all fell to pieces, I wouldn't put it at the top of my list to repair it. For what I do a straight vac cleaner would be enough.