Here is the original post from Frank in 2002 about
his Bong. I keep my own archives!
--- Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com> wrote:
> Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 00:01:07 -0500
> From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
> To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Tech Tip - End sandblast cabinet dust
>
> Yesterday Joe Mec and I decided to make a dust
> collection system for my glass bead
> cabinet.
> Yeah, the ole shop vac hooked up to the cabinet sort
> of works for 3 minutes til
> the filter clogs up and if you run the vac with no
> filter, the motor sounds real
> funny after a couple days of sucking fine glass
> beads in it.
> So.....a couple of Italian heads, some good ole
> yankee ingenuity and a bunch of
> junk from around the garage and we made a wet filter
> system that so far seems to
> work.
>
> You will need;
>
> 1 shop vac (the small $20-30 1 gallon size works
> fine)
> 1 empty 5 gallon spackle bucket with tight fitting
> lid.
> 3' (min) of 3/4 or 1" ID rubber or vinyl hose.
> 2) 3/4 or 1" (see hose size) PVC ribbed couplings.
>
> Drill 2 holes in the bucket lid to fit the ribbed
> couplings, if they are not real
> tight, caulk or seal them where they go thru the
> lid.
>
> Cut a length of hose to fit 3/4 of the way into the
> bucket.
> Cut a short one inch piece of hose for the inside of
> the other fitting, angle it
> towards the side or make a splash diverter so to
> keep the water out of the short
> hose.
>
> Insert a length of rubber hose to your blast cabinet
> where the shop vac is
> supposed to hook into or make a hole in the cabinet
> for the hose.
>
> Run the other end of this hose to the bucket fitting
> with the long hose inside.
>
> Hook up the shop vac to the fitting with the short
> hose.
>
> Fill the bucket 1/2 full with water or an anti
> freeze solution (in cold climates)
>
> When the vac is turned on it will create a suction
> in the water filled bucket,
> dust from the blast cabinet will be drawn into the
> water.
> No dust gets into the shop vac.
>
> So far it works great for me. Some playing around
> with the exact water level so it
> does not wet the vac filter was needed or a foam
> filter would work too. Be sure to
> use a wet/dry vacuum for this project.
> K-mart has/had the 1 gallon shop vacs for around
> $20, the fittings are PVC and I
> picked up a 4' of 3/4" ID vinyl hose. The whole
> project cost less then $30. (but I
> had the vac for a year or so)
>
> If you saw the dust and dirt around my blast
> cabinet, you would know why I did
> this. If I used the shop vac directly, the filter
> clogged in 5 minutes so I just
> gave up until now. I don't want to dust up my new
> garage, at least not yet anyway.
>
> Foreseeable problems.....
> As the dirt fills the bucket, the water level will
> rise.
> Water freezes in the cold so now a place for your
> used antifreeze :)
> Improvments......
> As my buddy the plumber came in while we were
> "creating" this thing, he wants to
> add a drain and an automatic fill valve to the
> bucket. Of course this would make
> it completely automatic but it's not THAT hard to
> empty a bucket every couple
> months. Unless you mounted it up high in the lower
> portion of your garage and have
> the blast cabinet upstairs like I do.
>
> --
>
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> A few Sprites
> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
>
>
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